Current: L6/SDE3 w/280k TC @ Amazon. 5ish YoE total, but I’ve been effectively running a team for a couple years and have a pretty broad scope of work. Thinking of moving on because I’m bored and have a pretty low opinion of Amazon in general...but frankly, I could also ride it out here a good while longer. Relaxed (by any standard) WLB. Company: Base/Stock/Bonus -- FB: 170/500/15% = ~320.5k with bonus Snap: 190/750/? = ~377.5k Microsoft: 160/200/15% = ~234k with bonus Notes: Snap has a particularly attractive vesting schedule (monthly with no cliff). I have domain experience attractive to FB/Snap and a choice of offices (incl. Seattle) for both. Microsoft interviewed me as a generalist. I have a pending mix--as yet unscheduled--of screens and on-sites with Google, Dropbox, Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and a few others. Trying to group them as tightly as possible. Can somebody give me some honest insight into the working culture at the Seattle offices for FB and Snap? I don’t imagine any of the companies further down the queue are actually going to beat these, and I’m kicking myself for not taking them later for leverage. EDIT with update: I declined Microsoft without trying to negotiate; it would've been a serious downgrade from what I already have (team/comp/work/etc). FB threw in a token amount of additional equity and a $10k salary boost but that was it; I guess Snap offers don't have the sort of leverage to them as Google's apparently do. I'm not overly fond of FB for various reasons (that's why they were early in the queue), while Snap has been incredibly accommodating (they probably have to be, but still), so I'm currently inclined to take a gamble on Snap, or keep interviewing. FINAL UPDATE: declined all three and punted the rest of the interviews (of which there are many) until later in the year. Just wasn't feeling them; I know that with great money comes great responsibility and right now working isn't really a priority.
I don’t think snap has a future, FB or keep interviewing
What is your domain experience?
I would join Snap and move out after an year for another pay bump.
Are your offers after negotiations?
Nope; these were initial, although I did tell Microsoft my level and comp up front (figuring they'd be low anyhow).
Have you been with Amazon your whole 5 years?
Almost. 4.5 years with Amazon. 1 year before that with a startup.
R u backend or front end developer
Full stack, for lack of a better term. I do both.
Snap used to have a back weighted schedule. Has that changed recently?
Yes
Please share ur numbers to Microsoft recruiters. Microsoft needs to realize about market rate.
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For 5 years of experience, these are all great offers!
This👆 5 yoe is no way senior by FAANG standards, unless you worked in the same company the whole time, so congrats and good luck
True, though one thing I forgot to mention is that I have a few years of additional prior experience in a different industry, so I have unusually strong soft skills and business acumen for an SDE who's been in the industry this long. Have gotten pretty good at figuring out which projects will move the money and throwing my weight behind them. On the technical side, I caught a lucky break with both my startup (amazing senior mentors) and at at Amazon with the team and project I ended up with...we lost our lead developer 6 months in (and at the start of a fairly substantial project), and my then-manager leaned heavily on me, so I grew pretty damn fast. Finally, yeah, I've been at Amazon for the clear majority of it.