YOE:1 year after undergrad as associate data engineer at Northwestern Mutual in NYC. My current pay is 72k and 5% bonus. After grinding leetcode every Sunday, reading data system books and online courses. I have 2 offers right now and still interviewing with Bloomberg. Offer 1: media adtech startup that is child of parent company 'vayner media'. Data engineer: 110k base + equity vested over 4 years, and performance review every 4 month. Question: are child company equity valuable? Offer 2: 2U Ed tech company Engineer II: 125k base +10% bonus + reimburse master's after working 1 year. I'm still in the process with Bloomberg and I don't think I have time to finish it because I need to respond to the offers this week. Any advise and opinion is welcome. Thanks for your time (^:
Get the Bloomberg offer. Tell the others you are finishing up that last process and owe it to yourself to see it through. If they don’t respect that, that’ll tell you something about those companies.
Gotcha, thanks
Congrats on the progress! This early in your career, 4 year vesting schedule is a bit much. The bonus + quarterly review cycle may be of some use at option 1. I would go with higher base/bonus option 2. Keep gaining skills, stay on the grind. Put in 6 -9 months and go hunting again. That is if I had to pick between 1 or 2 with no other alternatives. NYC is pricey....but you can make it work.
Thanks. NYC is pricy indeed but I'm greatful that my parents let me live with them for now. I don't spent much money besides lunch and two cup of coffee every Sunday haha. I will definitely keep grinding!
1) tell bloomberg that you are on a timeline. They can expedite. 2) tell the others that you have to hear back from bloomberg before making a decision because you want to be sure that you are making the right one.
Thanks. I did told Bloomberg 3 weeks ago that I have offers. The process is really really slow. I've spoke with the recruiter and the initial engineer phone screen. I'm waiting for my phone screen with an senior engineer and the onsite. Base on the process so far, I expect another 3 weeks or so haha ._.
Tell them again. Companies of any size can fast track a candidate.
Just curious how many Sundays did you prepare
Haha I lost track. But I think that's a good thing because it's now a habit. My estimate would be about 70 ( 52 in a year + 4 month).
Accept offer 2 and keep pursuing Bloomberg
Depends how much u paid for ur masters?
String along offer 2 as long as possible and push for bloomberg to expedite the process. You can then compare both offers. It's usually pretty common if you have offers on the table
At the early stage in your career I’d value increase in income and skill advancement over equity (w 4 year vest). Staying in the same place four years could stunt your growth and income long term especially in your industry. It sounds like delaying op 2 and speeding up bloom would be best. If you have these three on the table there will be more in the unlikely event none pan out due to timing etc. Thanks for the good work at NM. We FA’s love the progress you helped make. Congrats and good luck!
Op what offer did you end up taking
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Thanks for your advice.