Need help Blind!! Currently 3.3 YOE after MS. All offers in the Bay Area. I am looking for a team where I can actually see my impact, get ownership and learn new things. Decent wlb, good pay bump. All of the below are initial offers. Need help to negotiate Snap downleveled to L3 TC 200k (140k/53k) I really loved the team but the TC is lower than current TC š How high can they go? Plus, no level bump also. Amazon L5 TC 270k (180/80k sign on/10k stocks first year) The team is not that great. Doordash E4 Yet to get the numbers but the product team looked promising. Not sure if I will get to solve interesting problems at scale here. Can they go above Amazon offer ? Is there any way for Snap to offer TC above these two at L3 level. My interview feedback was not strongly possible hence the down leveling . #Negotiate #offer #l4 #multipleoffers #tech #swe #counteroffer
āSolving problems at scaleā is very overrated. Companies will tell you this and then youāll be doing some standard project that has nothing do to with scale. Most of the scale stuff has already been addressed by senior or principal engineers
Even worse, it is often not addressed by the company, but outsourced to a big cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure).
Snap L3 wonāt match Amazon.
Take Amazon. L5 has good scope, you will learn. It will look good on your resume. Furthermore, the offer is from the top band for L5. After a year or two, it will be easier to get interviews and keep your level etc. switch teams after 6 months if you do not like your current team.
I have to start my i140 process soon so canāt think of switching for alteast 2.5 years. Hence a bit concerned what if I get the dreaded no wlb amazon team?
I'd try to boomerang to Snap. I really like it here, but that downlevel is rough and you're very near top of band for the level.
Does the tag of Doordash look good on your resume? How helpful will that be when I look for a switch 3-4 yrs down the line?
How was your DD phone interview ? LC Medium or Hard ? And did you got it from LC tagged DD questions ?
You can get to L4 at snap in a year and get 350+
Could you shed some more light? Will take long to get promoted ?
This!