Sad about missing my big payday and joining a smaller company
I had taken a break from work at the start of this year due to mental health and am now looking for a job. Been interviewing at all the big firms and got a big NO cause I underestimated the importance of practising LeetCode (was more of a pen paper solver) . I have 2 offers -- one from Zeta and another with a startUp with offer of around 37.5 lpa CTC [Fixed -> 28 base + 2 bonus + 2.5 LPA joining bonus + 5 stocks] . YOE : 3 .. I really regret fucking up my interviews with rubrik as I quite well prepared but since was a bit slow on Data Structures, the company asked me to fuck off . I really feel I missed a great chance to earn a big pay day in a company like rubrik or Amazon (almost got the offer) and joining a startup would put me behind economically for years ...
The startUp is asking me to join this Monday but I feel if i take a month more for practising LeetCode , that would be enough and i can again apply to bigger companies like Cohesity or Microsoft or Confluent and work calmly without worrying about my relatively lower salary for the next 3-4 years (con being I will miss out on the startup job) ... But, if i join this startUp , for the next 3 years, my pay is good but not fucking great for me to be committed to this company and I know i will feel maybe even jealous of other people earning better money ... Am i being greedy here or does everyone want to go to a company which pays fucking great ? What's the framework for anyone making a decision about the company they wanna join ? #tech #amazon #startup #salaries
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That said negotiate hard in the smaller companies - maybe you can make more.
Great Pay + Decent/shit job. OR Decent Pay + Great Work & Learning?
Coming to your question, I think you should study for few more weeks provided you can manage finances. I had been into job which I don't enjoy and that's toll on mental and physical health.