DE Shaw India vs ByteDance Singapore

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u112

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Mar 20, 2021 22 Comments

New Grad graduating in 2021 from NIT in India

TC of DE Shaw: 33 Lakh rupees (22L base + bonus)
TC of ByteDance: 100,000 SGD (90k base + bonus)

Both TC are considering average yearly bonus and joining bonus.

Both are Software Engineer roles. ByteDance calls it as Backend Engineer. Don't know exact team for both of them.

Edit: If you have time, please share your thoughts in comments also.

#tech #singapore #india #deshaw #bytedance #tiktok

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  • Go for DE Shaw.

    Imagine if your teammates start talking in Mandarin in a meeting and the 996 culture.
    Plus you'll be in probation.
    Mar 20, 2021 2
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      ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณn

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      ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณn
      Dont all the companies have a probation period?
      Mar 24, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      ruPw73

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      PRE
      Amazon, Reliance Industries
      BIO
      I'm a Software developer currently working at amazon as an SDE-1. My area of interest involves distributed systems and backend development.
      ruPw73
      Lol yeah all companies have prob period.
      Mar 24, 2021
  • Grab
    ๐ŸฆStrong๐Ÿฆ

    Go to company page Grab

    ๐ŸฆStrong๐Ÿฆ
    90K base for new grad is a very good offer. Bytedance is a decent place but be mindful of the language barrier. While they are trying their best to address the issues, their is still a long way to go.

    Don't have to worry too much about 996. That depends on your team, but language barrier is real and it will limit how quickly you grow
    Mar 20, 2021 2
  • Uber
    yologme

    Go to company page Uber

    yologme
    DE Shaw you will not learn a lot as itโ€™s not a tech company and only a support office for Hedge Fund Managers and Quants.

    If you want to deal with designing solutions with complex product and scale, better to go to ByteDance. Didnโ€™t they give you RSU in the offer ? Their IPO can be huge.
    Mar 20, 2021 2
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      u112

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      u112
      OP
      No RSU, probably no RSU for new grads
      Mar 20, 2021
    • Amazon / Eng
      ruPw73

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      PRE
      Amazon, Reliance Industries
      BIO
      I'm a Software developer currently working at amazon as an SDE-1. My area of interest involves distributed systems and backend development.
      ruPw73
      Salary is great at bytedance.. I'll also recommend go and explore there.
      Mar 22, 2021
  • I would say come to Shaw. I think it is a great place to start your career and then move out after 1-2 years accumulating some wealth and having a brand name.
    Mind you, if you ever have plans to move to US, having Shaw in your resume will look much better than Bytedance.
    This base would increase by 12L after 1.5 years.
    Mar 22, 2021 1
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      s7e

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      s7e
      How's internal transfer policy to US at Shaw?
      Mar 23, 2021
  • D E shaw all the way, their TC will increase a lot over next few years and you don't have to tolerate the toxic China culture at Bytedance. The wlb is also pretty bad there. Since you aren't getting stocks, there won't be any upside to the IPO too
    Mar 20, 2021 1
    • Amazon / Eng
      ruPw73

      Go to company page Amazon Eng

      PRE
      Amazon, Reliance Industries
      BIO
      I'm a Software developer currently working at amazon as an SDE-1. My area of interest involves distributed systems and backend development.
      ruPw73
      I've folks who left DE Shaw and now in my team. Like reasearch properly before taking the offer. Team, culture, work, etc :)
      Mar 24, 2021