I have an offer from each one (SWE), they're all within shooting distance of each other in nominal compensation after negotiation (within +-10%, median TC around $340k hashtag #Blind). Where to go? I want to make a decision fast, hopefully today. I have 10 YoE, getting leveled at 5 or equivalent at all these companies. Assume nominal TC doesn't matter to me because the offers are all close enough, I want the most interesting, promising company to work at, I hope to advance my career and level up my skills and experience. Equity is about half my package for each of these companies. I have my leanings but I don't want to bias the poll. Thanks.
I would pick the place that you vibe with people the most. I know first impression is not everything but it’s a good indicator of a type of people you’ll be surrounded with
Create a poll so we can vote
There is a poll, for some reason showing up only on web. Thanks for the heads up. Edited the post on mobile to add a another poll. #JustBlindThings
YouTube gives you the most flexibility as you can move around to all the various pets of massive google. Their codebase is messy though (assuming you’re swe?)
Robinhood has more promise given the disruption it could cause. Lyft and Uber are great but your contributions might not have a big impact unless you are in a niche super important project. Won't comment about Thumbtack or Square since I don't know much about them. Good luck for your next jump regardless.
Ignoring potential “disruption”, which suggests the company could have a promising future, do you think the work to be done at Robinhood is the most interesting out of these choices?
My issue was my onsite with Robinhood was all newgrads except one senior interview that was just behavioral. And they just spiked to $5.6B valuation so upside isn’t what it was last year, $5.6B is a non-trivial long-time-until-IPO valuation especially since their whole angle is they don’t collect fees.
RH
Poll please?
Square. Look at what the stock has done. It’ll continue to do for some more time at the very least. I joined after IPO and Square changed my life.
How so?
When I came to square I didn’t know it but I was pretty burnt out. The team allowed me to move at my own pace. I gradually came out of it and started to really enjoy how much empowered I felt even as an IC in a big org. Additionally the cross team mobility and inter actions helped me work with the best and brightest. Not to mention my TC is at an all time high allowing me to buy instead of rent. Great team, large slew of products to choose from, solid growth potential.
You know much more about what you liked in each one. If it was me: Thumbtack is a nice company, but it's not a consumer brand - that's what they want. Stocks are questionable. YouTube has commute issues if you're in SF. Robinhood is in South Bay - hard no. You don't want to work with people that are ok with eternal boredom. Square ... just not very exciting products. So it's Lyft or Uber. I've never interviewed at Lyft. I've interviewed at Uber two years ago and they played the "cold, serious and dismissive" game. Maybe they have more humility now after eating some shit last two years.
Not square
Why not?
How interesting can payment processing get?