Considering moving to Pinterest, Cruise, Gusto. I like all three for different reasons. Don’t have numbers yet. Just a congrats message from the recruiter/HM. Not optimizing for comp anyway. Wanted to get a pulse from engineers working at these places on how their careers have progressed. Would you consider switching to any of the other companies from the list? Be especially great to hear from someone who’s worked for more than one of these companies. Other options are LinkedIn (offer), FB(waiting to hear back, think I did alright) and Doordash. I want to experience working at an earlier stage company though. YOE: 4
What's DD? Is it Doordarshan? :p A troll which an Indian would understand.
My bad. Doordash.
Cruise, no doubt.
Don't join Doordash
Why?
You know it's a real pain in the ass when people post spooky one liners like this without giving any substantiation behind it. If you're going to be ominous at least give a minimal explanation of why you're saying it so people don't have to burn time asking why. For what it's worth I don't care about Doordash in particular but I see this constantly on Blind with all kinds of companies...
Been promoted twice. Lots of room for ownership and career growth.
Thanks! What levels was this at and how long did it take you, if you don’t mind me asking? Also is your trajectory typical for engineers who add a lot of value?
Make sure your cruise offer is pre Honda deal. Then your RSUs will be worth way more
From my initial conversations , seems like rsus will be a dollar amount that gets assigned units based on price on the day I sign/join. But thanks for the suggestion I’ll bring this up with the recruiter.
That’s correct. You get a dollar amount of RSU’s that are converted to shares at a fixed rate; that rate is determined by the valuation which just increased by 50%. So shares granted at the pre-Honda rate will be worth 50% more now.
Only been at Gusto, but experience is really positive so far. PE (manager) is pretty straight with me about where I'm at performance and career wise. Comp is good but won't blow your shoes off. Overall pretty good place to work. Zero bro culture.
I always lol when people say “PE” to others outside of Gusto. Really, no one cares...
Tons of opportunity here and the business is growing. Ask to talk to some engineers from the team you’ll be joining.
Thanks for the suggestion. Definitely something I’m going to do.
I like Gusto. There’s quiet, strong growth, adults in the room, a legitimate culture. We’re at a stage where talented, dedicated engineers are making an impact across the entire product. And I’ve yet to meet an ego-driven personality - it’s a comfortable place to do impressive work.
I’m an engineer, but no experience with the other two companies you mentioned.
IMO the biggest pro of Gusto is the flexible work culture. We have unlimited PTO, and I know some people who take a LOT of time off (like 6 weeks or more). Most engineering teams also care little about WFH. There are even some more tenured engineers who work remotely full time or for 1+ months at a time. I think the biggest con is the variety of engineering work. Most engineers do full-stack Rails/React development exclusively, which can get boring, especially when there’s technical debt like Backbone mixed in. This is improving some as we grow, but slowly.
There are more opportunities to use different stack on data platform & infrastructure eng teams - expect to see more variety radiating out of those teams
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