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- vote Harder to get in Google than pre ipo? Let’s say compared with instacart, opensea, chime, …
- What startup I can join to experience Google pre-ipo? Reading about Google pre-ipo, I really want to experience something similar. Google now is not the same. Is there any startup now with the same culture and talent? #startup #google
- Google vs Facebook vs close-to-IPO company? For a new CS grad
- vote Pre ipo company or fb/Google but at l3 What would be best for me long term? I'm going to go to a new company soon. My choices are pre ipo companies, like Uber, lyft, airbnb, ect. Or to be l3 at Google or Facebook. 1.5 yoe, TC 140k Edit: I'm also unhappy where I am. I'm not sure if it's a "grass is greener" scenario, but I feel like I
- L3 at Google to smaller pre ipo company I'm a long time Googler that's been stuck at L3 in the program manager ladder. I'm interviewing at various other smaller companies and am now being asked for my compensation requirements. The roles I am being offered are Senior level. My question: how much should I expect in terms of full comp (sala
- vote Google Contract Role Or Full-Time, Pre IPO Fin-Tech? Recently got an offer to be a Technical Sourcer at Google for a pretty comfortable salary, but I’ve heard horror stories about Google Contractors and their treatment. With that said, I would love the opportunity to work for Google, full-time, after my contract is up. I’m currently balancing between
- vote Down-leveled Google offer or $140k more at a pre-IPO Got an L4 offer from Google. TC is $340k/year (excluding sign-on and refresher). I heard this number is already the median of their L5 new hires. I'm L5 at my current company. Also got L5 equivalent offers from a few companies that are going public this year or 2020. The highest one has a TC of $480
- Does fb and google match RSUs offers from Pre-IPO companies? What do they do when you have a competing offer where the salary is 120k higher than salary+bonus band?
- vote Poll: L5 from Google - lets say 380K TC, or post IPO company - 475K I keep reading google low balls. I have an offer to join a post IPO company with unclear future for 475K, for L5/SDE3 equivalent role. TC at new company is 475k. The future of the company is unclear. I might be there for two years, I might be for 4. Great refresher policy (similar to the one Faceboo
- vote Where is the best talent these days? 15 years ago, everyone wanted to join Google and Facebook as they were the next cool thing. However, FAANG companies have hired everyone and their mom over the past decade that it's not considered "wow" or anything to work there anymore. Where did the smartest/most ambitious people you know go? Sti
- Is it the worst time to join pre ipo ? The hottest pre ipo are all over valued but the RSU are all prices based on those numbers. Is staying in google fb the safest strategy
- vote Google L5 Offer Expectation G Recruiter keeps asking for expected comp. What should I be saying my expected TC is ? I heard G gets spooked with very high TC expectations too. Will Google negotiate with pre-IPO offers ? L6 SDE New Amazon TC: 430 Yoe: 7 Other offers: Pre-IPO 1: TC ~480k - 500k (250k Base) non-liquid RSUs Pre-I
- vote 6 Offers, 2 FAANG, 2 Pre-IPO, 3.5 Months prep hu I have been fortunate enough to receive multiple offers from FAANG and few of the Pre-IPO companies. Yet to hear back exact comp numbers from all the companies. But everyone except Microsoft are offering 300k TC (avg over 4 years). I will put a separate post going into details about my prep and ex
- PM salaries in pre-IPO tech companies Currently L6 at Amazon. I understand that tech salaries across FAANG at this level can range from $250-400k. With new pay bands, I expect to make ~$300k by next year or ~$350k if I jump to Google or Meta. What would be the TC for PMs at this level in pre-IPO mid sized tech companies? I am thinking W
- Best Companies that pay 500k+ for Staff Engineers Pre or Post IPO Best Reputation / WLB / Career Growth / etc TC: 8 YOE 520k #tech #swe #tc #google #interview
- Becoming unemployed to reduce tax on IPO RSU vest My employer will IPO next year and my RSUs will be worth around 2 million USD at that point. Since the taxation rate is based in my marginal tax rate, can I become unemployed that year to greatly reduce my tax burden on my RSUs? Thanks a lot! #taxes #ipo #google #coinbase #startup #Facebook
- Will TikTok kill Facebook and Google? TikTok is the new social network giant It also beats Google as the most popular website Will it IPO and kill G and F soon?
