Some context: I’m someone who has always dreamed of working in the top tier companies like Google or Facebook. I’ve recently been offered a E5/L5 role at both the places. I’ve also been offered a slightly higher offer from a few well funded startups (Post series D - and potentially IPOing in the next 3-4 yrs). I wanted to hear some thoughts from people if it would be a good decision to join FANG at this moment. I know that declining startup offers could potentially hurt my chances to make it big in the long run, but at the same time I feel I would have more peace of mind when working with the big names by not worrying about the IPO itself. Thoughts? TC: $375K YoE: 6.5 All offers are within the $420-$470 ballpark. I’m intentionally not making this a poll to get better feedback.
Join startup, G and FB will be there if the startup fails
I would join FB/G unless the startup is super compelling and is something you’re very interested in (ex. Games)
This is a good point. I’m not particularly excited by the work at startups. One concern I have is the time I’ll have to spend on hosting/maintaining tools that are not related to the product vision because of the lack of infra support. I am though very excited at what some of the teams at FB are doing.
It depends a lot on where you are with your life. Are you comfortable living off 200k salary for 3-5 years? If so, you should be following your dream. I made the same decision before. I don't see my lifestyle changing much at 200k vs 450k a year. However if you make let's say 4M+ over 4 years, if the startup work out, that would be life changing.
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At your YOE go for startup . Worst case faang is your backup
What concerns me is that I’ll have to go back to grinding to crack them. Especially FB’s loop is extremely robotic is a hit or miss
But you know the drill ..