Tech IndustryNov 27, 2018
AmazonktvF70

Stripe vs Google new grad

Wondering what the community thinks about these two offers. Assuming similar TC at around ~180 and both offers in Seattle. I would be working in gcp. I want to optimize for hard technical growth as well as which one would open up the most opportunities for me in the future (building larger services/products, possibly product management or an MBA). It seems like gcp is a high growth stage as it is catching up to azure and aws. Stripe seems to also be in hyper growth in terms of new products. I feel like I would be excited to work at either place. How do the two companies differ in engineering reputation? Where will I learn the most as a new graduate? Stripe Pros: good vision, business seems promising, more breadth of experience, faster Cons: risky, lesser known, growing pains as it is already a midsize company, unclear if harder technical challenges Google Pros: better for resume, great culture, stable, better build tools, able to learn better engineering practices? Cons: slow ramp up time for new grads, slower moving in general

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Microsoft Wishus Nov 27, 2018

Google. No brainer.

New
xd_ Nov 27, 2018

Is it just the brand name or what else would be objectively better?

Expedia Fffm54 Nov 27, 2018

Google

Amazon ktvF70 OP Nov 27, 2018

Any particular reason why you think so?

Expedia Fffm54 Nov 27, 2018

With same salary i would go for prestige. Unless stripe offers you more definitely google.

New
qzmz80 Nov 27, 2018

Stripe.

Medallia ozh274 Nov 27, 2018

Stroogle

Google yyyyyyyyy Nov 27, 2018

you can’t really go wrong in this decision. can you say more about where you want to be in 5 years? what type of company would you rather be at?

Amazon ktvF70 OP Nov 27, 2018

Leading development on some large product or service. Can also see myself moving to the more product side of things. Would prefer working on a early/mid stage start up.

Booking.com haha nice Jan 17, 2019

So, what did you decide?