Uber vs Square
Got initial numbers from both. Here's how they look - My yoe - 7.5 Uber ------- position - SDE 2/high L4 base - 160K rsu - 385K sign-in bonus - 25K Square ----------- position - Senior SDE/high L5 base - 170K rsu - 400K sign-in bonus - 15K There's still some room to negotiate the offer with Uber. Square told me that they don't increase much from the initial offer. Both companies' teams and projects sound exciting. I'm expecting Uber will at least match the numbers someway or other with Square. Questions: 1. Do these numbers look reasonable? 2. What can be considered a good TC for each of these companies given my yoe? I was expecting to get around 200K base, 550K rsu and 50K+ sign-in bonus. Are these unreasonable numbers? If not, how can I pitch these to the recruiters? 3. Any comment on this two companies, their work culture, or anything else that i need to know.
Real money vs paper money
Get an offer from google and use it as leverage. Without other offers, it’s hard to move the needle significantly beyond 10-30k
I already have two offers. Do I need more?
bay area or seattle ?
There is no such thing as a ‘high’ whatever level.
Eh. There is definitely a quartile and position. How does OP know his is another story
Why not both. They are in the same building anyways ;)
My suggestion is Square. Uber will be fine. But I don’t see any upward potential after going public as its valuation is way higher than it should be.
I don’t think so. If it’s way higher then there won’t be two new investments after softbank shrinks its valuation to 48B. The 2017 was unexpected, valuation was overvalued. Now as lyft expansion slow down and Ubereats doing well, the valuation is justified.
Both companies are fine except - You already missed the Square’s train - Uber’s last train is approaching
This is what I'm feeling as well.
OP, have you made a decision? In similar boats as you.
Can you share details on your offers?
Can someone comment on the TC and all? Do these numbers look reasonable? Where can they be improved and by how much?
Can Uber level up? My friend had PhD and 3 years experience got a similar SDE II offer from Uber (a little lower). What price are you quoating here?
Actually 20k per year lower. This is really the highest of L4 I think.
Thanks. Price is around 41. How much increase in TC can I expect if uber offers me L5?