Got offers from both these companies as sr SWE for almost the same TC. Debating where to go. Appreciate any input. Both about TC 230k. 9 YOE. SF offices. Okta TC=base +rsu Cisco TC= base +rsu+ yearly bonus TC numbers are almost the same. Not sure how stable/guaranteed Cisco's bonus though
Benefits are way better in cisco and cisco looks more stable company but I dont think their stock has potential big upside while I think okta has it, also benefits in okta sucks.
Pretty big upside with okta
Would be good to know why do you think there is big upside
The business is growing steadily in a market where Okta is the leader. Enterprises that do not use Okta today are simply not using it yet and it is yet to hit big fortune 500 customers which I think is a matter of time. I'm not an analyst but I would expect the Okta stock to grow in the coming years unless some cataclysmic event occurs in the market in general. That is my personal opinion but I do own a pretty nice lot of Okta shares.
Heard work culture in okta sf is pretty bad
Mind sharing TC. I would have guessed Okta TC to be much higher. Disclosure, Cisco has limited upside in terms of pay hikes, RSU refreshers etc. However WLB is great.
Agree that cisco WLB is known to be great, have no idea about WLB in okta but know that every Thursday is wfh day for all engineers
Benefits at Cisco are superb, regardless of what org/bu you land in.
I had the both and I accepted Cisco! The reason being Cisco benefits, WLB, RSUs and joining bonus & stability. I had Okta-Bellevue offer and Cisco-Seattle.
did you get the same/similar TC's? Any idea about Okta's WLB?
Okta was less! Looks like as they're new and trying to catch up with Fortune companies, WLB is not great like Cisco! At my current company - Nordstrom, we use Enterprise Okta for all of our Users/SSO/App authentication and authorization! Okta has definitely better future, but it'll take some time. As I'm an immigrant, I took Cisco's offer for many other reasons including immigration issue being one of them.
Go with okta, appdynamics is full of horrible managers
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Mind sharing the compensation details and YOE. Will help others.