Maybe I'm old but
I've seen one too many garbage company-ranking lists on this site. So here is the official list, methodology is based on senior swe salaries + prestige: Tier 0: HRT, Jane Street (Top Quant Firms) Tier 1: Google, Facebook, Netflix, Snap, Stripe, Robinhood, Pinterest, Airbnb, Two Sigma, Citadel, Dat...Read more
Given everything, salary, prestige, career, tech which is better?
- Consider lower salary for “prestige”. - Tell the interviewer you seen question before in an interview. Keep going!
Google pays a substantial amount of their salary in prestige so I wonder how you guys cashing it in.
A lot of marketting software type of companies seem to like my resume for some reason. Just out of curiosity how would you rank these companies in terms of salary/prestige. Is there another company in this area that has around the same TC/prestige as these?
I am curious. Hypothetically if you had 2 offers as a Software Engineer from a quant firm (HRT, Jane Street, Two Sigma, etc..) or FAANG (Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc...) Which would you choose given the prestige, salaries, WLB, the type of work done there, etc...?
The prestige and respect, and most importantly, the 200K-300K+ salary you got, did it change your life to the point it made you much happier? Did it change your happiness the way you thought it would?
Which one would you choose purely based on prestige and resume value? Both are backend SWE, don’t care about salary.
Doesn’t matter the salary or the social prestige. Anyone doing that kind of work ? Please comment TC: 130 YOE: 2 years
Have to choose between the University of Toronto (55k USD/year) and Purdue (43k USD/year). I know that Canadian SWE salaries are lower, and want to work in the US. However, I feel that UofT has more prestige associated with it. Any suggestions? What do employers think about both of the Universiti...Read more
Have a P4 offer from Zillow Tc:350k (185+75+90rsu) Currently at MS, on L62. Was awarded ZeroRewards this year and manager asked to look into other teams within org. Current tc: 175k Pros: Level bump Salary doubled Will get out of ZR and start fresh. Remote - can move to LCOL with same salary. Co...Read more
Until now , cracking leetcode and getting high salary in FAANG is one kind of prestige factor . Now in the new environment of layoffs and falling stock markets , is it still true ? Or some thing like doing impactful work , delivering results and being able to present them at places like QCon etc i...Read more
Have you noticed the change in how we perceive the big tech companies, particularly FAANG? There was a time when landing a job at Google symbolized the pinnacle of a software engineer's career. It meant joining the ranks of the brightest minds, enjoying elite status, and earning top-tier salaries. ...Read more
Uber are offering a promotion to director, my salary base will be the same as I have now but including my bonuses (bonus at Uber unclear at the moment) I have good WLB at TikTok currently, unsure if moving to a smaller company with less prestige will effect my going for jobs in FAANG in future. I ...Read more
I work in an industry that is recession proof (my company does groceries) but I have been getting tempered by recruiters at AWS, NVIDIA or Apple to interview. The salaries are higher, prestige is bigger and the jobs more interesting, but I simply don't trust the economy. Thoughts? TC before everyon...Read more
I have offers from both of these companies and am having a hard time choosing between them. Atlassian advantages: Better culture/WLB, potentially more growth/ownership since it's smaller Amazon advantage: Household name, more prestige (at least imo) I want to optimize for salary and career growth...Read more
Might give companies incentive(of loyalty) to hire at a better salary. Reasons: 1. Hiring Costs 2. Ramp Up Costs 3. Increased Time to Ship products. 4. Brand/Prestige loss from increased attrition. After getting fired twice from 2020, now I DGAF if I am at a company for 1 year or 3 months.
A 2BHK flat price in good locality and constructed by Tier 1 builder like Prestige, Brigade costs around 1cr (150k USD) in Bangalore If you take take home loan for 10 years , you have to pay around 1 lakh EMI per month ( difficult for avg salaries couple and single income family). I feel like only ...Read more
For 2024, instead of maximizing my TC or company prestige, I wanna maximize my happiness. I really wanna jump to a company that has a good wlb (good salary is a +, but I'm willing to take a pay cut). I wanna spend more time bonding with friends and making new connections, but a 996 job is not very c...Read more