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- do fintech lending companies start to layoff are you guys aware any fintech lending companies started/plan to layoff during this period? #layoff #severance #covid19 #earnest #sofi #upstart #prosper #affirm #lendingclub #kabbage
- Vacation soon after joining I will be joining Upstart next month and I need to go on a vacation (3-4weeks) in June for my marriage. Marriage got fixed after signing the offer letter. So I couldn’t discuss it during offer phase. How is vacation policy at Upstart? When should I inform about my vacation? Before joining or during
- vote Are fintech companies very risky to join now? With several factors affecting the US economy (russia-Ukraine war, chances of a recession, inflation, fuel prices, shortages, etc.), is it a bad idea to apply to/join fintech companies now? Talking about Coinbase, Square, Stripe, Chime, Plaid, Brex, Bolt, Ramp, Upstart, etc.
- What stocks may 2x or 3x in 2 years What companies has growth which may 2x or 3x their stock value in next 2 years. Here are some that I can think: 1. Unity 2. Asana 3. Crowdstrike 4. Trade desk 5. Okta 6. Coin base 7. Robinhood 8. Palantir 9. Uipath 10. Upstart 11. Snowflake Update: Datadog, Roblox, Nvidia, Cloudfare
- What's the referral bonus at your company? Wondering what the referral bonus is for other tech companies. At Upstart it is $5k after the referral hits the 4 month mark.
- vote What fintech would you join? We’ve all seen the turmoil in public market fintech valuations over last few months. Which companies (especially private) do you expect to weather the storm and thrive in this environment? Obviously some super hyped companies (e.g. Brex / Ramp / Chime), but have they grown valuations too quickly a
- Thoughts on post-covid email comm today Upstarters - thoughts on the email received from Dave on post covid work situation? What category you fall in? I am in the hybrid model. #upstart
- What to expect for Sr. Engineering Manager QA I am awaiting offers from Upstart, Twitter & Indeed for Sr. Engineering Manager- Quality Engineering/ Sr. QA Manager next week. Location gonna be Remote ( East Coast) YOE - 15 TC-220k What TC I can expect from them #tech #Twitter #upstart #indeed
- 27 years old and NW is $15 million Hello fellow Blinders, That’s right. You read the title correct. I’m 27 and just hit a net worth of $15 million. I can’t even believe I typed that out. I don’t really like to brag to my friends or family but I felt safe posting this on blind. Before you ask how I accomplished this, I got EXTREMELY
- I got 6 offers and chose FB I don't want to do the offer eval as there is no comparison to my offers, just wanted to know if my decision makes sense. Current TC ~280K YOE - 6.5 years 1. Affirm Base : 215K Sign on Bonus : 30K Equity : 250K for 4 years Yearly bonus : 0 2. Upstart (Software Engineer 2) Base : 180K Sign on Bonu
- Looking for Product Analyst Tech Referrals Hi Blinders, Looking for tech referrals for a few companies. Thank you so much, in advance! TC 100K 🥜 YoE 2 #Google #Intuit #TikTok #HubSpot #DocuSign #Upstart #Salesforce #Cisco #Adobe #LinkedIn #NVIDIA #Target #Atlassian #Splunk #Zillow
- Good tier 2 an 3 companies decent tc and remote option Trying to compile a list of companies tier two and three companies with decent tc. Reddit Shopify Tableau Slack Eventbright Upstart Stripe Coinbase DoorDash ServiceNow
- RSUs value for folks joining a new company What do you think about the recent dip of all growth stocks. I am joining Upstart next week. TC: 250K
- Is my tc equivalent to fb google e5 Base 196k (Seattle pay) Bonus 15% RSU 511k (4years) Given upstart stock runup I want to know if my tc is now fb or googl e5 equivalent #tc #e5 #l5 #compensation
- Startups > Big corps Because all Tech companies were founded in the past 10-12 years and went IPO. Think of top start ups like airbnb, snap, fb, upstart, roblox, affirm.
