6 yoe Both offers are L5 ML Eng Both Fully remote @ HCOL location Since Pinterest front loads RSUs, it's a bit difficult to compare the offers term by term. I will calculate the first 3 years of TC year-by-year for both companies. yr4 TC are not that critical because either promote or jump ship by then. Pinterest Base: ~240k RSUs: ~540k over 3 years, with a 50%,33%,17% schedule, no 1-yr cliff RSU Refresher (assuming meet): ~180k/yr vesting evenly over 3 years Cash performance bonus: 0 Sign-on: 160k over 2 years (80k+80k) Year 1 TC: ~590k Year 2 TC: ~560k, first 2yr avg: 575k Year 3 TC: ~460k, first 3yr avg: 545k Cruise Base: ~240k RSUs: ~880k over 4 years even schedule with 1-yr cliff RSU refresher (assuming meet; assuming 25% of initial grant, can be wrong): ~220k/yr vesting evenly over 4 years Cash performance bonus (assuming meet): 15% of base Sign-on: 0 Year 1 TC: ~500k Year 2 TC: ~555k, first 2yr avg: 527.5k Year 3 TC: ~610k, first 3yr avg: 555k Considering companies' future, WLB, culture, doors opened after this job, which is a better choice?
Stay 2 years in Pinterest and jump to cruise for better pay!
Sounds like a plan
Cruise will not exist in 2 years time. I don’t know much about Pinterest and how they are doing financially, but avoid Cruise
What skillset do you have?
Backend + MLOps & CV/general ML modeling
What does “backend” even mean anymore? Distributed systems and data eng?
How much ml do you need to pass the interview
Need to have some sense about how to design a ML system for real world use cases
Both offers are remote?
Y
Phd?
Y
Damn, my TC nowhere near that with more YOE. Maybe need to switch to ML or quit 🤔
I got lucky
Definitely Pinterest. Cruise has some of the absolute worst WLB and AVs are a more uncertain industry.
50 hr work weeks? Didn’t know cruise gave remote offers either
Cruise always has a fully-remote option. Most of my team is remote.
Congrats OP. Great offers! I have similar background as yours. Would you mind sharing the interview rounds you had?
Please dm
How did you learn these new technologies if u have comp engineering background
Tbh I feel really lucky. Have been wanting to do ML since day one in my career. I’ve met some really amazing mentors and got introduced to some great (but challenging) materials. Also had gradually transitioned to more ML related roles within the company and accumulated practical experience along the way.
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OP probably has doctorate. It would be extremely rare for non PhD to get this much with that YOE
I do. My PhD is normal computer eng, not ML though