I am writing this essay because I believe that money is both useful and worth thinking as little as possible about. No one I know joins a startup to learn acronyms about equity and stock options. But some of those acronyms might have serious impacts on your life (or, at least, your money). The point of the below is to provide clear explanations of concepts that I think everyone who works in tech should understand. There is a chance that reading this essay will help you make decisions that increa...