DE Shaw or Amazon
I am a fresh grad from India. I have offers from DE Shaw India and Amazon India. Amazon 1st year TC 1st year: 17L (13 base) DE Shaw 1st year TC 1st year: 22L(18 base) Which company is better for career growth? Can anyone rate how is DE Shaw? Haw are the increments and promotion schedule at DE Shaw? Can I negotiate further with either of them? #indiasalary #offer #career #tc
Amazon brand value is much better than DE Shaw. I would say don't look for money in your early days. Your exposure will be huge in amazon
Amazon anytime. The only reason I would prefer DE S would be if I want to align my career and stay in finance domain. You Tc and knowledge will be better in long term if you stay with Amzn.
Don't get into the trap of money. Go for Amazon and reap the rewards later. You will learn lot in Amazon which will be for lifetime.
WWJD. What would Jeff do?
Amazon SDE-1 exposure would prep you really well for all other tech companies. Your growth trajectory would be better if you join Amazon. SDE-2 pays upward of 35L which is attainable in 2 yrs. However if finance is something that excites you then go with Shaw.
Honestly at this point in your career you should choose based on which field you would like to get into long term and ignore TC. Both are very divergent choices and it'll be hard to move back from one field to another.
DE Shaw is one of the top quant hedge funds. Would strongly consider that offer.
Yes, agreed. Getting a job at DE Shaw is an order of magnitude more difficult than getting a job at Amazon.
Go for DE Shaw. You can easily come back to Amazon as SDE-2, if you didn’t like the work at Shaw.
I would try negotiating with Amazon for a better pkg. If they don't match DE Shaw, then don't take up Amazon offer. DE Shaw is a good company and having that initial bump in salary will help you when you switch jobs. Yes Amazon brand has a better value for your resume but you are just starting and DE Shaw isn't bad either. Work for DE for couple of years, you will likely get promoted and then move to Amazon as SDE2, Since you are already getting paid a lot more than what Amazon sde1s are getting, if you land an SDE2 Offer you will be given a much better pkg.
Don't listen to this guy. He looks completely immature who doesn't understand the value of work experience but only suggests based on money. Wtf man, who considers de Shaw when Amazon offer is there. De Shaw is not a software company so rest you can decide what kind of work you will get.
How exactly does it matter if DE Shaw is not a tech company? They have automated trading systems that trades for millions of dollars every day and every aspect is written with performance in mind.
What are the roles in both companies ? Also suprised to see these packages for fresh grads in India. Good work! 👍
SDE in Amazon, haven't recieved the exact post name from DE Shaw, but it would be MTS/Software engineer. They'll give the written offer letter post a date of joining can be decided(as my graduation might get delayed by covid 19)
Amazon is better
Why do you think so?