- vote Can I use my current comp to negotiate with Google? I’m currently an L5 SDE at Amazon. I passed HC for L4 at Google and have a team to join. I have an offer from a pre-ipo company which matched my current Amazon comp. When I sent the competing offer to Google they came back at 240k TC because they didn’t value the pre-ipo company highly. I really li
- Hot Tech Companies - Seattle/Remote? I am actively interviewing for senior SWE band and applying to hot tech companies or ones that still have an air of excitement around the products/service… and of-course pays top line 🚀🚀 I intend to stay in the company for next 4-5 years preferably. Here’s my current shortlist. Recent IPO: - Ro
- Best paying SWE companies Including companies that will most likely IPO in next 2-3 years. 1. Rentec, JSC, Citadel, HRT, Jump, Radix 2. FB, Stripe, Databricks, TikTok, Amazon, Netflix 3. Google, Apple #software #swe #engineering
- Good time to Join Reddit? IPO? Got an offer from reddit last week and wanted to see what the pre ipo sentiment is. The only thing giving me pause is that it's lower than my Google TC. Currently at 370k in Google (remote) Reddit is coming in at 325k (full remote). I can see that the reddit ipo is trying to hit the 15bil eval. It
- vote Best pre-ipo to go next? Been at Google and FB. FB standard sliding: too much tech debt, too many rules now (all those privacy rules, omg), tools breaking all over… So done with this. Don’t believe in the metaverse. Want to move to a smaller place. Preferably pre-ipo where still a lot needs to get done. Where to go? No re
- Chime still good time to join ? I got recently approached by Chime recruiter for an engineering position. Chime postponed its IPO this year. The public companies valuation have corrected this year but private companies valuation are still inflated. Mostly concerned about being a bag holder after ipo. Is it still good time to joi
- Best pre IPO companies to join Currently working at Google (TC 430k) and interested in joining a pre IPO company. Which pre IPO company is the best to join in terms of potential/growth?
- PM Salary evaluation / comparison Please help compare/evaluate. +Advice Senior Product Manager YOE 10 India Remote:- ₹55L per annum (+$40k ESOP @4yrs) Series D 1.8 Bn Valuation 2 yrs to IPO Vs US Remote:- $180k per annum (+$30k RSU @2yrs) Series D 1.0 Bn Valuation 2 yrs to IPO #pm #product #productmanager #tech #salarycompariso
- Negotiating at Google Can you negotiate TC at Google with a counter offer from a pre-IPO startup?
- Too many interviews ? What should I do? Basically, I applied to every big-n company because I didn't think I'd get any interviews. However, it backfired and I currently have phone screens with: - Google - Facebook - Splunk - Square - Stripe - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn A - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn B - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn C I don't have
- vote Rubrik vs Google Got offers from Google and rubrik. Please help me choose one. Google (L3) Base + Bonus: 25L Stocks:70K$ (front loaded) TC: 45L Rubrik (G5) Base + Bonus: 42 Stock: 145K$ (pre-ipo) JB: 5 TC: 73L (including paper stocks) Note: rubrik likely to ipo end of 2022 Yoe: 1.5
- Snowflake Speculative Risk 1) Can anyone from Snap or Google who joined Snowflake compare the work culture? 2) Can any insiders from Snowflake add some color on the current sentiment regarding IPO? #engineering #ipo #liquidity TC: > $400k YOE: < 6
- vote How high can Stripe Stock go post IPO? Considering Stripe goes for IPO later this year, with valuation touching 100B already, how much upside do you see in terms of Stocks/RSUs? #stripe #stripeipo #ipo #techcrunch #coinbase #amazon #microsoft #google #uber #square #robinhood #facebook #airbnb
- ETF based on PreIPO Stocks I am new to pre ipo stocks. I was just wondering if there are any ETFs of Pre IPO Stocks. Google doesnt give straightforward answer to this question. #stocks #etf#investments
- vote Uber 5A India vs Rubrik G7 India I am looking in terms of stability and growth. Both the offers are for senior software engineer. 1LPA INR = 100,000 INR per year) Rubrik G7 Base - 66 LPA INR Bonus - 15% - 12 LPA INR stocks - 7500/4 = 50K USD per year ( paper money) Joining bonus - 14LPA INR for 2 years ( 7 + 7) Uber 5A Base -
- What companies for top TC/hour + WLB in 2022? I'm looking for L4 roles. Liquid stock only/realistic chance of IPO. Anyone got referrals, lmk. Amazon Meta Lyft Uber Google Linkedin Airbnb Apple Box YOE 2 TC 170
- How does pre-ipo shares work? #tech I'm considering a role at DB. Never worked at pre-ipo companies before so would really appreciate if anyone can explain how the stock grant works at pre-ipo companies. For the sake of math, let's say I got 10k shares initially. If in two years I want to leave DB but company is still not IPO y
- vote Two Offers - Google or Startup Hey everyone, Got the final numbers from two different places. One is Google, L4. The other is a Staff Engineer at a Startup. Startup 250k Base 30k Sign-On 12,000 Options (Strike Price around $10-11, but kind of unknown) Unsure when the company will IPO, could be 2-5 years. Y1 280k Y2 - IPO - 25
- vote Google India L4 I have completed all the interview rounds for Google India L4. The next step is compensation discussion. I want some tips for the compensation discussion. Yoe:4 TC: 48LPA (36 cash + 12equity) I work at grab and it is going IPO somewhere in Q3. I heard that some of the companies does not consider e
- Indeed IPO I am ready for a career move so started googling random open positions. Found that Indeed was one of the big players that is hiring crazy but don’t see any news of it wanting to IPO. Most of the tech companies all have a plan on going IPO or already IPO. Any reason why Indeed is staying private?
