Stripe vs Robinhood vs Coinbase

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Aug 25, 2021 87 Comments

All three are Staff level, similar TC, similar tech area (infra, not ML related), located at Seattle, which one you would choose?

I'm particular looking for growth opportunities, in terms of both project/scope and stock potential.

Stripe: 244k + 20% + 340k (per-year) = ~633k
Robinhood: 250k + 10% + 1.2M (4 years) + 110k (two-year sign-on) = ~605K
Coinbase: 207k + 10% + 400k (per-year) = ~627k

Haven't negotiate sign-on from Stripe or Coinbase yet, which may add up ~10k per year. I'm aware of the notorious RSU vesting policy of Coinbase and Stripe. Stripe will probably IPO next year. Robinhood has stacked refresh after one year of employment.

Current TC: 400K

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  • Stripe
    funpolygon

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    funpolygon
    Your decision should be based on everything but comp. The comp, risk, etc. are so similar that the differences will be meaningless to you.

    You should base your decision on the work youโ€™ll be doing, the people youโ€™ll work with, and the culture of the place.
    Aug 27, 2021 8
    • Stripe
      funpolygon

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      funpolygon
      WLB is a little better than Facebook overall. I had a great WLB at FB and have a great WLB here but I know lots of people who donโ€™t at both places. Iโ€™m just really good at saying no and setting expectations.

      Eng culture is a but worse than FB was at a similar stage. Our tools are worse, leaders slightly worse at empowering, engineers slightly worse, etc. On the other hand, we donโ€™t have people chasing meaningless metrics to the same extent, collaboration between teams is a lot better and the work is more meaningful.
      Sep 26, 2021
    • Facebook
      Symphony12

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      Symphony12
      funpolygon, how's wlb for staff engineer at Stripe? Do you know if it is easy to transit to management?
      Sep 27, 2021
  • Stripe
    Aug 25, 2021 13
  • Google
    lcxt

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    lcxt
    Robinhood.

    Those few k will be blown away by the full 4 year appreciation.

    Year to year vests are straight bulllllshif
    Aug 25, 2021 2
  • Workday
    schoolfool

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    schoolfool
    Woah!! Congratulations ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
    What is your YoE?
    Aug 25, 2021 3
  • You'll have much more cash in hand with Robinhood. 275(=250*1.1) +110/2. Cash is king. Stripe is already at $90B+ valuation before IPO. Not sure how much upside is on the horizon. And with 1 year RSU that doesn't matter that much. Although Stripe bussiness is much more stable than other two.
    If purely position, I'd choose stripe. Overall, I'd choose Robinhood.
    Aug 25, 2021 5
    • Amazon
      ukelala

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      ukelala
      @coinbae Robinhood is getting into crypto too though. Obviously CB is far more mature but there seem to be similar crypto upsides to both.
      Aug 28, 2021
    • Coinbase
      ๐Ÿ”…coinbae

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      ๐Ÿ”…coinbae
      @amazon you are right, but itโ€™s not really the same. Crypto is a side business for RH but is everything for CB, so CB is putting way more resources in crypto innovation and exploration. From learning perspective, i would vote for CB over RH.

      However RH may have a more stable stock price because of its diversified revenue source.
      Aug 29, 2021