Inb4 "omg another google circlejerk" I want to compile a list from a purely >>>recruiter and brand recognition standpoint<<< on the most prestigious companies as a SWE. The purpose is for us to be able to better compare having which company on our resume will give our careers an advantage when looking for the next step. For me: Tier 0 "classic top tier tech fixtures": FB, G, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft Tier 1 "high valuation consumer tech startups/elite HFTs": Stripe, Netflix, Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, Square, Dropbox, Twitter, Linkedin, Reddit, Yelp, Two Sigma, HRT, Jump, Citadel, PDT Tier 2 "doing well but less brand penetration": Salesforce, Pinterest, Cisco, Nvidia, Groupon, Bloomberg, Palantir, Slack, Paypal, Ebay, Peloton, Wework Tier 3 "banks and less cool tech": JP Morgan, Cap1, Morgan Stanley, Oscar, Flatiron health, Yext, Wish, Snowflake, Databricks, Robinhood, Oracle, Redhat, Expedia, Zillow, Compass, and other companies among these lines Any recruiters want to chime in? Other knowledgeable people please comment with your rankings if you disagree. TC 130 #prestige
Robinhood under " less cool tech "? Lol.
Seems apt.
It's a slick app that's really popular, but will the typical recruiter/layman recognize the engineering behind it? I'm not so sure
FWIW recruiter prestige is the same as prestige among tech peers. Maybe you mean prestige to people outside of tech? Eg. Microsoft is Tier 1 prestige to people outside tech but Tier 2 in tech/among recruiters
Recruiters generally tend to be in the know-how of tech landscape
That's interesting. I mean it's clear to ICs that Netflix>Msft, but I didn't think recruiters felt the same
To be fully honest I generally consider AppAmaGooBookSoft to be Tier 1 (i.e. not Tier 0) They hire so many people that with the exception of specific teams and orgs I can't consider them T0 as a whole. Dropbox, Airbnb, Netflix, and the like I view as T0 because they're smaller, more exclusive, and can offer more competitive TC than Big 5
WeWork tier 2 😂 HFTS > FAANG
LinkedIn is more selective than microsoft so should be higher, but little to no refreshers causes it to not be amongst FNG.
MSFT and Amzon on tier 0? GTFO
Lol I don’t know if he realizes that IC prestige is similar to recruiter prestige since it’s mostly based on TC anyways.
In what world is Amazon more prestigious than Citadel?
OP only makes 130k, what insight do you expect from them?
True 😢, but I'm trying to gain more insight and make it public accessible
we are T0, there are more higher caliber G/F folks here than G/F themselves.
Recruiter and brand recognition is not prestige though. I think many would consider HRT/Citadel/Jane Street/2S to be more prestigious than FANG, especially for new grads.
Wouldn't elite HFTs be higher than faang
Not sure about that. Perhaps in the NY area and maybe people in the know, but are elite HFTs brands that strong?
They’re not well known by the general public but they can pay more than FAANG. What does prestige mean to you? How impressed other people are or money?