Thoughts on starting at one of these companies as a new grad?
Are my ratings valid? taking into account growth, expected TC, IPO potential (or for snap it's how their stock has been doing). no evidence for any of these, just kinda reading what people online say. 1-best, 5-worst. 1. Robinhood 2. Blend 3. Doordash 4. Credit Karma 5. Snap
I know blend is tiny compared to the others, had a friend go there. All seem to be good companies.
around 400 people now
Snap would be #1 for me
Snap obviously the best for highest TC so far. Well depends on your role, but generally.
Think you're seriously devaluing snap. Their pay is great, with high stock grants to make up for the volatility. Plus as a new grad Los Angeles is a great place to live. I'd put them on even footing with RH for sure.
to the commenters here, is it worth considering the company's technical maturity / potential? I was at confluent before for internship and I felt like a lot of the growth and learning happened because of how technical the product is. With something like snap, TC might be very high (would it be much higher than the others to be worth it?) but the work might be boring. I don't see how much further the product can go wrt to technical advancements and I am worried I might miss out on longer term opportunities working at more of a high growth place. Also what are people's thoughts on food delivery like doordash? Will they last long enough to be worth considering now as new grad? I don't think it will be as hype as say joining uber eats in 2017-2018.
How does snap team matching work for new grads? I understand the worry of being stuck on a stagnant product. But maybe figure out what you'd actually be doing there and see if you have faith in that team's product. I agree if there's no products you have faith in choose a different company
You can change team every 6 months without any problem
FYI my new grad snap offer was 130K base 150k stock, no sign on. I’m pretty sure Robinhood pays more
Are you considering returning to confluent? I would choose it over all the companies here expect maybe Robinhood personally
Why's Robinhood your top preference? Literally every other big established broker has announced commission free trades. Robinhood has very little "USP" left now. Any relatively decent investor should avoid using their platform given the multiple issues they've had recently. What makes you believe that they've a sustainable business model?
You’re a new grad right? I think of the companies you listed, they pay the highest and have the best engineers which makes it a great place to learn and grow.
Join Robinhood. Lots of cool projects. Excellent food.
Do u have offers from all these companies ?
I won't mention to be anon. 1 of them is an offer, 1 I just did the final round, 2 of them are final rounds, and 1 phone screen. It's all what I got left this recruiting szn
Nice all the best