Great and constant training with a focus on personal development and mindset.
Not for the faint of heart or those who are unable to handle inconsistent or zero income for the first 2-3 years. Most people fail out of the insurance business in their first year for a reason.
I interviewed at 3 places and recieved three offers. Wondering Which one I should take. COMPANY | LOCATION | COMP | LEVEL | ------------------------------------------------------------------ MSFT | Seattle | 210k | SDE II | ----------------------------------------------------...Read more
Uber: Position: Software Engineer - New Grad Location: Palo Alto Compensation: Base - 110k, Bonus - 15k, RSU worth 89k Team: New Mobility (Jump bikes and Scooters) Pros: Innovative Cons: Less compensation Amazon: Position: Software Development Engineer I Location: Seattle Compensation: Base - 120k,...Read more
Square: ~240-250k. Unsure what the breakdown is so far. Facebook: ~270k. 170/350/50 breakdown. Google: TBD Curious what you all think. Taking into consideration growth, work life balance, and long term compensation. If you would please comment why, that’d be great. Thanks all! YoE: 3 TC: 170k L...Read more
Quiz and comment time Have to make this decision soon. Don’t know the bonus comp of JP and NY life as offers are in process. ALL COMP MENTIONED ARE BASE SALARY (excluding bonus and sign on etc)
I interviewed at 4 places. Wondering Which one I should take. COMPANY | LOCATION | COMP | LEVEL | ------------------------------------------------------------------ MSFT | Seattle | 210k | SDE II | ------------------------------------------------------------------ GOOGLE | Sunnyville | 210k | SDE I...Read more
Hi, I’m an SWE, located in New York City. I got a call from a Yahoo recruiter for an iOS SDE role. I emailed the recruiter for the interview process, but he hasn’t responded. Does anyone have any experience? Is Yahoo fully remote now? When the recruiter asked me about my compensation expectation, I...Read more
What total compensation do you need to live a good comfortable life in NYC with your parter? Let’s assume you want to live in a nice part of Manhattan or Williamsburg (you get the idea), and have a nice 1-bedroom apt. And you want to enjoy life aswell, so you’re doing stuff in the weekends. But, y...Read more
3 years ago I moved to New York to join a late stage startup. In my first 2 years I was super motivated, eager to learn, and recognized by leadership as a high-performer. The past year, however, I’ve had little energy to work and fear that I’m stagnating and burning out early in my career. Think it...Read more
Which locations have better work life balance? I heard that in East coast work life is better as compared to west coast where there is heavy slugging with long hours. Is that true? Are there more comp differences? Is working in NY, DC, Virginia better than in SF bay area and Seattle and Austin? #tec...Read more
Hey folks, I’ve been so fortunate to receive an offer at both SpaceX and Meta for a new grad position, and I’m looking for some guidance on making a decision. Meta is better on paper in terms of compensation, benefits, location preference, and most likely work life balance. However, I just find S...Read more
7 years if experience as data architect, I got offers from Amazon data engineer L4 and New York life as sr data engineer .. Can I get suggestion on which offer should I choose .. both companies are offering me same total compensation #finance #amazon #newyorklife Should I stick to domain based comp...Read more
Hey all, I have an offer with a company in NYC. I currently make ~200k in Seattle, and the offer in NY is about ~300k. Is this a fair offer? I'd love to hear some perspectives of people living in NYC (or even better, those who've moved from SEA to NYC). WA doesn't have any state income tax, and N...Read more
Recently got my Google NY L4 numbers. Base: 160k Bonus: 15% Equity: 245k front-loaded 33%/33%/22%/12% Sign-on: 20k They say this is final offer after I showed competing offer with 340-380k avg over 4 years. Personally, I do want to go work for google but not sure if it’s worth it given this number...Read more
Pls be gentle, blinder newb here 20+ YOE last 13 at the same “no name” company - life long coder, self taught/no degree, worked my way up from a c2c consultant to a tech director with 20+ direct reports TC 300 in NY Stayed loyal to the comp thru the whole boom/bust cycle - rif #layoff came with z...Read more
I have 15+ years of experience but I've never been part of a FAANG style company, I've been happy with my employment at my current company for 10+ years. That said, I have a coding interview with Microsoft next week, and in the emails with the recruiter they asked my compensation goals. I didn't gi...Read more
Hi Blind, I'm having trouble choosing a McKinsey office. I am choosing between NYC, SF, Boston (school city), and Miami (home). Ideally want to work in tech long-term as a PM or in a strategy/BD role. I'm torn since compensation is the same everywhere (what I've heard) and not sure how staffing wor...Read more
I’m going to live and retire in New York, because that’s where my friends, family are and my partners friends and family are. I’d rather change professions than not be in NYC. That is non negotiable. I’m on the verge of just fucking quitting and would but the job market is terrible. Quite frankly, ...Read more
Wanted to buy a house but sh** has gotten too expensive in NY. Would it be wise to purchase a plot of land and lock down the interest rate until I can save up to build a house on it (pretty much when I get a higher paying job)? Example case: there is a 1 acre plot of land selling for $425K. If I bu...Read more
Have a couple of offers on the table but a bit troubled about what to take. Input appreciated 3 YOE. Current TC 150k **Company A - Startup: Base 138k Bonus 13.8k Relocation 10k Equity ~300k in options over 4 years TC 227k **Company B - Recently IPOd: Base 141k Bonus 14k Relocation 0 Equity 75k af...Read more
I have 2 young kids (5 and 8 years old) and they are heavily dependent on me for school dropoff, post-school activities dropoff, and other activities. I also like cooking for my kids and try different things which takes up time from me on morning and dinner time. My life was going great till RTO wa...Read more