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- vote Should I leave Square and join pre-ipo company? Like stripe, robinhood, tiktok Seeing a lot of my friends got rich from joining DoorDash, wish and snowflake make me wanna join a pre-IPO company Tc:500k Yoe: 3
- What TC can I expect as "strong L6" at Square? I have an offer of 450TC from another post IPO company I got very good initial feedback. The recruiter said I'm a strong L6. I'm in the Seattle area. Will square match a 450TC offer? YOE At AMZN: 3.5 years YOE in the industry: 10+ TC for April 2022 - April 2023 as SDE2 - 200K #square
- Square: how is Cash App? What’s the difference between Cash App and Square? Is Cash App pre IPO? What’s the level mapping from FB to Square?
- Too many interviews ? What should I do? Basically, I applied to every big-n company because I didn't think I'd get any interviews. However, it backfired and I currently have phone screens with: - Google - Facebook - Splunk - Square - Stripe - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn A - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn B - Pre-IPO no-name unicorn C I don't have
- 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
- Making a career move or job change... need advise Considering both established pre-ipo and good ipo companies... which company would you advise to try ? Few: Netflix/Square/Nutanix ? Uber/Lyft/Airbnb/Slack/Stripe ?
- Will Stripe have a good IPO? how is its transaction volume compared to PayPal/Square? couldnit be a 100B company at IPO?
- How is Dropbox doing? Their stock has stayed the same since ipo. Will it become snap or square ?
- Why’s it so hard to get an interview at Uber Lyft and Twitter? G F A A, almost every pre ipo company and post ipo company I applied to have given me an interview but I still haven’t heard back from ULT. Are they supposed to be slow or should I expect a rejection if it’s been 2 weeks with no response? Square as well. 2.5 YOE
- vote Square stock, will it get better? Have an offer from Square and some other places. Square stock has been down for a while, and it might be a great time to join, but will it go back up? Is there still a decent amount of upside? TC: 0 new grad #engineering #software #swe #square #block #stock #ipo #offer #upside #remote #remotecompa
- Best companies in LA to consider as Sr SW Dev or Sr Manager Tech Looking for recos. Sure the usual like FAANG, Airbnb, Uber (hot because of possible IPO in 2019), Square, etc
- link Damn Chime at $25B valuation. Thoughts? Looks like a fresh new big raise before a potential blockbuster IPO for @Chime. Heard good things about the company and curious if they can sustain. Looks like fintech is really hot right now with Square, Robinhood and Coinbase doing well. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/08/13/chime-earns-big-valuat
- 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.
- Is it worth leaving 1.5 years into a 4 year RSU? At DoorDash and see a ton of openings related to my field (non-tech) at companies like Square, Stripe, PayPal, Airbnb. I joined DD before the IPO so my RSUs are already 6x increase after IPO. Is it even worth interviewing at other companies at this point or should I ride out the 4 years? Is it even
- Companies better than LinkedIn? Been at LinkedIn for about 4 years, but got dropped off a cliff and most of the motivated and competent members from my cross-functional team left for Facebook, Pinterest, Snapchat, and the like. The ride was fun while it lasted I'm also looking for my next play, whether pre-IPO or well-established
- vote Offer comparison, FB vs Square vs startup Posting for a friend, current SDE2 at Amazon, ~250k after the cliff FB, E5, base 205k, stock $640k, sign on 95k, 15% performance bonus. Square, senior, base 211k, stock $720k, sign on 20k Series A startup, senior, base 202k, stock 130,000 shares (current valued at $715k), sign on 20k, 40k token b
- Square - I was lined up for Senior Engineer role, but have 475k offer from another place Any chance that square will give me an offer of 400+ for E5 after negotiation? The 475K role is at post IPO, though not that confident in their business model. Any chance for up-level post-interview, if I really nail it? TC: 200K starting from April 2022 , SDE2 at Amazon, YOE at Amazon : 3.5 #squa
- vote Luck or smart work ? How to find a good start-up ? How to find companies like Snowflake, Twilio, Square etc when you are looking for start-up jobs ? After going through many posts, it seems most early/pre-ipo employees have made millions. Also, i read somewhere, working at public companies at E5/L5+ levels is a better and secure way to make money t
- 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
- vote Evaluate offers Chime vs Square Reposting because I realized I should put some numbers Square $300k ($180k base) Chime $360k ($210k base) I really like both companies mission and products. People seemed great and culture seems good at both places Biggest factor for me is thinking about the future growth of each company. Chime
