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- Fucked up: I have to pay 150k as tax I had stocks from my previous startup which went up to 450k. I invested them in alibaba and thinking that would go up and that 450k is now nothing. But I forgot to declare loss for my holdings cuz this is the 1st time I was doing. I have to pay 150k as tax and I don’t have that much amount with m
- PMI or pay up? I have a 99$/month PMI on my mortgage for next 4 years. I can get rid of it by paying up 28k on my principal right now. What do you guys suggest? Anyone going through the same situation ie debating PMI over cash?
- Move to Series A start-up with pay cut? I'm bored at LinkedIn and I imagine that other large companies (FAANG) wouldn't be much more interesting. I'm toying with the idea of joining a Series A start-up but would have to take a pretty big pay cut. Offer hasn't been discussed yet but cash would probably be between 200-220k, unclear what equ
- vote Pay more tax to speed up GC process? I heard rumors among my immigrant friends that paying additional federal tax can help with the green card queue. My wife already put $10K more, but I'm having second thoughts. Is this really true? If so, how much more should I put? Even if it doesn't help with my green card, I think at least it wil
- High paying software start-ups? Looking to make a move from hardware to software. Would like to find a software company still in “land-grab” mode, where the AEs are making 250k plus. Anyone know of any software companies that may be worth looking at?
- Annual pay raises in start ups? Are pay raises at start ups usually more than at a large company? How much was your most recent raise?
- vote Would you go to a start-up for a pay cut ? Pretty much what the title says. Would you go to a unicorn start up (2.5B valuation) with a great mission and vision. where you might learn a lot but earn less overall ? Options will be paper money and to exercise options you need to put in your own capital anyway. No offer yet. L6 TC: 320 YOE:
- vote Senior Marketing Manager Pay - start up What is the range for base pay and total compensation for senior marketing manager with 9 years of experience in a tech Series A start up targeting the healthcare space? What stock levels should I expect?
- vote Lowballed by Google(EDIT: Google pays up) EDIT : Updated communication from Google; see bottom edit Location : India YoE : 3 Offer : L4, 50k USD(35L INR) Competing : Microsoft L61, ~60k(42L INR)(65k/45L including 10% perf+reloc) Current : 50k(43k cash+ options; series H startup). This is a core data science engineering team that I'm reall
- vote How did you up your pay grade? Trying to understand how easily is it to go senior to staff from promotion vs interviewing for new job? 8/300
- vote Up to 25% pay cut to stay remote Business Insider has an article up with HL: Some Google employees could face a pay cut of up to 25% if they work from home permanently, according to leaked salary calculator What do you think?
- Do start ups pay higher up positions at FAANG compensation levels? My first job was at a DoD start up and I made ok money at it. I somewhat assumed that all positions were paid below market value. However, I've seen some posts on blind with high YoE people getting really good offers from start ups. Do the higher positions (like principal or staff software engineers
- Pay cut to join a start up A startup offers me a slightly higher base with no annual bonus, so overall it is lower than my current salary (base + bonus). People say it's never acceptable for a pay cut in base. I wonder if bonus is usually included in this equation. #startup #tech #softwareengineer
- Why cant Canada keep up with tech pay? Msft and Amzn has decent presence in Vancouver. But their pay is signiciantly lower than Seattle counterpart while COL is similar. Why is this?
- Start Up Ghosted Without Paying Looking for referrals Hey guys my start up founder just ghosted the company without paying any of the employees. Currently looking for a new opportunities. Refferals would be much apprecticated.
