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- How important are titles like Director, VP? Have an offer from a startup. They are ready to give me the title of Director with 3 reports and potential to grow the team. Another offer for Engg Manager from a tier 2 public company (5-6 direct reports). This offer is 30% more than the startup plus no paper money so financially it is a no braine
- Have you switched employers on GC EAD? I've received my GC EAD and I have an offer from a startup-like company that I really want to join. Target company's TC is reasonable (yes, paper money) I've verified with attorneys that I'm eligible to switch (> 180 days of waiting completed etc) Has anybody switched on GC EAD? This situation is
- vote Uber vs Lyft new grad Which company do you think will win big in the next couple of years? Lyft seems to be focusing too much on fluff while moving slower. TC: 230~ first year, 200 (with paper money) afterwards
- How does paper money work? For those who joined pre-ipo companies, how does paper money work? Are these shares tracked by some broker (morgan stanley or others)? What happens if you leave the company, do you leave these behind, if not how do you get the share once the company ipos? TC: 350K, YOE: 12
- 250K+ remote roles? Which companies, if any, offer 250K or more for fully remote roles? Public companies ideally, don't want to deal with that bullshit paper money Edit: interested in engineering/ML roles specifically TC: 340K YoE: 2.5
- Looking for referrals 15+ YOE as an EM. TC: 230k + paper money at a startup Looking for referrals in the following companies #tesla #argoai #samsara #nio #toyotaresearch #waymo #voyage
- High TC companies in LA Any LA companies that pay 250k+ for 5-7 YOE folks? Prefer cash or monthly vesting and exit over paper money. You can assume leetcode, system design and actual experience are good.
- Only 72 hours to accept a role? So I have an offer from an Adtech company for a PM role. They are giving 72 hrs to decide. I am expecting few more offers next week but that will mean I lose this offer. I am going to ask for more time but is 72 hrs an industry standard? TC: 200k (not including paper money) New offer TC: 230k (no
- Cruise culture A recruiter reached out from Cruise. Is the company worth looking? How is the culture there? Will they ever get out of paper money mode? TC: $320K
- SDE2 Seattle Hey blinders! Which tech companies can pay 300k-350k TC for SDE-2 roles/(2-3 YOE) in Seattle/Bellevue? Not looking for paper money. TC: 240K
- vote What will you chose? A) 350k all liquid comp. 200k base , 150k stocks Or B) 350k from private company 200k base, 150k paper money Although there are more nuances to it. Companies does matter but also things like a clear picture to IPO which is often hidden. For example, see companies like Reddit which have been pri
- Stay at uber or not? Currently making 400k (including paper money) as a data science manager, like my role but not a fan of the PR issues, should I consider other companies / which ones? Edit: base salary of 170k
- Do promotions in your previous company matter to potential employers? Do companies take into consideration the work you did in your previous company and promotions/early promotions (if any) that you have received while hiring? Or do levels don't matter at all and are just titles on paper? #leetcode #faang #startups #hiring
- Other than FANG who's paying 300k+ Hi all, Getting somewhat bored at Google. Would love to move to a company where my work is making a positive impact to the world vs making Google more revenue. Any non FANG companies who have interesting work and pay 300k+ total comp...not including paper money
- working on distributed databases w/o company any way to learn about distributed rdbms? besides studying books/papers. is there a way to actually work on the implementation of it, besides joining a company. any open source projects maybe?
- EB1 with no PhD I have 5 publications (two second author, no first author), with ~ 150 citations and have reviewed papers for NeurIPS and ICML. I have a EB2 I-140 approved. I work as a machine learning scientist at the R&D unit of my company. Should I port to EB1? What are my chances of getting an EB1 approved ? #
- Regular toilet paper 🧻 💩 🍑 semi-💩 post but why do these billion dollar tech companies have regular 1-ply toilet paper in the office… it is 2021 for god sake. Not trying to sand my 🍑 every time I 💩 on company time. Need flushable wipes or reusable bidet.
