Currently in the midwest at a small startup that has been growing its client list but not revenue. Current TC 110k. YOE: 3ish years. Received an offer to go work at the Amazon Santa Barbara on the Alexa team. Initially interviewed for SDE2 but I was told the interviewers felt like I was more of a really close to SDE2 so offered a SDE1 position. Offer is as follow: Base: 130k Sign on: 37k / 27k Stock: 46 units (~80k) Relocation: 7k after tax. Offered TC: I have an onsite with Uber ATG this week for the Boulder office that will hopefully help with negotiations. Overall, I am excited to work with the SB office but I can't tell if this offer is right. - I understand Amazon has levels, how much room do I have? - Cost to break my current apartment lease is greater than the relocation sum, is this also negotiable? Thank you.
Don’t leave the Midwest
Weather in California > Weather in the Midwest though
Don't you watch the news? CA is on fire and have rolling blackouts
Quality of life in the Midwest >> West Coast, at least if you’re planning to buy a house and have a family.
Absolutely. I am seeing this as an opportunity to learn / grow for the next 1-2 years and eventually come back to the midwest.
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Sde1 at amazon is new grads. A lot of orgs won’t even hire industry people at sde1. Fortunately for you Alexa is known to have fast promos. When you are promoted at amazon (1-2 years usually to sde2), your comp will go to bottom of sde2 band. In California I think it’s around 190k
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Thank you for your reply. Would you advise to reject, work on system design and then re-interview in 6 months?