- Drug tests? Do companies still do drug tests? Is THC (legal in Seattle) controlled substance? Please comment if your company do drug test and I can save some time with the interviews. #Google #Meta #Coinbase #robinhood #sofi #upstart #Airbnb #Uber #Salesforce #Microsoft
- Imagine you have $100,000 , but you have to put all the money in one stock now, which stock you will choose? #personalfinance #investments Imagine you have $100,000 , but you have to put all the money in one stock now, goal is to get 5X return in 1 year and 10x return in 3 year , in which company you invest 1. SoFI (SOFI) 2. Upstart (UPST) 3. Lendingclub (LC) 4. Other
- vote Tech interviews at FAANGs and Unicorn gotten tougher? Hi guys In 2021, did the tech interviews get tougher due to increased supply of candidates all over US and remote work? TC:265k YOE: 7 #faang #amazon #facebook #google #techcareer #h1b #h1btransfer #interviewkickstart #interviews #aws #uber #microsoft #roblox #snowflake #docker #netflix #upstart
- Best tech IPOs Is there are any investor/trader/blogger who covers and tracks good IPOs? Someone who spots companies like Upstart, Zscaler, etc before they rocket or during their early growth #investments #personalfinance #stocks #IPO
- Need Referral Need referral for Upstart, Affirm and such fintech firms. Please DM or comment. Thanks in advance. BlindTax: 210
- Finished Microsoft interviews Waiting to hear back! So I’ve been having some beers to chill after the interviews. Now the waiting begins! Update: 4/27 completed phone screens for UpStart, Amazon, and Google TC: 270 YOE: 20
- link Lost three offers in one week. 3 BREAK UP LETTERS Some Background: -------------------------- I have been preparing for a job change for 9 months. First 3 months total leetcode preparations ( 3 friends preparing ). I also read about all remote work jobs available with all new startups and ipos. So from my current desk job (with less salary, legacy
- Need to take a $50k personal loan Need $50k loan at 5 year fixed rate for investment. Already have about $300k in stocks but don’t want to liquidate. Will pay it back in a year or 2 years max. Does anyone recommend Home Equity loan (not HELOC) for investment purposes ? Which banks/lenders offering best rates ? Thinking of trying
- People who joined growth companies at peak So how are people who joined growth companies at their peak planning with the 40-50% decline ? Hood, snap, upstart, affirm many come to mind. Are you planning to stick it out , renege or move ? Planning to move to a growth company and I sometimes feel the downturn isn’t done yet. New tc -460
- vote Can you stackrank these companies? So I cleared the phone screens with a few companies, but don't have the time to do onsite rounds with all of them. Who would or won't you do onsites with, if you were in my place? Why, why not? Just choose your TOP 5. I appreciate your inputs. TC: 200K YoE: 7 #apple #atlassian #chewy #confluent #
- How do Skype and Google employees feel about Zoom dominating the virtual learning space? How do employees working at Skype and Google Hangouts feel about Zoom dominating the virtual learning space during the pandemic? Was leadership frustrated that an upstart was able to take most of the market share?
- Chime expected comp I had a virtual onsite with chime bank. I liked the people and culture and I was thinking of accepting if they make me a good offer. I have Netflix (senior eng) , Google(L5) and upstart(principal eng) on sites piled up but honestly I'd prefer chime. Do you have any data point from swe who recently
- Senior Analyst offer review Asking for a friend. Senior Analyst at Upstart TC: 178K (136K base + 15% bonus + 87K RSU for 4 years + 15K sign-on) YOE: 7 Location: Bay Area Is it pretty low?
- vote Fintech offers I have a few offers on the table. All are exciting to me and I have good feelings about the teams and managers I’ve met. I like working hard but also highly value my free time. WLB and comp are most important to me. These are all remote backend roles. I’m in a low/mid COL area in the US. The stoc
- Tech selloff I noticed most new IPOs which did well have been underperforming due to sell off. More volatility than big companies. Do you consider it as a buying opportunity ? For example : Wish (context logic) down by more than 50% from its all high Skillz (same as above) Snowflake Jfrog doordash Pltr Hyln pton