Received an offer from a pre-IPO (Series D) AI software startup in HCOL city. Trying to assess the offer.

Role: Strategy Manager
Salary: $115k
Equity: 5000 shares ($80k)
YOE: 3.5
Benefits: About as good as they come

I thought the base salary was going to be higher. Am I being greedy?

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Seems low for HCOL city tbh.

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Base is pretty in line with a pre-IPO startup overall. For HCOL I would expect maybe more like $125k base but not much higher than that
(I’m in a strategy function at a Series D in HCOL and our non-engineering managers are around 120-130k base)

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Seems pretty good. I’m assuming 4 year vest? Just make sure there’s opportunities for refreshes especially during future rounds so that your options don’t dilute

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