I have been fortunate enough to receive multiple offers from FAANG and few of the Pre-IPO companies. Yet to hear back exact comp numbers from all the companies. But everyone except Microsoft are offering 300k TC (avg over 4 years). I will put a separate post going into details about my prep and exact offer details once I have them. Want to start a poll to see which company would be the best to join. Things I care about = Learning > Growth (Manager) > Work-life Balance > Compensation > Peers. Given most companies are offering 300-320k TC. I would like to know which would be the best one to pick from the mix of FAANG and Pre-ipo. Remaining onsites - Google, Snap, Stripe, Instacart, Doordash. (I have approaching deadlines so might not be able to consider these) Should I consider completing onsites of any remaining companies, if so which one? Also feel free to comment on reason behind your votes. Current TC - 200k Current YoE ~2.5 years Offer location - Seattle #offer #compensation #faang #apple #microsoft #bytedance #meta #rippling #tech
Meta or Dropbox depending on final numbers would be my pick. Congrats!
Why not Apple ? Isn’t it better than Dropbox? Also better refreshers than DBX.
Apple I would consider if they pay well. I have heard mixed things where as Meta and Dropbox always seem to be near the top. Also Dropbox gives some insane benefits. I heard something like 5-6k per year for fitness/wellness. I don’t really expect the stock to go anywhere though.
Meta is a great place for early career growth. Highly structured review cycles with clear behaviors and paths to promo. I didn’t realize this wasn’t industry standard until I left, and I regret not staying longer
I myself have faced a lot of promo based issues at AMZN. Manager expect bootlicking here in the name of LPs. Is Meta really that good from promo point of view ? Is it realistic to get from E4 to E5 in 2 years ? My recruiter said goal is to be E5 in less than 33 months which is great like 2.5 years in totally reasonable. Only question is, wheather its true or a selling tactic by recruiters.
Very realistic to get to E5 in 2 years. In fact the 33 months is up (promo) or out.
Stripe may be worth a look too. Still growing quickly and lots to learn (away from the Ruby stuff). But based on your priority list, probably meta. Just be prepared for rough WLB, and you have to deal with team matching.
I was thinking about it but isn’t Stripe just another PayPal, I am not able to find something that would make me excited about stripe given I might not even have a IPO upside ? Also I see it highly overvalued at 95bn valuation. To me Stripe seems just another payment product.
Stripe is massively overvalued.
Offer break down or gtfo
Agreed, but soften your words bud
I’ve seen worse
Meta or Dropbox. I’ve heard Meta has good stock refreshers so you might make more money there over time, but I also hear Dropbox is king of WLB.
Knew a guy who took a 2 week vacation and came back for a week, just to take another 2 week vacation in the exact same place. Only difference was 2 different friend groups invited him to go. Manager approved and all. Dropbox wlb is nuts Would be no brainer but now they are perma wfh meaning their godlike cafeteria is gone forever.
Consider meta, coz add on perks like free food etc. Also apart from that try salesforce, LinkedIn, Google and ask them to match Tiktok if you want high risk high reward but its 996
All the comments are saying meta/dropbox even though apple is doing ok in the poll. What are the main upsides to apple? Would you expect it to be more for people who want career growth or wlb? I’d assume the main downside is rto.
Tbh I have seen people being happy about RTO! Apple coz stable stock and it is in sweet spot like AV, Metaverse, and its services are growing yoy so good for stock. But perks wise, meta! I am sure their refreshers will be just fine even after stock went down! They actually pay sde and take the best out of them leave alone what the company does to customers
996 or gtfo
Says SEA in post, are you based in Singapore?
I see most people choosing Meta or Dropbox. I don’t see any new tech at Dropbox and their stock seems to have stagnated so why do you guys like Dropbox over Apple ? (Also heard Apple refreshers are good so how Dropbox is better than Apple?)
congrats! Please share your guide once you’re done as well. Never worked at meta but i’ve heard that’s where you go to make “impact”
Sure will share before end of next week.
I’ll need a reminder