Does working at a startup cut off future opportunities or calls at FAANG? compared to something like Oracle/Salesforce/SAP
Thinking to leave Oracle to join a no name startup and curious if it will sabotage career
Startups are just risks that you take. Make sure they give you a top rate base pay. The equity is worth 0 till they successfully IPO. The bonuses are also lies. They are worth 0 till you see it in your paycheck. In startups, base salary is what protects you from shit companies.
Or get acquired
But, you need a good acquisition deal that doesn't screw the employees.
SAP/Oracle isnt helping anyones careers out that well. Respectfully. Also startups can have reallt nice resume building stories bc youll impact revenue so much with how closely you work. People love my startup history and stories i have during recruiter or hiring manager chats.
You come from Oracle. Nothing to lose. And if your no name startup becomes a brand name startup, that could be even more prestigious than FAANG since you were OG
<1% chance the latter scenario happens, but you’ll likely be a deca millionaire if it occurs.
Happened to me and 1000+ of my ex-coworkers. I’m currently retiring at a FAANG(not Amazon). If your denominator is every startup including the ones funded by someone’s rich dad or founded by someone who just hates their corporate job, then sure <1%. If you know how to pick the right startups and get into them(they’re quite hard), the chances are way higher. Think about it, every time a startup IPOs, you see the same group of VCs as investors. The hard part is access to those startups not identifying. If it’s <1%, the number’s don’t make any sense. Just look at the number of companies each VC fund invests in. 1% means you need 1 100x startup for every 99 in the fund. That’s not how the math works
Probably depends on what you consider a “startup”. If something like Stripe or Databricks is considered a startup then no. I think most people here would see a lot of these unicorns as being same tier or above FAANG
No. I work at a small startup (<100 people) and I regularly get FAANGs callbacks for interviews. Numerous coworkers have gone on to work at FAANGs as well. In fact, it's been easier than when I was a new grad. Ymmv tho coz my school's pretty good (top 10) for CS and eng.
The school really doesn’t matter considering s/he has Oracle on their resume.
^true
Uh a fast growing startup is way better for FAANG exit than oracle/Salesforce
Easier to answer your question if you provide the following info: 1. What stage is the startup? 2. Last round valuation? 3. Founding team background 4. Any prominent investors? Any repeat investors who funded several rounds? Who are lead investors? No name startup is a super broad range with different risk profiles
I seen many people joined Microsoft from no name startup. I would suggest go for it
2024 Presidential Election
3h
410
Who would be a better president?
Tech Industry
12h
2254
Tech companies to avoid as a white guy?
Tech Industry
16h
1072
Tiktok offer
Tech Industry
Yesterday
24879
How did this happen? (Meta Stock)
India
7h
485
People who like Modi, are you okay with your country’s leader using words like “infiltrators” for a community?
No. Why would it? You basically need data points on your resume and you gotta sell yourself during the interview to get a job.