Hi everyone, First of all thank you so much for everyone who is sharing knowledge here. I’m a TPM and I’ve offers from below for Annually and need your help: ~~~>>>>>>>>>>€€€€€€€ Startup (Veeam Software) Remote - 260K (B: 150, 130k stocks). There are chances of IPO MSFT - 220K ( Base: 150K, Stocks: 70K) Startup (Unicorn + Series D ) Remote- 260k ( Base: 180, 80stocks ) . Personally- think high chances of IPO Oracle & Shopify - interview scheduled for next week ~~~~~~~~>>>>>>>>€€ CONFUSION PART: I’m really confused if I should join start ups or give priority for top companies. I know that I can learn a lot in startups which is a great thing and there are chances of going to IPO. Below are the two questions which is making me hard to make a decision: 1. Will it be risky as I’m on H1B visa? 2. I’m planning to start a family in another 1 or 2 years. Is start up a good bet or should I be ready to switch the company in 2 -3 years? My husband thinks- start up is a good bet. TC: 180 Total YOE: 8+ (TPM: Around 4) PS: I do not want to continue in Amazon. #startup #tech #tpm #offers #amazon #oracle #microsoft #meta #google
Depends. Think a 5 year horizon. * If you go to MSFT - you get a stable income, you build reputation in 2 years before you take time off to expand your family and you will get better parental benefits. Your job will be there when you come back and you can grow or move with a brand name behind you. * If you go with a startup - you will work longer hours and learn a ton more. If the company goes public with a good outcome - you will have a successful IPO brand , and would have made more money. So you can take a break to expand your family before. The parental benefits won’t match MSFT. * if you go with a startup and it doesn’t succeed then the pressure is very high and benefits will be lower and the skills you learn aren’t applicable to big co. So choose with your eyes open. Some will choose a startup because they love the problem the startup is trying to solve and have high conviction in the team. Some would choose bigco as it is lower risk with predictable reward. But won’t be as high growth in terms of career and comp as a successful startup.
Thank you so much!
If you are on work visa, stick with large and stable companies. Otherwise, take calculated risk
Turing. Can safely assume they'll have a good exit.
Hi @CAtoTXt, Can I know why do you think Turing would have good exit please?
It has to be MSFT. The parental benefits and the WLB you need to start a family will come at Microsoft. I doubt another few thousand dollars should change your opinion, but you can always try to negotiate harder with Microsoft. Either way, with visa and family planning - nothing beats Microsoft.
Look at the overview of the market as well… there is a shift from growth companies to value companies, so startups are going to have a much harder time in IPOs then in the past few years
What role in Veeam are you looking at?
Lol at Veeam being a startup. That company has been around for over 10 years. Take whichever you feel will be best. Bigger companies usually have the bandwidth to provide better paternal leave.
Which is the best option? I’m still trying to figure out! :)
I voted.