Currently have offers from Square and Google. Still waiting for google compensation offer after team match but aside from TC, which offer is better? In terms of career growth, culture and WLB. Google offer is for cloud team. YOE: 2 If you have any specific reasons please share them below.
can you please dm me too I have a G interview coming up on 30 nov . My DMs are Exhausted
I regret taking Google L3 at 1 YOE, can’t imagine 2
What made you regret that decision?
Clueless PMs run my entire org and the work is really boring. Also I had higher offers from Twitter and DoorDash.
I take Google L3 at 2yoe, promoted in a year. But this is not my recommendation
What team and do you regret down levelling?
Nah .. I don't care about it when looking back ... But I remember I was unhappy for a while
Take the higher Square level and comp. You can go to Google at any point in your career, you’re still very young you’ve got plenty of time to join Google
Do you not think it’s better to join Google early in your career? Everything so far form Square seems amazing! I’m not even sure Google will match the compensation Square is giving me.
Why would that be better? Google is not going anywhere, I can guarantee you an opportunity to work at Google will be there for you in 5-10 years. Square is doing some really great things right now and there’s still a huge potential in our stock. Why not work at Square for a few years, get better coaching from managers and peers, make more money, and then join Google and rest and vest? You’ll be a smarter and richer man/woman that way
Square l4 . I had a similar decision snap l4 vs fb e4 vs g l3. Rejecting google was a no-brainer.
Did you reject mainly because of the level of compensation? How many YOE do you have?
4 yoe. No. 1 reason is starting at l3 especially with my yoe would be going multiple steps back on my career. And also comp which was extremely low since g always lowballs and downlevel on top of that.
I chose google and got promtoed in 1.5 yr. I made my desicion based on programming language actually, I wanted to work in hfts in future and my other offers werent doing things in c++. I also lucked out and joined a team which was a good fit for me and I dont see leaving my team for years so your mileage may vary. Btw this is a huge advantage for both google and fb the insane breadth of teams is so cool. I would have chosen fb over google but they werent hiring then. But no way I would have chosen any other company other than g or fb for me because of the above reason.
How were the interviews at Google??
It was fine, but 4 programming for on-site is a bit too much. Squares on-site was quite long too. 3 programming, system design, technical contribution and behavioural with hiring manager. Dm me if you want any specific info, happy to answer.
Do you mind DMing me please? I am out of DMs