What company to choose next?
I am a SWE with 8yoe, in the Bay, and am getting very bored of my current job, so looking for a change. I am generally interested in infra stuff, both low level (networking, kernel, ...) as well as higher level (distributed systems, databases, ...). The things I value, in order, are: - Interesting work (ideally a mix of SWE/SRE since again, I like infra) - Competitive TC (I'd like to push for ~400k this time) - Experienced coworkers from whom I can learn, willing to teach - If possible, reasonable working hours (I'm ok to be in the ~45-50h/week on average, with occasional sprints up to 60 maybe) I currently interviewed at FB and got offers at E5 for both Production Engineer and SWE (yes, I did two interviews), but I thought I'd check on Blind to see if there are any suggestions I might not be considering, since I'm not in a rush. Not making it a poll because I'm not sure of the options (that's why I'm asking). Thanks! Current TC: 350k
How are you making 350k with only 8 years experience? Do you get RSUs?
Base is 230, some variable cash bonus (20-40k usually) and the rest equity. It’s pretty normal in the bay.
Prep a lot and get lots of offers for negotiation. My highest offer was 550k at 8yoe. Also don't negotiate against yourself.
wow u are so successful, cracking fb e5 is not easy. Congrats btw. I think u should try to climb up to M1 given your existing tc is already high, not worth for another swe role. My two cents.
Thanks. I have tried management but I really, truly don't like it. I feel so unproductive when I am not in the trenches building actual stuff, debugging, troubleshooting, deploying, ... Really not for me.
anyway u are very successful, u can do anything u want. can u give me some hints on preparing the interviews?