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- vote MSFT or Pre-IPO? I got an offer for two company as SWE II MSFT 170k Base 150k RSU / 4 year 50k Signing PreIPO @ 5.2Bil valuation with 1200 employees 160K Base 10904 @ ~$31 Stock options (Strike price unknown, going to squeeze this info from recruiter) 30K signing each year for two years Executives and investors h
- vote Is it worth leaving Microsoft for a startup that's going to IPO. I am 26 years old and I've been working at Microsoft for less than a year, no vested stocks yet, lvl 61. I got an offer from a local startup that's going to the IPO phase very soon, the total compensation is 11% higher than my current TC at Microsoft (even after vesting the stocks). I like Microso
- link IPO-bound Oyo raises $5 mn from Microsoft at $9.6 bn valuation What does it mean? Such a low investment by @Microsoft at this high valuation, what are the possibilities and and reason of this? What do you guys think about it? https://www-businesstoday-in.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.businesstoday.in/amp/latest/corporate/story/ipo-bound-oyo-raises-5-mn-from-micro
- if microsoft buy tiktok, what will happen to pre ipo stocks as per title
- 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
- vote Compare Instacart stock with meta and Microsoft I have received offers from the above. Instacart stock is pre-ipo. How much is $ 1 of Instacart stock compared to public stocks like meta/MSFT? Or in other words, how should I value it? Current tc: 220k Yoe: 2
- vote Which company would you vote # 1 based on stock growth? How do you rank these companies based on stock growth for Y2021 and Y2022? 1 Databricks (28B) | (Pre-IPO - $170) 2 Microsoft (1.90T) ($250) 3 Twilio (60B) ($360) 4 Salesforce (212B) ($230) 5 Amazon (1.75T) ($3450) 6 Rubrik (Pre-IPO - 3.4B) (Pre-IPO Price -?) #software #ipo #stock #stockmarket #sto
- How does the pre-ipo company offer works ? I see few companies like stripe and databricks are pre-ipo and are giving great offers. I just want to understand how those pre-ipo shares work. Once you get let's say 5000 shares @$220, which is almost a million dollar. It won't vest because they have not releases ipo, how would you even make mone
- 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 -
- 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
- Recession this and that but bay area houses keep going up and up Tech stock crash? So what. goog apple msft amz still in peak area. None of those employees got hit. And bunch of IPO winners still have tons of cash. Asian immigrants still buy houses like there is no house tomorrow 😂 Most of them in Bay area cares more about buying houses than anything else. We a
- Microsoft Sr Data Scientist offer expectation India I am waiting for Microsoft Sr Data Scientist offer. What to expect in terms of CTC? TC: 46LPA + $30000 per annum Yoe: 10 Pre IPO company. #data #datascience #compensation #microsoftsalary
- vote PreIPO liquidity stories Just got back to Microsoft and then received pre-IPO offer. Lifetime opportunity. Paper money in the 10MM+. Problem is: liquidity. Have almost 2MM to receive from MS over next 4 years, besides base salary, bonuses and possible raises, promos, etc. L67, underrepresented minority tier-3 package. Seek
- 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
- vote How much you are going to invest in Airbnb stocks Subject line says it all .... Those selecting > $20K - whats your range 🤔 #ipo #investments #market #stocks #startup #amazon #oracle #facebook #google #netflix #apple #airbnb #microsoft #tesla
- Do LinkedIn SWE get RSU/stock options? Title pretty much says it all. FAANG employees making bank with solid stock appreciation past few years. Recent IPO company like Snowflake employees making bank with junk stocks becoming worth a lot after IPO. What do LinkedIn employees get since the company is kind of in a limbo between being pri
- Why do people join Stripe with their new comp structure? Just cleared the interview and I got almost 650k TC annually. Their equity is evaluated annually and it is not like you get it converted to number of share at starting date for the next 4 years (like FB,G, Msft or others). So even if their stock goes to moon after ipo, there is not much of upside..
- Good time to join uber? Currently sde2 (61) at MS. Wondering if Uber is great for TC given it might go for ipo?
