Lyft vs Stripe, infra engineering in Seattle
Yep, another one of these posts. Trying to decide between the two. I have offers from each, TC is roughly the same, both on infra teams. I don't have an obvious winner yet, because: - both potential managers seem like great folks to work for, very smart - I've heard/read good things about the "engineering culture" at both shops - I have acquaintances that are happy at each company I'm particularly interested in: - career growth - being part of a smart, high-functioning team - decent tech stack - WLB (particularly w.r.t. on-call, I've been on too many crap on-call rotations) - company's future prospects Stripe seems to have a lot of ridiculously talented folks and a great culture, but the work at Lyft might be a touch more interesting? Thoughts?
Can you share the TC?
Lyft
Lyft. Read Glassdoor reviews for Stripe.
TC or GTFO
Stripe!!
Since you used 2 exclamation points, I have to ask: what's your reasoning? :-)
Greetings from a Stripe here. :-) Stripe, for its more ethical business model. Lyft relies on its network of drivers, but won’t classify them as employees or pay them enough. It has no incentive to do better here. Stripe’s success is directly tied to the success of the businesses on its platform. It has every incentive to innovate for them and a strong disincentive to do shady things like monetize their data.
I wonder if stripe is profitable now. For sure Uber, Lyft are not.
Can't go wrong with both. Congrats
Thanks! It's a great problem to have, for sure. Would have been much easier though if I had bombed the interview at one of the two. ;-)