Choosing between following offers

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LeoMessy

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Nov 18, 2018 13 Comments

Posting my current New Grad offers to seek opinion

1. Amazon (SDE1)
108+ 24(first year )+20(second year) + 70k/4 (5/15/40/40)
No team and location guarantees before accepting the offer :(

2. Walmart Labs (Data Scientist)
Comp :- 145k + 23k (bonus) + 80k/4 (25% vesting each year) (5K first year / 10k(second year and so on) + 50k signon
Team :- Team seems to compromiseof PhDs and IITians. So definitely I hope there will be a something to learn. Also team builds actual models and are doing some interesting stuff. A bit unsure about the general perception of Labs and if the hiring bar is different for SDE vs Data Science

3. Offer from a startup (Seattle)
Comp :- 110k + 18k RSUs + 16k bonus + 15k (signon)
A unicorn startup, but did not have any leverage while negotiating. Work is really cool backend stuff. Cannot reveal the name. I would only be the first few new grads to be offered a role. So not risking anonymity.

I am personally okay with a nice backend engineering role as well as a machine learning one.

If you could also highlight your reasons, that would be super helpful. Thanks !

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  • Proofpoint / Eng
    foodtruckj

    Go to company page Proofpoint Eng

    foodtruckj
    Amazon doesn't have any better reputation than Walmart Labs and in your position I would focus on learning.

    You will learn a lot more at Walmart Labs than fear of being put on pip due to internal politics at Amazon (since you don't know what team you will be working with).

    Your TC at Walmart Labs is pretty high and Amazon stock isn't going to be significant for you compared to what people who joined 3 years ago had to boost their TC.
    Nov 18, 2018 0
  • New / Eng
    uhYr23

    New Eng

    uhYr23
    I'd go for walmart labs and after 1-2 years try to get into top ML jobs.
    Nov 18, 2018 0
  • New
    H1B.

    New

    H1B.
    How was the interview experience for Walmart ds?
    Nov 18, 2018 3
    • New
      H1B.

      New

      H1B.
      Awesome. Do you have suggestions around resources to prep up?
      Nov 18, 2018
    • New / Eng
      LeoMessy

      New Eng

      LeoMessy
      OP
      Practice some Leetcode. For ML, I went revised my ML grad course notes. That's it.
      Nov 18, 2018
  • New / Eng
    LeoMessy

    New Eng

    LeoMessy
    OP
    Guess it's Walmart Labs then. Thank you all!
    Nov 20, 2018 1
    • New / Eng
      cato

      New Eng

      cato
      Congrats 🍾

      Update us in 6 months or a year!
      Nov 20, 2018
  • Intel
    groove3

    Go to company page Intel

    groove3
    Do you mean 18K options for startup?
    Nov 18, 2018 1
    • New / Eng
      LeoMessy

      New Eng

      LeoMessy
      OP
      Nope. They are RSUs, to be specific $18k worth of RSUs/ year.
      Nov 18, 2018