Choosing between audible(amazon) and microsoft

Hi i am pursuing my masters and plan to graduate in dec. I have to choose between audible which is an amazon company vs Microsoft. Microsoft is paying really well in comparison to audible but i am really not sure how much learnings and growth is feasible at Microsoft.I have previously worked with microsoft for sometime before my masters. What would you suggest???

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Carvana cFaS24 Oct 28, 2017

So you have offers for both? What are the offers? What area(s) within each will you work? (Yes audible at Amazon but back-end Engineering, audio engineering etc)

Audible jbLo32 OP Oct 28, 2017

Yes i have offers for both. The current pay difference is close to 80k when seen for 3.5 years( as all stocks vest by then). At audible its backend engineering team working on membership and all. At microsoft it will windows kernel team, working moatly on kernel backend instrumentation and deployments

Carvana cFaS24 Oct 28, 2017

You should be able to leverage offers and have Amazon up the ante with stock. Keep this in mind, evaluate the offers with you earning only 20% of the Amazon stock. They chew through engineers so if you can evaluate it with the likelihood that you’ll stay for 2 years earning 20% of the stock that’ll tell you what direction to go in. When all else fails, I use the age old trick. Flip a coin, you’ll know what side you’re hoping for when it’s in the air.

Audible jbLo32 OP Oct 28, 2017

Why would you say 20% of the stock? You mean i can expect amazon stock to go up by 20%? And if thats the case, what does your experience say for Microsoft stock? Also, Microsoft is giving stocks worth double the amount of what amazon is offering.

Carvana cFaS24 Oct 28, 2017

Most people leave before or at 2 years. 10/10/40/40 (percentage wise) is usually how the stock is distributed.

Microsoft $oftie$ Oct 28, 2017

You can’t really go wrong choosing either one. Try to decide what you want to do 5 and 10 years from now. See if that helps to guide your decision. For work life balance and engineer happiness, Msft is usually better. For me personally, I would choose msft because I have heard too many bad things about amzn, and whether you like it or not, most of those things are true.

Google emqU13 Oct 29, 2017

If comp is pretty similar, you're going to want to move to fb/Google eventually

Audible jbLo32 OP Oct 30, 2017

The stock distribution for amazon is 33% each year over two years, and for msft it is 25% in first 6 months and the rest 75% in three years

A10 Networks Ben:/ Dec 6, 2017

Can you share your package details for both, if you don't mind?

Audible jbLo32 OP Oct 30, 2017

* over three years(amazon)

A10 Networks Breeze ☺️ Dec 20, 2017

What did u choose finally? I'll be joining Audible soon.