I'm interviewing this month and next and seemed to oversubscribe myself. I'm looking for caliber upgrade and $. WLB is non factor. Help me rule out companies. Doing: g, fb, u, amz, lnkd, lyft, snap Unsure about doing: stripe, dbox, zillow, apple, sift, voleon, citadel, two sigma Need help on the second list. Stripe seems to be maybe like Uber 3 years ago in terms of growth, dbox I dunno if they even have a future, zillow is this a downgrade from MS? Apple hmmmmm $? Sift meh, and trading firms I only want engineering-centric. I haven't heard back from airbnb or netflix.
If WLB is non factor, FB or Netflix are the best choices. Once you realize that you're burnt out and that WLB does matter to you afterall, G is the best choice.
How did you get so many interviews?
Microsoft has a good reputation as a "feeder company" lol. Not a single recruiter except for netflix, airbnb ignored my cold emails.
Citadel is good
+1 for FB and Netflix.
If u dont care about wlb, fb and netflix depending on your preference on culture. Citadel and 2s will bring u more $ if u end up being successful there.
Personally I would swap Uber/amazon with Dropbox for exactly the reasons you mentioned. Heard great things about dbx from friends there and everyone else and pretty much just bad stuff about amazon and Uber. Amazon stock is always worth it though: fucking cash cow lol
How is linkedin these days?
I like it a lot here. Depends on the team I guess when it comes to personal growth. Benefits and free food are as good as they can be: best in the market alongside maybe a couple other companies.