About
About Stratum Finance
Stratum Finance is an independent editorial desk covering RSU tax surprise, Engineer financial independence, and AMT planning education for Software engineers with RSU-heavy comp, Hardware and infra leads, and Staff+ IC trajectories. Spreadsheet-credible guidance for people who debug systems for a living and refuse hand-wavy finance copy. Guides state their assumptions, calculators run in your browser, and disclosures stay visible wherever regulated topics appear. Optional advisory conversations are always clearly separated from the reading experience, and nothing on the site is personalized financial advice.
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How this desk works
What is Stratum Finance?
Spreadsheet-credible guidance for people who debug systems for a living and refuse hand-wavy finance copy.
Is this personalized investment advice?
No. Materials are general education and illustration. Decisions involving securities, taxes, or planning should involve your own licensed professionals.
What does membership change?
$4.99/month removes display ads for calmer reading and uninterrupted calculator sessions, and adds member features like saved scenarios as they ship. Cancel anytime.
What trust signals does this desk maintain?
Licensing disclosures; Niche-specific limitations; Privacy
What type of content lives here?
Practical guides and scenario tools for engineerfinance professionals — every article ships with a calculator or scenario box.
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Questions about a calculator or a guide? Send a note to the Stratum Finance editorial desk — we read every message. Licensing disclosures appear wherever regulated topics are discussed.
Build your personal financial system with the same precision you bring to work
STEM professionals accumulate equity, options, and deferred comp from multiple sources. An assumption-transparent plan shows every input, output, and sensitivity.
- RSU and options tax modeling (ISO, NSO, ESPP)
- Deferred comp and mega-backdoor Roth strategies
- FIRE scenario modeling with sensitivity analysis
- Multi-employer equity consolidation
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