- Best companies for frontend? Looking to jump ship in the next ~3 months, and want to know what people think are the best companies for FE work. Looking to maximize TC so no startups unless base is competitive. Meta seems like the obvious winner but looking for some other options. Bonus points for less LC heavy interviews Blind
- How do stock options work at pre IPO companies? If I get 40k worth of paper stocks, and company goes IPO. How is that 40k impacted based on valuation? Let’s say a company is valued at 1.75billion and I join in a month. And valuation goes to 3.5b. Do the stocks double only if company goes to IPO?
- Which company allows remote from multiple countries? After COVID I will travel across Europe and Asia. Which companies do not tie you down to one country? Yoe: 8 Tc: 350k Title: MLE Edit: P.S. Reddit says the company needs to file “papers” every time I wfh from a different country. So it’s discouraged. Does anybody know how other companies do it?
- Propose my next company Plan to make a move after IPO(2019). Staff level with 10 yoe. current TC is about 650k including paper money. Any suggestion on the company?
- link Morningstar values Uber IPO at $110B The 48 page paper gives good insight into the case for the valuation. We are only at the tip of the iceberg for the potential of the company. https://files.pitchbook.com/website/files/pdf/3Q_2018_Morningstar-PitchBook_Uber_May_Pick_Up_Investors_Along_With_Riders_In_Its_IPO.pdf
- vote Will Instacart have a successful IPO? Have a Product Manager offer that does not sit in the Product org. A lot of the compensation is paper money and I have doubts about the longevity of the company because there is nothing special about what they do. Current TC: 200K Instacart Offer: 340K (Base 205K) #productmanager #instacart
- How is Automation Anywhere? Wondering how good this company is to work for ? I known it is managed by a bunch of Indians (big red flag as they try to bring in their friends in Mgt positions). On paper it looks like a very exciting company with challenging work.
- The bathroom test: best employer? Does your company stock the bathroom with the same quality of toilet paper you use at home? I believe this simple test says a lot about how companies treat employees--the ones stocking thin sandpaper likely also have horrible wlb and bad PIP culture. If you're remote you can still check out the ba
- Modern Observability architecture Thinking of giving a shot at some observability teams/companies shortly. Just wanted to know if there are any papers/tech blogs on modern observability architecture which are worth reading.. YOE 14 TC 300k
- vote Convoy vs Faire vs KeepTruckin Wanted to get a sense of which company would be better to go to. I am looking for a company that is well run, with interesting work, but has a lot of growth runaway left. I am going as a sr EM. I don’t know anyone in these companies unfortunately but they seem attractive on paper. Would love to he
- link Solution in search of a problem If they really wanted to help the environment they would not look for this "ingenious" solution and instead invest in bidets. It seems like the super rich are even more out of touch with the outside of America population than even the Americans who thought it was ingenious to use banana tree leaves
- Contract roles at FAANG: can you put FAANG as employer on resume / Linkedin? I'm looking at some contract roles at FAANG companies. While the company handling payroll and benefits is another company (contractor / consulting) company, I would essentially be working 'on site' or remotely at the FAANG company. Question: on Linkedin and my resume, is it okay to say my employer
- Hudson River Trading TC for SWE? Not many data points for this company so I'm curious what it pays: Juniors (0-1 YOE) Mid Level (3-5 YOE) Seniors (5 YOE+) Anyone know? TC: ~240K (1/3rd paper money) L4 SWE #engineering #hrt
- How to politely deny an accepted offer I accepted an offer at company A but company B made an offer after company A’s deadline so I accepted A but B is way better in all the terms. I accepted B today but how do I politely tell A I don’t want to join Ps- paper work didn’t start yet for company A
- Only @ amazon Can’t find bathroom, because we are cheap ass company not to enough rest rooms, because when we shit we shit LPs, and we can do it on paper and call it narrative style. Every few days someone complains about simple things like bathrooms. This is really third (maybe 4th) world company.
- H1b transfer My h1b transfer case status is ‘Case was approved and my decision was emailed’. Is it safe to join the new company without receiving I797, the paper approval notice? Any risks? #workvisa #h1b
- vote Offer evaluation from a Startup YOE: 10+ TC: 83lpa(53+30(RSU)) Offer: 66lpa Base plus, ESOP (valued at $150k) after recent series A, but it is paper money. Company: Can't name the company to keep the anonymity. But it's anyway unheard of. Please help in deciding. Still confused.
