Hint from me to you chasing those stock options is not worth the shit management roulette which is exactly what you just got done playing if they are missing targets by that much for the size of the company. If you have or are thinking of starting a family anytime soon avoid anything sexy when it comes to business.
Hint from me to you: punctuation is useful. Use it.
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ION, chasing stock options CAN be worth it if you luck out. I personally have had the experience of witnessing almost everyone around me getting the "excited to announce we're being acquired" email that meant they just cleared their mortgage and got to go buy a silly car. Sadly I was six months too late for the stock-option confetti, which was a bit of a choker, but some people definitely did hit the jackpot.
That said, it didn't really affect how hard I worked - I carried on doing 60h weeks without overtime, as you do, because... well, because you do. (Right, kids?)
*shrug*