- Ex FANG SWE who left for Chime or Square, is it better? New grad having a really tough time deciding between Square and Chime. Square and Chime are remote which is a huge plus. Ex FANG who left to join either of these companies: 1. why did you leave 2. is it better or do you regret it? What would you do if you had a redo? 3. Time so far at Chime / Squa
- Do Stripe or Square offer ESPP or plan to? I hear that PayPal has a pretty good ESPP benefit. Does Stripe or Square offer something similar? For Stripe, do they plan to post IPO? Current TC: 500k YoE: 14
- Would you guys consider CircleCI as a solid pre-ipo company? Considering it against other companies like Mirror, Rivian, LinkedIn, Square. Seems like it's been leading CI/CD space and has had a lot of growth. What do you guys think? #startup #ipo #tier #circleci #interview #compensation
- vote Google vs Meta vs Square (New Graduate) Note: Google has been negotiated completely. Square and Meta do not negotiate for New Grads Google (Cambridge, MA): Base: 127k RSU: 130k / 4 years (33, 33, 22, 12) Bonus: 19k (15%) Sign-on: 35k Team: Google Commerce (Travel) Review: 223k for Y1, 188 Y2 _____________________________________ Meta
- Companies that are worth moving to from faang Title says all, looking to jump ship as I don't feel like I'm a good fit for FB's move fast and break things culture, but not finding a lot of companies that pay well and also treat employees well. What are your top 3 or more companies to go to next, considering major factors like TC, wlb, career, e
- Marketing (non-tech) at Stripe vs. Square Getting pretty deep in the process for both companies - the TC for Stripe is higher than Square (similar base at both - but less equity at Square and also no bonuses at Square??). Base is $125k for Square and $130k for Stripe if anyone is curious. I only have 1.5 YOE of after college experience from
- Looking for referrals in LA or remote Tc: 220k Yoe: 7.5 Product manager at Workday Looking for LA or remote product manager roles, only interested in public big tech or pre IPO where they can beat my current comp. Thank you! I can also refer for Workday. Snap Netflix Pinterest Google - have it Spotify Reddit Dropbox Square Stripe
- PM referral needed Looking to switch to SaaS based PM roles. in companies like Twilio, Asana, Slack, Square, Hubspot, Shopify, Stripe, and smaller pre-ipo companies. Currently B2B L6 Product Manager at Amazon. Would greatly appreciate any referrals. TC: 225k YOE: 1 at Amazon, 8 total Background: Technical, Past expe
- Looking for Referrals: Group / Principal Product Manager YOE - 15 TC - 300k Hey Blind community! I am a group / principal level Product manager at a public company (Not Resmed), looking to move to a late stage startup / pre-ipo / public company. My interests are in developer facing products, platform products across tech, healthcare and marketplace indu
- Tech PM Referral Hi all looking for full time Product/Program Manager referrals at big/medium tech as well as pre-IPO companies (which provides visa sponsorship). Total 6+ years of cumulative work experience in implementation, product management and Analytics in Big4 Consulting. Happy to provide more info via DM! C
- Fintech Valuations: Does Profitability Matter? Tech startups seem to be valued mostly by simply number of unique active users rather than profitability. Yes, there needs to be some semi-credible route to this but that’s more of an after(IPO)thought. True for Fintechs tho? ie Lending Club, Square, etc? Or is profitability / credibility of argume
- Referrals for a current PM? Tc: 220k Yoe: 7.5 Product manager at Workday Looking for LA or remote product manager roles, only interested in public big tech or pre IPO where they can beat my current comp. Thank you! I can also refer for Workday. Snap Netflix Pinterest Google - have it Spotify Reddit Dropbox Square Stripe
- Total comp for a senior PM With 10 years of experience (3 as an engineer and 7 at enterprise startups in the bay area), what level and total comp should a senior pm be getting? I've tagged the companies whose comp I'm interested in, but would like to hear about pre IPO companies like Dropbox, uber, square, lyft. Thanks! I se
- Medium tech PM referral Hi all looking for full time PM referrals at medium tech and pre-IPO companies please. 5 years of cumulative work experience, 1 year of PM experience (4 years MBB consulting, MBA). Happy to provide more info via DM! Companies (non exhaustive) I was looking at --> #Shopify #better.com, #Snap, #Li
- Can you help me sorting the best companies to apply to? I am trying to rank companies where I want to apply. My target is to maximize first (TC, WLB) and then (reputation, growth opportunity). So far I have: - established and safe, good WLB/TC: google, netflix, dropbox, twitter - healthy pre-ipo: stripe, databricks - healthy post-ipo: twilio, square - hi