- What is the base pay break up in Amazon Hello, What is the base pay break up in amazon ? I can see component Base Pay + sign on bonus + RSU What is the base pay break up? Where the sign on bonus will add in my monthly salary slip? Help is appreciated 🙂
- Apple Pay engineering manager interviews coming up I have a interview process which is about to be started for engineering manager role. Please share your thoughts about the process and what to prepare. Thanks a lot! #engineering #interview #newyork #apple
- Is Shopify going to level up the pay at all? (Toronto based) How are you guys going to "double the hc this year" if you don't keep up the pay with other folks like Wish, Google, Facebook, Doordash, Uber or etc that are increasing their presence in Toronto? I like the vibe there but the pay is just so bad... please correct me if I am wrong. TC $310KCAD, Goog
- Former start-up refuses paying the referral bonus Hi all, I referred a candidate for a position in my former start-up. After interviews, my friend got hired. The CEO said I was awarded for a referral bonus. Unfortunately I decided to take a new adventure and left the company a couple of weeks later. My candidate started working there after my depa
- High-paying start-ups / scaleups with a Paris office ? So basically it's a known-fact that Paris tech salaries are lower than the average in other European cities (like Berlin, Amsterdam, etc). Yet recently I came across multiple tech offers based in Paris for DE (Data Engineer) role with salaries similar to those I usually find in Berlin/Amsterdam: 75
- Recruiter Gave Pay Up Front Then Asked for Salary A recruiter messaged me asking if I would be interested in a position at a startup that paid 240k, plus benefits. The message title was even Data Engineer Position - $240,000. I said I'd be interested, he sent me the company info and description. Now in the same message chain he's asking for my sal
- I hope hardware pay and demand go up in the future. Analog & digital design engineers have to go through 4-10 years of rigorous academic curriculum, while anyone can grind leetcode and become a SWE. Whenever I see tech bros and bootcampers making more TC with 1/100th of the effort of those that have pursued EECS, it really gives me cringe. I hope in
- Take a pay cut to work at a start up? Would you leave your cushy corporate job to go to a start up? I’m considering it because even though the pay is less I want to make more impact and I want to learn more skills by touching more projects. Is this generally true for start ups? Is this trade off between income and potential for career
- vote Would you give up 50% pay to be fully remote? I have an offer with a huge pay cut. BUT it's fully remote so no more traffic. TC $1M
- vote Did you take a pay cut to join a start-up? FANG (except Amazon) have deep pockets and pay better than most start-ups. So for folks who moved from FANG to start-ups, did you take a pay cut (after taking private equity into account) for more interesting/bigger scope work and potential rewards?
- vote Would you ever leave a high paying position for one that pays much lower in a start up? Basically, would you risk high paying salary on a low paying start up you believe in? #tech
- vote Should I expect pay cut moving from Lyft to start up? I got into Lyft with a great offer (TC jumped almost 50% at the time), I assumed it was because I was being severely underpaid at my previous job. I've been interviewing and got an offer from a start up, and TC is 20% lower! Are they intentionally trying to lowball me or is TC at Lyft so inflated t
- vote Am I gonna regret breaking up for a 3x pay raise and promo? TC $190k Gotta relo, and they can't come with me. Please reply below if you've done this before and lived to tell the tale!
- How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams? How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?
- Pros vs Cons: Great profile + good pay @ stealth start-up VS Decent profile + slightly lower pay @ Big brand I need to decide as to where to place my next bet. Wayfair: Culture - 4/10 WLB - 4/10 Pay - 6/10 Work Profile - 8/10 TC: ~110k Comment: Not a bad profile at all but shitty life because of company culture Stealth start-up (these are my guesses after 7 rounds of interview): Culture - 7/10 WLB - 3/10
- Real Estate ? Do people end up paying off morgage or sell those houses to retire. Asking mostly for Indians ( who plan to forever be on h1b ) - after buying houses more than 750k at about approx 30 years of age. (having rest 30 to pay off) - do people mostly plan selling the property to retire or can actually pay off the whole thing. ( considering inflation, red stoxks, low crypt
- Will you switch with no pay rise but title / level up? Have an offer currently in a Fortune 200 company, but a reduced base pay and more incentives, basically equaling the current TC. The new company have a good history of paying 100% incentives after talking to an insider. Like the role/position which is definitely a bump from the current position and
- What are the highest paying companies for senior PM and up? Looking to make the switch to a new PM role by this year. I’ll have 3 YOE as PM + 5 YOE as SWE by then. Current TC is ~$310k
- vote iPhone users how many times does Apple Pay pop up (when you didn’t want it to) One of my biggest annoyances with iPhone is that the Apple Pay just pops up randomly even when I did’t want it to. One of these days I’ll end up buying something or paying somebody when I didn’t want to. How many times in a day so you see an unwanted Apple Pay pop up?
