Yeah, I know, it's a very original question, asking about what offers to take. /s But I'm curious about a non-holistic take on these companies: if you were to take rapid growth and compensation in a vacuum, which of these companies would be the best choice for new grads? I have offers or are awaiting offers from all but 2 of these companies and was wondering about this. The other aspects (i.e. work life, culture, teams etc.) I've been somewhat able to learn from former employees, friends of friends, going on site but these were harder to approach semi-strangers irl with. In terms of offers: Jane Street (after bonuses) > Snap (backloaded vesting tho) > Facebook (assuming average promotion time) ~ Two Sigma (after bonuses) > Airbnb (not liquid...yet) > Google > Lyft (not liquid) ~ MemSQL (not liquid) Don't know about Quora or Hudson River. Are there other places that I should consider? Really appreciate the help!
HRT, Two sigma or jane street if you want to roll in cash
How do these compare to standard tech companies in terms of growth? And how much do tech companies respect engineers that come from them?
HRT and jane street are highly highly respected and the talent they hire is simply the cream of the crop. New grads geting offers from HRT a few years ago were getting 150K base salaries and 250K in bonuses - it is even higher nowadays. Growth is great because you work with talented people. Im less familiar with two sigma engineering but i know that their analyst roles are some of the most desired positions for data people.
Hands down Jane street, FB for these considerations. Jane street for comp. I’m impressed by Jane street on the resume more than anywhere, it’s seriously impressive to get an offer and do well there. But hedge fund and FB/G work looks different so keep in mind that there will be transition time if you want to jump between the two later. Not as big of a deal as people make it out to be though. Not sure how WLB compares between hedge funds and FB.
Hedge funds 100% have worst wlb then FB.
Care to explain how the work is different?
What's your offer from snap? I know we lowered packages for new grads recently, if your getting 300k+ in stock I still think it's worth it over other ones. Promotion time is fast here too, expect sizable increases from level 1 -> 3 which would take about 2 years. Also I see you list fb, and given that you are saying snap is higher that means you weren't chosen for getting the high signing bonus. It's not worth going back if you are not being valued as highly as other new grads there. This said, I voted Jane Street as you can always move into tech from there, whereas moving back into finance is much harder.
Yeah I have the old package from Snap. I put the original offers in the ordering but after negotiating, Facebook climbs into the Snap range if you include the signing bonus and stock bump. I haven't negotiated with Snap though and I've heard they are less lenient
Why is moving into finance harder?
I feel like Jane street or fb is best. Jane street is like Harvard for people in the know
Whats the pay per years of experience?
lol this is literally just a popularity poll. Google over HRT? You gotta be joking
You received offers from all of these?
Of the 8 companies I know offers about, 4 I have offers, 2 are awaiting official letters, and 2 are still awaiting decision (had to ask friends for the numbers for these)