Please help me weight out two offers Microsoft Title- Senior SW Engineer TC- 260k (290k if I max out yearly bonus) Location- Bellevue Paypal Title- Member of Technical Staff TC- 375k Location- San Jose
Assuming you are a citizen or a green card holder, I would take the money and go to PayPal. What percent of TC is cash vs. stock at PayPal? In case of a downturn and lay offs, I feel like MSFT offers more stability, so if PayPal’s comp is more RSUs than cash, I would think about MSFT. (Also, something to consider if you are here on a work visa.)
Work visa holder
In that case I would likely go with Microsoft, plus the cost of living is a lot lower (and lower state tax too).
Career wise, I think Microsoft would be more rewarding, but that TC is so hard to pass up even accounting for taxes. Depends on your priorities
My personal vote is Microsoft in Bellevue. San Jose has higher cost of living and state income tax so you need to add that to your tc calcs.
YOE?
5
what kind of dark rituals did you do to get such TC offers
Microsoft doesn’t offer good refreshers, go with paypal
What's is the salary split?? For both of these companies,
Btw, I had the similar confusion , I took msft. Because culture is better in MSFT
Maxing out the yearly bonus will be difficult.. so forget the 290k.. i think
How did they offer 63 for 5 YOE 🧐
Tons of relevant experience for either role. I have 6 offers on table and narrowed down to these two
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IMO personal location preferences is a huge factor here. Do you want to live in the Bay Area or Seattle?
I am more focused on career than location at this point. I am open to either at this point