Why did you pick this name? Vela is a popular hinglish slang.

Vella" (वेल्ला) is a North Indian/Delhi slang term for someone who is lazy, jobless, or has nothing productive to do (an idler or couch potato). Often used in Hinglish, it describes a person wasting time, similar to the word "loser" or someone with no work.

Hahaha. Good question. It was actually inspired by the Sanskrit word referencing time or a unit of time.

But it also allows our customers to be lazy :).

You can enter the program and if you don't like it you can always drop out and join slightly stable(Series B / Series C) startup. You will have amazing network. Startups by very definition in failure mode until they crack PM fit, especially the early stage one.

This. I regret not trying a PhD. It is like turning down a call option :-)

Try acquire.com .

Thanks Sure, I will connect with them

I completely understand what you are going through . I am in similar spot not cancer but chronic genetic condition that’s destroying my organ . The exhaustion is real .

is the stock liquid? checkout levels.fyi for senior / staff level compensation.

came to say exactly this. We are not even at neutral yet.

Proton email servers are in Geneva I believe. But isn't that better than being in the US?

Have you thought about buying a business? Take a look at websites like microacquire and see if that fits your lifestyle.

I just tried to sign up to see listings on microacquire and they won't let me pass without inputting a LinkedIn profile. I don't have a LinkedIn profile.

I put in a dummy address and it worked fine.

I don't know why they made it required.

It doesn't need to be your Linkedin Profile

Thank you! I had never heard of that site or one similar. I will look into the opportunities.

typical bonuses in bay area are percentage of salaries. Varies between 10% to 25% of your base. This looks like a retention grant which is also fairly common.

Incorrect. You don't have to be rich. I am currently being evaluated for deceased donor transplant outside my home state of California. You just have to register at another center and you are allowed to multi list. Some states have residency requirements but lot of them do not.