- vote Google vs Houzz Google TC: 200k Houzz TC: 240k base 150k Not sure which to join. And don’t know much about houzz culture. Also not sure if it has the potential to ipo. Anyone from houzz know if there will be an ipo soon? Tc: 170k Yoe: 3
- Google India offer expectation I have given interviews last month for Google and looks like HC approved it(L4!!). HR called me and said that they will release the offer later next week. What to expect in TC? Current TC: ~40LBase 12% variable + Stocks that I can only liquidate if IPO/takeover happens, value ~$100-200K 9yoe #ha
- Companies better than LinkedIn? Been at LinkedIn for about 4 years, but got dropped off a cliff and most of the motivated and competent members from my cross-functional team left for Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, and the like. The ride was fun while it lasted I'm also looking for my next play, whether pre-IPO or well-established
- Interview with Attentive @NYC Hi all, Does anyone have any experience with Attentive? Are they going IPO soon? Seems like they grew a lot last year but would love to hear any opinion on the company culture, career growth, and ipo potential at the company. Current TC:250k #pm #product #swe #engineer #facebook #attentive #goog
- vote Rate this offer… Pre-IPO company (probably close to ipo) Base: 280k RSU: 7000 units (~420k/3yrs) Sign on: 35k Level: Staff Engineer YOE: 12 This is the final offer after negotiation! I do have a competing offer from google ~447k with the front loaded stocks.
- link Confluent file ipo? https://www-zdnet-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/confluent-confidentially-files-for-ipo/ congrats millionaires!#tech
- link Airbnb Bears F**OFF! Have been looking at so much shit talked about Airbnb, its business model, and desperation to IPO. The market says F** OFF to you A**holes who don't have a clue. This crowd mainly included arrogant folks from Google, FB, and AMZN. Airbnb Alumni, Employees, and investors along with hosts who chose t
- vote need suggestions on offers currently in amazon making 290k, in a OK team, have two offers: stripe 330k google lowball 20k lower than curent tc... stripe tc increase is decent. but there is risk as well as opportunity, possible econ recession vs ipo.. and google but lowball... also if amazon stock can go back to >3500 my
- Best companiea for PMs with highest pay Which companies pay better than Amazon for L6 PMTs? Per new bands, the range varies from around 270-350k. I guess L5 Google and FB can pay between 300-400k. Which other companies that pay equivalent or better? P.S: Talking real money, so either a public company or sure-shot pre-IPO (IPO within 2 ye
- vote Pinterest vs Dropbox Got L5 offers from them, both TC 450k, bay area. But let's consider stock futures. Currently: - $DBX is at 1x its IPO price (P/E 21), so not overvalued, a safe ship IMO. - $PINS has more than 2x'ed its IPO price (P/E 52), so likely overvalued and price may go down? Which to join considering future
- What companies pay 600k+ for L6 roles? Only public companies accepted (or super close to IPO), I'll start the list: Facebook Google (maybe) Snap Stripe (maybe, but shi1ty offer packages since no more 4 year vesting) Uber Netflix Airbnb Pinterest Who else?
- vArmour company vision In the interview process with vAmour and expecting an offer. They say we are going IPO in the 2-3 years. Can any insider shed some light on how is it doing? Is IPO really on the radar. #varmour #vmware #google #tech
- vote Microsoft L61 (Sde-2) vs Google L3 (Sde-1) vs Brex (Sde-1) Microsoft - L61 (SDE-2) Base - 141K Bonus - 40k/2 Rsu - 140k/4 220K, 176 recurring Google L3 (SDE-1) 290K (I am surprised) Brex (SDE-1) 240K - chose your own split 8% bonus TC: 260K (pre-ipo) Which one to choose? Google Gave L4 numbers for L3 brex thinks their Google too :) YOE: 2.1 (I am from