I guess what I&#x27;m getting at is something like this:<p>If you&#x27;re given 1% of the company in the form of stock options as an employee, how can one get a grip on what that&#x27;s worth should a company IPO? Like, if I came in as a high-level hire at Square. Early in the game. Jack gave me 1% of the company in the form of employee stock options. Now I&#x27;m vested. What would that mean to me now, after an IPO? How does one even begin to pick that apart if shares can be created or destroyed whenever?<p>Maybe I&#x27;m asking stupid questions. I&#x27;m just trying to understand since in my I&#x27;m constantly hearing numbers thrown around and, as a non-finance person, it can be hard to know what&#x27;s really going on. (Which makes it easy to feel like I&#x27;m being taken advantage of.)