- Why can't Microsoft step up and pay better TC to engineers similar to other Tier1/2 companies? Microsoft takes lot of hate for paying peanuts. Why can't they step up and pay better especially when the stock is doing so well? They have great WLB, but then how are they gonna be relevant to millennials who don't give a f9ck about WLB and TC chasers. Linkedin is a part of Microsoft and they sti
- Would you move to a higher paying job at no-name company if you aspire to end up at FAANG? Just for the pay and team culture for now, until I can achieve a FAANG job. At least AMD name will help me with that, but I have a good opportunity in hand at the moment at no-name. I don't know if I'll end up at FAANG or not, but will they look down on me if I'm at no-name silicon company vs. AMD?
- vote who is up for paying a monthly fee for a Ad free Social media platform ? facebook has been generating on an average 40$ per user in the US from Ads it targets its users..
- Does SAP pay to set up home office in the current WFH situation? #sap
- What is a manager at FB’s pay grade/scale? Curious how it stacks up to other roles. Curious if it’s a mid or senior grade level TC - 171k base Stock - 240k Sign on - 35k YOE - 10
- What companies pay 500k+ and do not focus on LC for higher levels (staff and up)? I would like to check what is my current market value around companies in the Bay Area but I really don't want to spend my nights on LeetCode. I don't mind having code interviews. I just want to avoid companies where these are the most important ones. L6 IC, 550k TC, 10+ YOE PS: I'm tagging here
- Hello Apple Folks ! I have my on-site interview coming up with Apple Pay team , any advice? #tech
- Anyone who joined Outco.in for interview prep? They didn’t help much you left and ended up not paying? When I was interviewing I joined Outco and soon I realized it wasn’t of much help. I started preparing on my own and got a job. Now they are asking me money since I signed the contract. Has anyone been in the same situation? If so did you guys pay them? https://www.outco.io
- Are CEOs really sharing the pain when salaries make up just a tiny fraction of total pay? | Discussion So many controversial articles in the for-and-against of rich people including CEO and Investors. A TC is the sum of Base Salary, Cash Bonuses, and Stock Rewards. Everyone has the same 24 hours. TLDR from three articles: 1. So far, top executives of many major U.S. corporations — including some at
- Who else feels that the bottom up myth exists only to exploit manger/leadership level work & paying IC level $? ##tech #fb #askingforafriend
- How much does Takeda pay for Sr. Device Design Quality engineer at Lexington? How much should I ask stock, sign up bonus #healthcare #health #salarycomparison #takeda
- link Google boosted base pay for 4 top execs to $1M and handed them up to $34M in stock, weeks after refusing to raise wages https://www.businessinsider.com/google-bumps-execs-pay-inflation-raise-2022-1
- Hello, I have a Apple pay new grad interview coming up. Any ideas what can I expect? Any tips would be appreciated! #tech #engineering #software #swe #interview #applenewgrad #appleinterview #apple
- Bay area housing is a bubble Buying a house right now, you would pay far more for mortgage interest and prop tax than for renting the exact same house and by that I mean paying a lot lot more. So a rational person would buy a home only because it might go up in value. So the utility of the house is that it goes up in value. Ot
- Twitter cash/bonus heavy TCs are coming Considering the deal will go through without a problem, existing stocks will be liquidated on deal price and Twitter will be private. In order to keep up with the market pay (not saying competitive) Twitter needs to pay cash and bonus heavy TCs? #tech
- vote Very random question - who thinks it’s worth it to pay for business/first class This is for straight cash purchases, not miles/status upgrades. How many blinders would shell out $$ for business/first class? Is it a “I’ll pay for business for international but wouldn’t do it for short-haul domestic”, or more of a “I cannot commoditize the value of extra legroom in the order of