YOE: 4 TC: 150k Hate my job where I've stagnated heavily, so I interviewed and ended up getting 3 offers. Opinions? All are permanent WFH. Ready (5 years old, 350m valuation): Senior SWE Base: 180k Equity: none Extend (2 years old, unicorn, 1.6b valuation): Mid-level SWE Base: 140k Equity: 100k options vested over 4 years Tanium (very old unicorn, 9b valuation): Mid-level SWE Base: 150k Bonus: 45k Equity: 160k RSU vested over 4 years Definitely not taking the Ready offer because they have terrible culture outside of engineering that bleeds everywhere (check glassdoor), and also low hiring bar. I'm leaning towards Extend even though it is a paycut. TC is not such a big deal for me, as I'm more concerned about culture, WLB, and growing as an engineer. But the TC difference between Tanium and Extend is making me have second thoughts. Should I take Tanium? Interviewers were all pleasant, but I heard they have terrible WLB and cutthroat politics from glassdoor and blind. There's a lot of shitty press about them too. And how likely will Tanium IPO in 4 years? Thanks folks. Happy to answer questions about interviewing at these 3 places. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-09/startup-soars-providing-in-home-health-care-testing-in-time-of-covid https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/18/extend-raises-260m-on-a-1-6b-valuation-to-expand-its-warranty-and-protection-plan-services/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/tanium-s-family-empire-is-in-crisis #ready #extend #tanium
Tanium is dad/son run company. Very unclear why they didn’t grow and IPO.
Skip Tanium
You worked there before?
I would say go to Tanium. I’ve been working there for a bit, I don’t know how the SWE department works but WLB is good. Also they are preparing to IPO
Are IPO plans concrete now? They tried to go public in the past but never succeeded.
Well it’s out there, they hired a CFO. Not sure how it was in the past vs now
OP, send me a msg for more info about Extend
Which one did you end up picking?
Tanium. Wish me luck.
Me too! I’m excited
how’s working at tanium? How was the interview process? I’m looking at them. 2 yoe.
Working here isn't too bad. Haven't been here long enough to make big claims, but I certainly don't hate it. Interview was leetcode and conversation with engineering managers and VP level.
@Cl0udy Tell them examples of taking ownership and engineering quality. Management likes to remind employees of this. Also, be yourself. Treat the conversations like you're talking with an old friend. Hope you make it to the other side!
@obeseguy. How is it working at Tanium so far? I recently got approached by a Tanium recruiter for a support engineer role? Is there opportunity and growth? Thank you in advance.
@MrDoritos I prepared for the worst, but it turned out all for the better. Can't really complain other than no one knows when IPO will happen. Sorry, I don't know a lot about the support role. But I can say Tanium makes it easy to switch roles/teams. Lots of people here who have done it and it's encouraged to some degree.
Do you understand tax implications of vesting RSUs of non public companies?
What's the percent of that?
Yep