I have offers from Microsoft and Expedia. Microsoft 62 Base: $158 Stocks: $150k ( 4 years) Sign on $50k Expedia SDE 3 Base: $180k Stocks: ~ $100k (4 years) possible increase to 140k Sign on: $50-60k Looking for opinions on which company is better for career growth opportunities to next levels, overall work environment, TC comparison, benefits etc.
What is your work experience ?
Microsoft btw the two. But honestly you should stay at Amazon for an internal promo. Microsoft level is too granular and takes longer to get a title change. Also the tech stack is no as transferable as Amazon. The longer you stay in MSFT the more incapable you become.
What’s the tech stack there? Do you guys use spring boot? I use Java, and I heard Expedia is a Java shop.
Expedia is Java (springboot), Nodejs, python and golang in some areas. A few kotlin or scala shops. Scattered ruby codebases still exist. C# in some long tail areas.
Take Microsoft
Expedia is my pick, buy MSFT stocks with the extra base. You'll probably work on more interesting work in Expedia, Microsoft is way too big, maybe you'll be stuck working on some dumb widget
MSFT position maybe in cloud and not windows side.
This is what would help me make the decision, one higher base, two scale: will I work on core stack at Expedia or at cloud? Three impact. Some might include wlb, idc that much
Wow great base for l62
expedia for better wlb
How is the tech stack in Expedia and how strong do you feel technically while working there?
It's latest tech I'm from amazon
Ill take expedia with the higher base and title
I would ask for more stock from expedia. Ask for 150k and accept
Higher title at expedia means nothing outside.. if you move to fang you will be downgraded.. directors from expedia get SDM at amazon at best. Microsoft should have yearly bonus on top of that base... expedia recently merged their base and bonus.. plus msft stock has way better prospects than expe ... take msft and thank me later.
Expedia for better WLB
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Base 158 from Microsoft? Nice What’s the location?