startups - working for equity

Sup prague, I got contacted by a startup who can only pay me in equity, and I told them that yes I'd be interested, but only for a one month project, and then we'll see what happens. I've worked for a startup before, and really didn't enjoy the experience - long hours and shit pay - but I'm unemployed and still pretty new to programming professionally, so I figure why not try it again. I guess I'm looking for any advice / stories about working for startups. You got anything, /prog/?

back to hackernews, ``please''

Do you know how to maintain enterprise quality?

A one month probationary work period sounds good but how do you pay your bills when you're not being paid a wage?

>>2
no u

>>3
no, which is kind of the point - it would be interesting to learn something besides how to write fibonnaci functions in haskell

>>4
i live with my parents

Read SICP.

>>4
If you can't survive on savings for a month, you have no business working for a start-up, even for real money. That's ridiculously reckless.

It boils down to whether the startup sounds promising or not