- Yugabyte Offer Eval Please Curr: Seattle Microsoft SDE YOE1.5yr PhD (non CS) TC: 210 (120base, 30 bonus, 60 stock) Yugabyte: Base 175K StockOptions: 35K units Loc: Bay area Not sure how to properly evaluate this. VP explained to me that by IPO in 2023-2024, the stock will appreciate to 2.4m if IPO at 3b valuation. Is that
- I OH gitlab is considering a sale ASAP Turns out the stakes for an IPO in 2020 got hammered by covid. Strong contenders are atlassian and microsoft/GH
- Databricks IPO https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-24/microsoft-backed-databricks-is-said-to-plan-2021-stock-listing What would be the IPO Valuation? Looking at its number (https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/14/databricks-crossed-350m-run-rate-in-q3-up-from-200m-one-year-ago/), it's not as impressive as s
- vote Meta recruiter ghosting Has it gotten to this level? I expected better from #meta #facebook 🙄 Currently Interviewing with #Microsoft #aws #intel for a senior product leadership role. All close to offer! Plus 2 pre ipo startup offers. Yoe 16 Tc 450
- 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
- vote Microsoft L61 vs Cohesity MTS-3 I got an offer from Cohesity MTS-3 in Bangalore which is going to IPO in a couple of months. Compensation: 31 lpa base + 3500 RSUs They are claiming that their internal valuation per share will be around 40$ when they IPO, although it's still speculative. If that happens, the total TC: 55 lpa Micr
- Why are Twitter shares not mooning? Even Microsoft shares mooned yet Twitter is still doing worse than after ipo 7 years ago. It’s worth 32 billion, which is less than square, a much smaller company.
- vote Am I a black patch on society (ft. Robinhood) ? I recently joined FB and turned down a few startup offers (no, it wasn't Robinhood, neither was it any of these IPO successes). But the way this past year has gone by with respect to IPOs and how 2021 is framing to be, I am really jealous of these IPO gainers. So, with all this recent GME fiasco, I
- How is Snowflake doing It seems that Snowflake's stock has not been doing well since the IPO hype. From my opinion, the competition might be tough as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are also stepping in this space. However, I saw a lot of good things about their business like continuous high growth. Can anyone share some i
- Is there a precedent for the Meta stock drop Has something similar ever happened, ever? An instant 25% dump due to poor earnings? People are comparing it to MS 2000 which isn’t valid since that was the dot com bubble burst, and Meta’s post-IPO volatility which is obviously not relevant
- vote Joining start up Pre-IPO is risky? What are the financial risks involved when we join Pre-IPO. I got a offer from a startup. Cash is good, but they offered stocks too. Just wanted to know if anyone had prior experience on this and what are the other potential risks? TC: 32L #nvidia #arm #flipkart #netflix #microsoft #google
- Top Tier Augmented Reality Companies outside of Big Tech I will be entering market again soon, looking for any promising companies that are outside of the typical Big Tech that I should also apply to. Here are ones already on my list: Snap FB MSFT Apple Niantic Google What are some other ones I am missing? There is no such thing as a "pre-IPO unicorn"
- [India] Navi SRE/Devops offer How is Navi WLB, work, culture and growth opportunities. TC: 28L+4L(JB)+4L(esops near to IPO). CTC: 18 Yoe: 2 #navi #flipkart #swiggy #zeta #directi #meesho #amazon #microsoft #google #startups #india #banglore #phonepe #razorpay #paytm
- vote Best Investment Advisor ! Subject-line says it all ! Plz also comment why do you think it is best ! #personalfinance #investments #oracle #amazon #apple #microsoft #facebook #tesla #netflix #google #jpmorganchase #goldmansachs #deloitte #morganstanley #finance #stock #money #ipo
- Working for OfferUp What is working for OfferUp like, compared to say, Microsoft or Facebook? I hear a lot of departures from OfferUp, and why is that? Are they in path to IPO? Are they stable?
- vote Retool vs Houzz I have an offer from Houzz ( 140k +70k RSU = 210k) and from Retool ( 155k base +7700 options over 4years at 4$ strike and 20$ fmv - TC = 185k) Just wanted to know which would be better - culture wise, WLB or IPO prospects? Any insights into why one over the other would be appreciated. YOE - 5 #te
- vote Stripe vs Microsoft Hi, I've recently got two comparable offers from Stripe and Microsoft Azure. Both are software engineering positions, on similar levels. Which one would you recommend to follow through, and why? What do you think of the relative value of Stripe's pre-IPO equity and Microsoft's equity? Thanks.