- Looking for Referrals Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any MAANGMULA+ all well funded start ups. Basically any pre-IPO and large public tech companies! Also companies which can sponsor my visa as well! LC 200+ YOE: 10 TC- 65 LPA Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #swe #engineering #so
- link Fidelity downgrade stripe's valuation Interesting article that came out yesterday. Doesn't seem too bad (~90% of their price in Sept). Can anyone from stripe comment? "Fidelity's Growth Company Fund — a $55 billion fund that invested in Stripe's Series H funding round — valued the company's stock at $40.12 per share at the end of Novem
- Referral needed for SWE position. 2 YOE + 350 LC done Hi I'm interested in a referral to companies currently hiring in NYC. For non new grad roles. Looking in the HF/FLAMINGASS/pre ipo world. #referral #faang #google #facebook #apple #amazon #microsoft #instacart #square #snowflake #uber #docusign #twitter #twilio #bytedance #salesforce #oci #tablea
- vote Netflix versus Stripe Considering two offers: Netflix: $575k all cash - no levels. But position and responsibility sounds a lot like Staff at companies like Twitter, Square, LinkedIn Stripe: Offer for L3(Sr Swe). Total comes out to $440k/year. Stripe’s RSU grant is determined each year so no 4 year grants anymore. Thi
- link What types of non-FAANG companies pay as well as FAANG? Seems like there's a few different categories _post-IPO former unicorns_ Dropbox Box Uber Lyft LinkedIn (pays better than Microsoft) Square Stripe Snap Slack? Twitter Pinterest _imminent/new IPO_ Doordash Airbnb Roblox Robinhood Instacart Databricks _high-growth eventual IPO_ TikTok _old compani
- vote Should I join this startup? Hi folks, Wanted to get your opinion on whether I should join this small startup which I got an offer this week. The location is in Toronto. Startup has done Series E a couple of years ago, and raised over 250m CDN. Role: Senior engineer Base: $145 Options: estimated about $230,000 over 4 years
- What next after Google Thinking of changing job if some other company can offer better compensation and career growth. Some options look like: AirBnB, Netflix, Uber, Square. L4 YOE: 2 years TC: 230K Edit (adding some more context): Work is good at Google and so is WLB. I have learnt a lot from the senior members in the
- vote Square vs Series D Recently got an offer for 245 (150 base, 95/year RSU) from Square as L4. Also have an offer from a startup for 268 (180 base, 88/yr RSU OR options). I’m new to the startup game and don’t know how to evaluate the offers against each other. Startup recent raised series D at ~1.5B valuation. Might be
- Sr manager/Principal Product Manager opportunities Hi, I'm looking for Sr Manager/Principal Product Manager opportunities in Seattle/NYC or remote locations in mid to large sized companies. Also open to pre ipo. Currently Product lead at Amazon. 10+ total experience in tech, 7+ in product/program, 1+ as a people manager. Please comment/dm. #hiring
- vote Square vs. Robinhood Both positions for NYC Both positions are mid-level Square: ~330k TC - better wlb - boring work (seller side) - cool team and manager - value the company mission a lot more Robinhood: ~400-500k TC (as of last funding round) - worse wlb - same work I do now (networking infra @ aws) - don't have a
- Coinbase offer - is RSU negotiable? I just got an offer from Coinbase for a non SWE role, the RSU grant felt lower than I would expect and is lower than my initial grant at Square, I know base salary is non negotiable but when I tried to negotiate RSU and ask for a sign on recruiter said they don’t really do sign on and wouldn’t budge
- Enterprise SaaS startups from A+ investors potential for exit? Do these types of startups have less chance in general of going unicorn and having a meaningful exit for series B+ employees? Seems the best bets have been the consumer type startups like Affirm, Square, Uber, Instacart, Robinhood, Coinbase, etc Last enterprise type SaaS I can think of that had an
- Should I join a startup over Nuro/big tech? Is this Series A startup worth the risk? I’m a new grad SWE who is talking to seed and Series A startups and am considering joining them over Nuro and big tech companies. What should be needed in order to make taking this risk worth it? The main startup I’m talking to is a Series A fintech startup with 20 employees. They raised a 35 mil S
- Companies with stacking refreshers I am collecting a list of public and pre ipo companies which give a stacking refreshers of at least 100k plus for Senior plus engineers every single year which vests over 4 years. I am looking to move out. Staff at LinkedIn with a TC of 470k Edit: Stacking refreshers means: companies giving refres
- Career advise I just joined uber in April as SE2 with a huge potential to be senior within next 6 month to a year. An old manager recently moved to square and he asked me to join his team as a tech lead. What would you do? Even thought I wasn’t fully happy with my tC in uber but I believe strongly in their IPO. I