Update: Chose LinkedIn! ๐ Context: SWE / Frontend / Bay Area / 3 YoE / Top 4 CS school 1. Amazon AWS L5 ($360k TC) $200k base $145k bonus (year 1) $110k bonus (year 2) 120 RSUs over 4 years (5%, 15%, 40%, 40%) 2. DataBricks ($381k TC) $170k base 12.5% bonus $190k RSU per year 3. LinkedIn SSWE ($350k 1st year TC, $300k after) $200k base 10% bonus $80k RSU per year $50k sign on bonus Which one would you choose and why? My thoughts: Amazon + cash ๐ค + AWS will mold me into a battle-hardened engineer - WLB / PIP - boring internal team DataBricks + hot startup with strong revenue + interesting team + nice manager - overvalued? LinkedIn + Good culture and benefits + WLB + My potential team is bringing a lot of revenue for LinkedIn - low TC compared to others - Slow career growth #tech #salary #offers
Did you interview as FE for all of these, if yes how is it different from regular SWE interviews?
Yes. The difference is less Leetcode/ more JavaScript data manipulation and practical UI questions. System design focus on UI and APIs rather than load balancing or database sharding.
Thank you, is there a good place to practice these, would bigfrontend.dev be a good place? Also, may I ask what made you decide to go for FE interview loops, as opposed to generalist loops, which are probably still doable at the level youโre interviewing for.
What valuation is Databricks offering RSUs at?
Same as Aug 2021 last funding round
Seems like it would be way overvalued based on that, given the recent market downturn
Not that it matters, but what is a top 3 CS school? Iโve only heard of top 4
Updated. Thanks.
OP from Amazon, how do you arrive at 360K TC?
Initial offer was $320k. Negotiated with competing offers from DB and LinkedIn.
I mean that the numbers you provided add up to more than 360K
Howโs thoughtspot btw? That was a popular name a couple of years back
The culture was awesome when I joined 3 years ago. Learned so much and worked on great projects.However, comp is low now, so Iโm moving on. Currently the company is doing OK. Not too much negative things to say besides low comp. There are a lot of paid days-off and flexible PTO and insurance is A+ if you have a family.
Cool, hopefully you ll end up a millionaire when it IPOs
Update: Chose LinkedIn! ๐
What was your deciding factor? WLB or Databricks being overvalued?
Yes to both points, but Iโm sure DB will be successful in the future.
I'm interviewing at LinkedIn next week for Senior Front-end. Could you please break down the interviews you had to go through, please?
Your recruiter will send you a PDF which contains information about each round. They are - JavaScript coding - algorithms (Leetcode) - pragmatic UI (build UI in vanilla JS/html) - Frontend system design - Product taste (UI/UX) no coding- just talking - Hiring Manager (behavioral/ past projects)
Is LinkedIn offering remote ?
Depends on team. My team is flexible but most of them live close to office and comes in a few days a week.
OP why didnโt you choose databricks
1. Because their RSUs are overvalued and $380k TC is on paper only 2. I wanted to try out a public company after 3 years at a startup
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I see. Appreciate the input. ๐