Roblox vs Airbnb

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Nov 16, 2020 141 Comments

I have offers from both Roblox and Airbnb. Both pays similar TC around $450k+

Airbnb
Pros: people are nice, current offer is at a lower valuation and hence potential upside
Cons: heard the eng is political

Roblox:
Pros: company is profitable and doing really well, lesser bureaucracy in perf management and relatively easier to climb the ladder

Cons: gaming industry, not sure what to expect, what if it goes the zynga way and very little stock growth?

Work wise, both of them are interesting and offers unique challenge..roblox has a slight edge as I will one of early members of a newly formed team. Hence, more freedom and learning opportunity.

Update: Thank you all for the response. Joining Airbnb next week

Current TC: $500k+
YOE: 10+

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  • Airbnb
    duoduoduo

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    duoduoduo
    Roblox is never a choice.
    Nov 16, 2020 7
  • Airbnb
    xPyb76

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    xPyb76
    Roblox is a tech company, Airbnb is a tech enabled company, main difference is there are a lot of things other than technology that impact Airbnb. I think Roblox is a nice place to be at if you wanna learn and make sure that tech is in the driver seat.
    Airbnb if you are looking to understand more about business than just technology. Ops/seasonality/markets/integrity.
    Both business models are great, roblox is more riskier with higher return IMO
    Nov 17, 2020 1
    • Google
      irmao

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      irmao
      Wow.. thanks for such an objective and honest post, coming from someone at Airbnb. I always wondered why Airbnb builds things like Airflow, and my guess was that engs have nothing else to do, so they keep perfectimg their tools. A great problem to have
      Feb 21, 2021
  • Cisco
    gotohell

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    gotohell
    I heard Air bnb is mini China. Not sure if thats true
    Nov 16, 2020 3
  • Uber
    Drantl

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    Drantl
    WSJ？Laugh to death. pump and dump.
    The whole market might be good, but it must be roblox? The same thing to applied to zynga.
    Afterr all, roblox is just a niche market for some kids at some age. I did not see any breakout to other domains or ages. when kids grow up, they play games powered by unity or others, or social apps. roblox? the lucky growth just cames from covid which very likely will go away soon. there might be an initial pump for sure. good luck. however, if the trend goes on, it will corrupt no later than middle next year with negative growth. My gut feeling is that is why roblox needs to rush out ipo.
    Correct me if i am wrong, unity vs roblox is apple vs orange even in terms of revenue. revenue at roblox is more like gmv at uber. you have to cut off apple/google tax, cloud hosting fee, and developer fee. the net is small and even negative. At the same time,unity just gets net cut/tax from other games as engine.
    but yes, never say never, maybe you guys can magically create a new facebook?
    LOL. good luck, so far, it will be my perfect short target if pumped and traffic trend kept the same.
    Nov 23, 2020 4
  • Roblox
    dBxJ17

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    dBxJ17
    Roblox is a platform like Unity, not a game company like Zynga. We have a great culture and a lot of exciting things going on. I’m happy with my choice to join!
    Nov 17, 2020 2