- Product Designer with 6 YOE looking for referrals! 💫💫 Currently looking for referrals to Facebook, Google, Apple, Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, Stripe, Tesla, Lucid and Microsoft. Also open to working for pre-IPO companies 😏 I mostly listed the companies I genuinely believe in and mostly jumping ship for better WLB and TC (the pre IPO RSUs is not worth lmao)
- Microsoft stock growth Since the $MSFT IPO, the share price has increased on average 25% per year. What do you think the average growth rate of the stock will be for the next 20-30 years? TC: 710k YOE: 8
- How do we know if we are in recession? Inflation to the sky? Sure. But companies still keep hiring, and house price and rental price to the roof. Stocks like goog apple msft amazon barely dropped, also recent ipo like airbnb still strong. Techies and wall street still buy houses like there is no tomorrow. Stupid fed only talks but no act
- vote Evaluate offer: MIcrosoft vs ArgoAI ICT3 in IST Location: Bay Area YOE:4 Current TC: $185k Microsoft offer: L63 Base: $185k RSU: 200k 15% bonus Total TC: ~$262k Argo AI: Base: $210k PreIPO RSU : $600k @ $20B valuation 15% Total TC: $391k Leaning towards Argo for TC, but what about WLB, job security, post IPO valuation? I am on vis
- vote Chime vs Confluent vs Google vs Meta vs Square (New Grad) Format: Base / Equity over 4 yrs. Excluding Sign on Background: Undergrad with 5+ previous internships Highly value: Culture, WLB, Growth/Upside. Benefits is a nice plus Chime (remote): 140k/160k at Current Valuation Bonus: 10% Team: Financial Platform + Pre-IPO (barely) + really great reviews
- Why India lacks a good startup ecosystem? After working in US and China, I keep wondering why India doesn't have the quality of founders who can successfully start, scale and IPO their companies. What is it that the founders or the whole ecosystem lacks? Why don't we have more startup success stories like Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba, Tencent
- vote Instacart DS(L6) vs. Meta DS (L5)? Currently a Sr. DS at Microsoft. Current TC: $250k YOE: 6 Locate in Seattle Recently interviewed at both Meta and Instacart, followings are the offer detail. Meta TC: $330k (Base: $180k/Annual Bonus: 15%/ Equity: $380k/ Sign-on: $25k) - IC5 Instacart: $456k (Base: $211k/Equity: $960k/Sign-on: $25k)
- Will U quit Microsoft for a startup like Dropbox in Seattle if you are on H-1B Just wanted to know views and opinions on quitting a high paying salary and an amazing brand like Microsoft for Dropbox Seattle. What would you consider if you would make that move? Is it cash signing, stocks, IPO possibility, work culture, green card process etc.
- Grab offer evaluation Base : 170k Rsu: 52k for 4 years Bonus:15% Current TC :245k Yoe:8 in Microsoft. Basically TC is same as Microsoft. Does it make sense to go on same TC to grab and specifically rsus are pre ipo.
- vote Qualtrics vs GoPuff GoPuff offer: 180k base, 400k stock / 4 years, and 10% target bonus. TC: 300k Qualtrics offer: 140k base and 288 stock / 4 years, 10k signon, 10%~ bonus. TC: 226K. I want to say GoPuff because even if their ipo drops 50% - 66% the offers will still be the same. But there is potential for a good ipo
- Lyft Engineering Manager Given that they are going to IPO anytime now, what would be the expected offer now? Any tips for the interview process/questions? 2.5 yrs of experience as EM at MSFT, TC: 350K
- vote Microsoft vs Quora New Grad SWE Hypothetical (still interviewing might end up getting something other than these): Microsoft TC: 190-200 first year Quora TC: like 170k and then a shit ton of worthless paper money (close to 100k in options first year) Does Quora have a chance at IPO? #Quora #microsoft #swe #newgrad
- Considering Pre-IPO opportunities during COVID-19 crisis Folks considering opportunities at Pre-IPO companies, how are you justifying given the COVID-19 crisis and looming recession? Im coming up on my vest at AMZN and looking for opportunities outside. Most of the companies that Im interested are late stage, pre-IPO : Kong, Snowflake, Hashicorp, Segmen
- vote Nutanix vs Cohesity offer What to consider, please help based on company culture, tech stack and growth. Nutanix- TC- 42 lpa + 3500 public units Cohesity- TC - 49 lpa + 6200 rsu - telling soon will ipo Yoe - 7.1yrs Role - MTS4 #cohesity #nutanix #microsoft #tech
- High Upside Pre-IPO or FAANG company? 3 years @ MSFT 62 (very likely 63 in a couple months) $140k salary I blew away a lot of my vested stock like an idiot and realized how much higher comp I can get as a senior equivalent elsewhere. Especially since my current role is already a grind. Looking to move once I get 63 in a few months. I