Since Hopper is pre-ipo, what is the stock price to determine the value of equity grants for new hires?#tech #compensation #equity
I've currently got offers from both companies. Here are their initial offers (still need to negotiate) All values in GBP. YOE: 4 Deliveroo: 80k base 10k bonus 10k stock options Hopper (contract): 100k base 10k stock options Furthermore the issue with hopper is that they don't have a legal entity...Read more
Hi, borrowing a friend's account for this. SWE - 3 YOE CAD Base: $160K Stock: $20K/yr USD Base: $127K USD Stock: $16K USD #compensation #hopper
For current job hoppers now. Are you starting to consider stability factors like: layoff history, profitability, burn rate, cash reserves, stock volatility/performance. In offers more? TC: $285k/2.5
Hopper recruiter reached out and decided to take a call with them. We ran out of time to discuss comp. Just checked levels.fyi and what little data they have indicates that they won't be able to meet my expectations. Didn't have time to discuss comp on recruiter call so they said we could discuss af...Read more
Hi all, I recently interviewed and received an offer at Hopper for an L4 Software Engineer position. (Hopper is a private travel/fintech company https://www.hopper.com/ if you want to check out their app) The hiring manager managed to get me the following offer after talking to their comp team: ba...Read more
Evaluating an offer from Anduril Industries for an L5 ML Engineer but am worried that by taking it I might come across as too much of a job hopper. I currently work for a small startup in a similar role/field and have had 4 jobs in the last 8 years (so average tenure of 2 years per job). I do think ...Read more
Facebook E5 remote offer for Senior iOS SWE (in low cost-of-living Midwest): Base: 170K Bonus: 15% of base Stocks: 450K over 4 years Signing Bonus: 70K TC: 170K + 25.5K + 112.5K = 308K Planning to accept the offer sometime next week. Let me know if it can be negotiated further. Thanks for the help...Read more
Hey guys! Hopper has been recruiting lately in the MTL region and I've applied. I was wondering if there's anybody on the inside that can give some info as to how the work/life balance is.. I already know the ballpark salary, but I did hear that there's stock options? I just got absolutely no detail...Read more
Aimed mainly at people under 30. Seems like most Blinders are serial job hoppers. How do you do it? Doesn’t it get exhausting having to ramp up every time? I’ve been at G 3.5 years now and cannot imagine leaving because of wlb. Only thing is I need more $$ now so I’m re-evaluating. Also wanna hea...Read more
I am based in Barcelona Spain. I was working remotely for Hopper as a lead Android Engineer with a TC: 200k(150k base, 50k RSUs) but I was extremely bored and unhappy after 7 months of work then I got laid off for financial troubles. Before I worked at Glovo as tech lead then a member on the platfor...Read more
ChatGPT is THE technological breakthrough of the 21st century. It wasn’t Google, Amazon, or Facebook but a group of about 120 hyper geniuses following their passion. OpenAI is the Google of the 2000s, Apple of the 1980s… Every CS major is now targeting this company. Developers have been made redund...Read more
I'm not really actively looking, but had a recruiter reach out to me about a Sr Android position with Hopper. Anyone have any experience with this loop or current Android devs there want to share their experience? Seems the first one is standard leetcode, then a 3 round onsite. Also any insight int...Read more
Just encouraging everyone to keep your foot on the gas pedal looking for new opportunities. This year has been unbelievable. Not long ago, no one would look at me. My TC was <;$40k. Since January I’ve gone from $40k >; $70k >; $85k >; $110k >; $145k base salary Yes that’s a lot of switch
Time and time again it is shown that the worst performers are Amazon new hires who are expected to be "bar raisers" yet actually end up bottom 5% and PIPed. Overwhelmingly is it new joiners that are getting PIPed so more scrutiny is needed to ensure new joiners actually meet the bar in job performan...Read more
I haven't been in the industry super long, but haven't had great luck - 3 month internship - 7 months at startup (was happy, everyone got laid off) - 7 months at medium size company (got demolished by COVID, was happy but my team eliminated) - 1y1m at MS (left because very unhappy) - soon about to ...Read more
Got an enticing offer from a listed company (B) with growth path potential, interviewed only recently while on 1 month with another company (A) that plans to go IPO soon. Present company (A) didn't provide stock or options while joining but new company (B) is already listed and providing rsus with b...Read more
Hi Blind Community! I just got an offer recently from a startup, and I am deciding whether or not I should stay or go. Currently, at DSS I am on track to be promoted to a senior position (perhaps next year) to P3. I love working on applications with Scala and get used to the team and also the techn...Read more
I started my career in 2014 after doing a MS in CS. I started late and was 26 years when I got my first job. Worked for a year in a bank where there was pratically no work. Manager treated me like a kid then and kept saying just learn the system from others. TC 87K + some 10k bonus. Then I moved on...Read more