https://fortune.com/2022/09/15/stanley-druckenmiller-investor-warns-stock-market-flat-decade-central-bank/ The world seems to be fucked, and we seem to be in the process of anti-globalisation. This would be an important consideration for stock based compensation. Thoughts?
Please don’t be afraid but I just need your opinions and experience on this subject. Federal bank 6-7 rate hikes… Stock market tanking… War in Europe… Increasing news about Possible recession… With rate hikes comes less investments in risky businesses/startups… With rate hikes comes less bank loan...Read more
TC: $200k @7 YOE Locations: - Philadelphia, PA - Malvern, PA - Dallas, TX - Charlotte, NC - London, England - Melbourne, Australia - Toronto, Canada Comp Benefits: - 2 Bonuses (midyear, year end) - 10% of salary auto invested into your 401k annually - 4% 401k match - $2,400 HSA annual con...Read more
What is it like to work in TECH at US Bank when it comes to compensation? leadership? culture transformation? work-life balance? collaborative projects/events? learning & development? …etc. How invested is this company in its employee wellness? What is the TC potential for people leaders? Weighing ...Read more
Hi, I recently received a verbal offer from a Series B startup, and the recruiter said the equity compensation is 60,000 units of warrants. I did some research and it looks like warrants are mostly given to investors and banks, not employees (from https://carta.com/blog/stock-options-vs-warrants-eve...Read more
TC: $100k Locations: - Malvern, PA (Tuesday-Thursday) - Remote (Mondays + Fridays) Comp Benefits: - 2 Bonuses (midyear, year end) - 10% of salary auto invested into your 401k annually - 4% 401k match - $2,400 HSA annual contribution (Individual) Vanguard’s Cloud Security Team is looking for a ...Read more
I miss the moment my friends and i were comparing the multiple offers we had, chatting about which company we’ll join at the campus library late night (I graduated in 2016) Dude who had snapchat offer backthen had almost 1mil worth of stock comp as new grad Airbnb and Uber were full of optimistic ...Read more
I'm 28. My total comp is 340 (not amortizing sign-on or refreshers etc. otherwise it's closer to 390) My hope is this comp will grow whether I choose to stay here or not. I have never invested my money. ESPP? Very little. 401k? Just started (I know, I know). I have a good deal of savings but it's j...Read more
Technology companies suffer from a serious issue of being bloated in terms of headcount. Over the last few years, we had the best years in terms of access to funding and financing to start and grow businesses (startups) with favorable valuations. Tech companies were valued with significant premium ...Read more
1) This is about options, not RSUs. 2) This isn't about why settle for options, because I understand that's the only way early stage startups can survive. Now to the actual question, given the fact that you need to invest your post-taxed money (so that's what 30-35% overhead to the actual amount yo...Read more
Cooling inflation, the potential for the Federal Reserve to avoid further interest rate hikes, the optimistic outlook for the stock market, and the economy for the remainder of 2023 into 2024 could have positive implications for job seekers. A positive stock market and economic outlook can lead to ...Read more
I read a lot of posts on here and I love how transparent people are as it helps people like me who are young and unsure. I don’t know if I should be looking into tech or investment banking. I have a bachelors in finance and 2 years of experience. Currently working on a Masters in FinTech. Both non...Read more
A recruiter reached out to me last week and talked about Capital One. He mentioned that Capital One is very technology-focused with a fairly large engineering group and that they have been investing heavily in AI/ML. In terms of TC he stated it is mostly cash with base around 300k and around 150k-2...Read more
Assume you don't want to be an investment banking hardo working 110 hours per week EVER. If you had to choose between a career in commercial banking or a career in corporate banking, which would you choose and why? Commercial Banking: Pay starts at 80K All-In out of Undergrad Pay hits ceiling aro...Read more
Founder, SWE 9 YoE, ML practitioner, love math and finance, no PhD. - Raised over $2M from investors. Created the idea, team, product. Rookie move, gave away too much equity to useless cofounders. Letting it run because of said biz partners. Product and people person. Told I am very charismatic. Co...Read more
My prediction is work from home lasts forever and most of us never going back to office. Its a one way door and now there is no going back. In past other companies used to follow faang but in this case they are weaponizing wfh to compete with faang offers. It takes just one faang to fall (probably...Read more
I graduated back in 2007 before the 2008 Financial crisis and at that time Computer Science is no where hot compare to now. I was a top student in high school and I can select any major I want but decided to go for Business as it was really "hot" back then to work for a bank. After graduated from U ...Read more
Blind wont let me post a google sheets link so here it is in raw format. It contains 95% of companies with more than 10 reviews. company ratings career growth wlb compensation culture management overall Formidable 12 4.7 5 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 Boston Scientific 38 3.6 4.9 3.5 4.2 3.8 4 Hudl 14 4.4 4.9 ...Read more
See where the 0.5 on-site came from later... I’m writing this to share my experience with my recent job search in security. There is tons of information for SWEs but not much for SEs and I’m tired of the weekly threads under “Security Career” asking “what to expect for interview at company X (espec...Read more