I have two offers in hand, one for Google @T4 SETI (Cloud) and another for Amazon SDE @L6 (Alexa). Amz offered ~300 stock with ~225 signing. Goog offered ~400 stock with ~50 signing. My concerns are that Goog will not refresh at anywhere near the level of the initial grant and long term comp will...Read more
AI - Artificial Intelligence AMZN - Amazon AWS - Amazon Web Services BI - Business Intelligence BIE - BI Engineer BS - Bachelor of Science or bullshit DE - Data Engineer DS - Data Scientist EE - Electrical Engineering or Enterprise Engineering EM - Engineering Manager FANG - Facebook, Amazon, Netfli...Read more
I am an L5 SDE. TC 245K (mainly stocks + base 155K). YOE 6.5 Received an email from google cloud recruiter to choose a role that fits me. And the options are SWE, SWE Infra, SWE SRE, SETI, and Data Engineer. Given my experience, I will be evaluated for L3/L4 Engineer which will have 4 to 5 onsite r...Read more
Every proper forum has a glossary page for new visitors. I've started one for you. You're welcome TC: total compensation. Normally base+annual bonus+annual allotment of RSUs GTFO: get the fuck out, as in TC or GTFO YOE: years of experience COL: cost of living RSU: restricted stock units Refr...Read more