longtime lurker, hoping the blind community can help me in my dilemma: a couple months ago, I got super lucky and got a bunch of offers including fb, google, and uber š All were around the same TC and I ended up choosing uber. With lock-up expiration, a large portion of my TC has gone to shit. I estimate my opportunity cost of staying at uber vs. the fb/google offers is now 50-60k/year. No idea if the āoffer is valid for 1 yearā thing is true for me, but I could reach back out to fb and G to try and salvage my TC. the thing is... I really like my job at Uber. Iām learning and doing totally cool things in a role Iāve never done before, sf commute is easy, and the wlb is great. The roles at G and fb are cool but Iāve done them before, wouldnāt learn as much, and involve a lot of unwanted travel. my mind tells me to think long term and stay at uber; my financial angst (I think about it every morning) tells me to try again for google/fb. do I chase the work or chase the TC? Thx in advance... uber TC - 170k yoe - 5
Whatās uber TC ? Yoe ?
follow your mind
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Holy shit, are you me? Similar TC and joined few months ago. Minus offer from fb + another company.
What was the TC few months ago? And what level did you join at?
L3 ~168k, much lower now
Thereās a lot to be said for you liking your job. Itās very challenging for many folks to land a job you truly enjoy + learning valuable skills. There is a possibility you jump ship and donāt like the role/team as much, especially with the unwanted travel. Stick it out for a bit longer and reevaluate how you feel again in a few months, since you have some time before the 1 year is up. If months down the line youāre still waking up every morning with TC regrets, maybe you reach back out to your G/FB recruiters and reconsider then.
Thanks for the advice š I think this is a good balance to see what happens...
How are you still L3 after 5 years?
Good idea - think long term!
The Uber cash crunch is just beginning and it may get worse if Waymo, Cruise, or Tesla succeed. People talk about rapid career advancement at Uber but that wonāt happen anymore if the $ arenāt there to make it happen. Perhaps you can speak with the recruiters at the companies that you declined to see if the door remains open
Thatās one of the things that concerns me... seeing cost cuts and constraints everywhere...
Take a long term view on your Uber stock compensation. If you believe in the company and the stock your rsu grant will recover and you might get refreshers at the lows.
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Always look for good work and good TC will follow you. Maybe after learning new skills, you can go to G at better level. Everything happens for a reason!
+1 this is how I see it too. Along with some long term optimism for uber stock.
+1 optimize for learning early in career, TC will follow if you are a good engineer