- Recognition for my work after leaving the company I developed state of the art algorithm in the field I worked in my company. My manager was not ok with me writing the paper at the moment as that would slow down the project and we had strict deadline. Anyway, I plan to leave company soon and I expect them to publish the paper at some point in time.
- Will I get bonus in notice period? If I put my papers in Feb and stay in the company till March end(bonus eligibility), will I get yearly bonus? Although I have 2 months notice period, is it possible to terminate my employment earlier by the company to avoid giving bonus? Location :India
- Principal/L5 engineer salary range What's an expected range for principal engineer in Bay Area with a reputed public company? I can imagine startup might give u millions in paper money but let's keep it real with real public companies. My guess is 350-400k is that about right ?
- vote Brex or Facebook Recently got offer from FB and Brex. Both companies offer something around 400k tc. Brex allows to choose cash option split anywhere from 10% up to 90%, so it won’t be paper money. How to choose in terms of company culture and career growth? YOE 7
- Which companies have true data scientists ? Most of the “Data Scientist” roles today in the market are for product analytics/ business intelligence. Ex: Facebook, LinkedIn, Google. Even when fb, goog have research scientists bar is very high (phd with published papers). Which companies should I target if I have 3.5 year of experience with A
- Referral needed I am about to close one offer and put down papers. Please help me with referrals in your companies. Focus Area: Frontend Location: India Current TC ~33LPA YOE 4.6 #referral
- DoorDash changed refreshes to 2 year schedule (from 4) So instead of 100k refreshers over 4 years you get 50k over 2 years. On paper it seems like the same amount but does this have an effect on compounded RSUs meaning we lose out on gains? Any other tech company doing this?
- Argo.ai Munich office What is the general sentiment about the company and particularly the Munich office? They recently reached out to me for an SWE role. On the paper, the company and what they are working on definitely looks interesting plus they are well funded but I want to know if it reflects the reality. #argoai
- Snowflake 2016 Blind post 2016 Offer from Big Company Offer from Startup Which one to take? Please suggest. Everyone: Take Big company. Offer from startup is paper money and has no value. Startup turns out to be Snowflake. Blind post 2020 Regret not taking snowflake offer. Everyone: You are a fool for reject
- How to value series B/C equity? How do you value equity (options) when negotiating offers with series B or series C companies? 0.25-1B valuations. Im thinking something like 0.7-0.8x factoring in growth potential, liquidity vs public company RSUs, and possibly of it being just toilet paper. Is this reasonable? TC:~400K
- How good do you find early startup engineers? I had a chat with a series A startup today. The offer was 150k plus some small paper money. It's pretty much half of my current comp and with a pie in the sky exit several years in the future. What got my attention is this person telling me how they built a world class team. That made me wonder h
- Research / RSDE interview prep buddy Trying to get into PhD program but don't have first author papers during Masters. Looking to team up for RSDE interview preparation. Targetting to move any team / company with publication possibilities, suggestions welcome. #machinelearning #researchscientist
- Update- Gave my 2 week notice and was fired Today- I gave my 2 week notice. My boss did not take it well. They fired me on the spot. I’m on an H1B1 visa and the transfer has THANKFULLY gone through and the process is completed for the new company. Can I start with the new company Monday? And Should I ask for severance? Update—- I get a
- Cost to Company (CTC) calculation When will HRs especially in US start adding the cost of coffee, water, coke, desk, chair, electricity, tissue paper, cleaning charges etc to inflate TC. I know many companies in India add a lot of BS to inflate TC. #compensation #hr
- What is difference between Product Owner and Product Manager I had an interview for the product head in product based company but on paper they give me a designation of product owner. I am confused what is the difference.. PO>>PM>>Sr PM >> PH>>CPO is it correct? Can I say product owner is a product head of company?
- How to get an interview shortlist at FAANG and others Last year joined a Startup rejecting offers from Paypal, Amex etc Since I have done that I am struggling to get my resume shortlisted for interviews. I am looking to switch and would be grateful for referrals at major companies and top unicorn startups #cred #meta #amazon #atlassian #swiggy #flipk