Got offer from Niantic for SWE. TC is about +15% current TC. Got referred by a friend who got there job recently. Not sure if I am ready to jump the ship just now pretty happy at Twitch. Any ex-Twitch Niantic people here? I know some folks went there. What's your take on the company, culture, TC, future prospects and wlb ?
TC before & after?
Depending on the team and your role. Some teams are just ok and some are horrible.
What do you think about data engineer in data team?
How is Visual Concepts?
>What's your take on the company, culture, TC, future prospects and wlb ? Company: heading in a bad direction. Culture: your immediate peers may be great, but upper management is a clown fiesta. TC: above average, but not worth it IMO. Future prospects: what are those? WLB: team and project dependent. Honestly, don't bother.
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Upper management is terrible. Company is still figuring out what to do after Pokémon GO to make money. Prospects of an IPO are low IMO. Your experience varies a lot by team, but there are more teams with bad managers and poor wlb. You will see cases of favoritism.
Don’t jump ship if you’re happy at twitch. Platform teams are stressed out and no direction. Really bad managers without any experience dealing with people. If it’s game teams, depends on the game. Pokemon GO has lot of politics and needs to deliver a lot to make up for the losses in other areas of the company. Run away from other games.
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Yoe?
how many days did Niantic take to come back with an offer?
You could use your offer to negotiate a higher salary at Twitch. Just say you really enjoy the team/culture and you want to stay but Niantic is making you a compelling offer
What if twitch doesn't want to increase salary. What then
Then leave