Twitch Irvine vs. SF Office?

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wkdksiwosn

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wkdksiwosn
Aug 31, 2020 6 Comments

I'm currently interviewing for SWE roles with two teams at Twitch. Haven't gotten offers yet, but I was wondering if anyone with experience at either Twitch office could share their experience with the culture at each office? Is the work-life balance good? How's the mentoring for L4s, and how fast can you expect to progress to L5? I heard the SF office offers a higher salary for similar positions because it's a premium location; how much higher would an offer with the team in SF be than the one in Irvine? Also, if anyone specifically has experience with the Twitch Creator platform team vs. the Twitch Music team, I'd love to hear what your experience has been like. #officelife #culture #twitch

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  • Twitch
    qjPj67

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    qjPj67
    Pay will probably be about 10-15% different. Creator platform works on our home-grown streaming software Twitch Studio. Twitch Music has a really interesting roadmap that I can’t talk about, but it’s an area of growth for Twitch.

    You may feel a little isolated in Irvine, but it is our 3rd largest engineering location behind SF and Seattle.

    I would probably pick the Music team, personally.
    Sep 2, 2020 0
  • Twitch
    Kuro!

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    Kuro!
    10 to 15% seems right but I would argue that the CoL in Irvine is way cheaper than the offset. You can get a pretty spacious 1bedroom within walking distance of the office (and the mall) for ~2k.

    Like with any company I think your promotion to L5 will be based off how well you integrate with your team and manager.

    Irvine office subculture is rather more chill, you'll know every face you walk past.

    I like Irvine, you can actually get around here and if a house is on your radar then it'd be much more feasible here.
    Sep 2, 2020 3
    • Twitch
      washywashy

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      washywashy
      Twitch is gonna go fully remote even after COVID ends. The SF office is worth coming into, but other offices are probably not imo. Either way HR is very flexible so your preferences will be accounted for.
      Sep 13, 2020
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      ihatp

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      ihatp
      Second Irvine. Great people there, less clicky and petty than the SF political drama fest
      Sep 16, 2020
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    qjPj67

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    qjPj67
    ^I agree with all this. Great input.
    Sep 2, 2020 0