Hello folks, I got 2 offers: one is Amazon L5 DE in London UK, TC 93k USD . This other is Google TSE L3 offer in Waterloo Canada, TC 150k USD. Google TSE TC is more attractive and seems like WLB is better in Google. And I want to be SWE of Google in the long-term so maybe good to be an insider first and then transfer internally. But I've heard about so many bad comments on Google TSE, such as second class citizen and harder to transfer to SWE than external applicants. BTW I have never lived in both cities, so if any of them is way better than the other pls let me know. What do you think? Which one is better for career growth? Thanks! YOE 2.5 #tech #amazon #google #offer #dataengineer
@op can you please do the total compensation breakdown for your google offer? I got a verbal offer for Waterloo google L4 Technical Account Manager (before the hiring freeze started) but I am not getting 150 k usd (getting less than that). May be I can negotiate. Also, when did you get this offer? Is hiring freeze over? If you want to chat off the post, I can dm you. Please let me know. Thanks
Yes please DM me
@op I did send you a dm. Thanks
Did this offer happen during the hiring freeze or prior? If during, how’d you get it through?
Yes I got G one before freeze. Amazon is not in freeze
Once you go Google TSE, you're no longer a SWE and it will be harder to get external SWE offers as well going forwards. Do you want your career to be a TSE going forwards just to work at Google? I'd say take the other offer and keep Leetcoding to try to get into Google as a SWE
Yup this guy is correct. Tse is support role. You have to go on call to resolve customer’s issues. You will regret once you join.
Thank you both !
L5 DE TC seems super low even by London standards. Are you sure they didn’t give you L4?
Really?😂 I am sure this is L5 DE. Actually I have L4 DE friend who has only 72k USD TC, so I thought this is reasonable. Maybe I should negotiate. Do you know the avg TC of DE L5 in London?
I received L5 DE Amazon London offer this week. TC 102GBP which is low balled too. It can easily go to 120KGBP
Is it 100k pounds vs 130k CAD?
Personally, I'd stay at Amazon and do a DE to SDE transfer instead.
I update TC to both USD for better comparison :)