App nexus - ad-tech: 160 base 11% guaranteed bonus 10k signon •go/js •very small team •younger •can WFH Interactive brokers -electronic brokerage firm: 140 base 15-25% bonus, 15-25% stock vested over 6 years (10% starting then 15% for 6 years) •c++ • tickers team. Working with market data, exchange. •older very quiet •very meritocratic very flat •smart and lots of sponsored people I want to optimize long term career goals to top fin tech, FAANG, or grad school to maybe PhD with a 50-40-10 priority split YOE 1.5
Random but do you have your MBA? I’m debating if I should go back to get a higher base.
OP is an engineer, which should be obvious