Uber vs Twitter

Oct 24, 2021 15 Comments

Hi, y'all. I am currently in the process of switching companies after burnout/disagreement with my current manager (long story, can switch teams but also want to explore new opportunities).

I received verbal offers from Uber and Opendoor a week ago and finished Google, Two Sigma onsite this week. Haven't heard back from the latter two yet but I don't think there were major red flags about my interviews, but hey, I could be wrong.

With that being said, I still have a shit load of interviews for the upcoming two weeks:
Onsite - Duolingo, Robinhood, Twitter
Phone Interview - Stripe, Instacart, HRT, Jane Street.

I am trying to get as many interviews done as possible this week. But it's super exhaustive and will affect my work. so I've been considering withdrawing from some of them. I was planning to use Robinhood/Instacart/Stripe to compete against Uber/Opendoor because currently I am really interested in Uber's teams and opendoor's growth. HRT/Jane Street are really impressive companies that I felt I can learn quite a lot from (tbh not super confident about the interviews but sure can dream lol). I love Duolingo's mission and the product itself. So it goes down to Twitter that I've been considering trimming.

The reasoning is that the team I am interviewing with uses Scala, which I have less of an interest in learning, and according to levels.fyi, the TC may not be able to compete against Uber at my level.

Just wanna hear everyone's opinion on if I should withdraw from Twitter or any other firms on the list.

YOE: 2 years 3 months
Current TC: $275k (could be higher but stock's been unstable recently)

Current offers: Haven't gotten the numbers from Uber yet but Opendoor has given $270k, pretty sure I can get more.

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TOP 15 Comments
  • New
    wXWv45

    New

    wXWv45
    Uber better place. Know many friends at Twitter, they are planning to quit in few months.
    Oct 26, 2021 2
    • WeWork
      MDp16

      Go to company page WeWork

      MDp16
      I have one roommate at Twitter and another at Uber so I can tell you they’re very diff places. Twitter is disorganized and chaos as shit. Uber is much more mature but still seem fast moving and fun. I interviewed but didn’t get it. I am sad about that because the team seemed really cool. Culture was surprisingly good and people seemed genuinely excited. Stock price has gone down though. Probably means good time to join though. Twitter on the other hand is like a slow sinking ship that once used to be the shit and never got it back. I wouldn’t touch that.
      Oct 26, 2021
    • Uber
      bogosorts

      Go to company page Uber

      bogosorts
      I can second this, everything about our company is decent to good except stock price
      Oct 27, 2021
  • Google
    bnEA57

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    bnEA57
    Congrats op! What team at uber btw?
    Oct 24, 2021 1
  • Cisco
    dngdongbel

    Go to company page Cisco

    dngdongbel
    Wow! Pretty impressive. How do you manage so many interviews with a full time work? I find it difficult to schedule another interview when I am interviewing with one company. Would really appreciate you reply
    Yoe 5 months
    TC 170k
    Oct 24, 2021 1
    • OP
      I have actually been slacking off work due to it. The situation with my current manager (been with him since May) is getting quite bad so I've been prioritizing finding jobs. But also I didn't actually do quite as many preps. I initially wanted to use Uber/Opendoor as a practice to prep for other companies but ended up getting good teams/experience from both of them. So now I am cramming all of the interviews in two weeks using PTOs
      Oct 24, 2021
  • Uber
    bogosorts

    Go to company page Uber

    bogosorts
    Can you take time off work instead? Maybe claim you got covid or the flu for a couple of days?
    Oct 24, 2021 1
  • Uber
    harishdel

    Go to company page Uber

    harishdel
    Impressive. What level are you interviewing for?
    Oct 24, 2021 1