6 Offers, 2 FAANG, 2 Pre-IPO, 3.5 Months prep hu

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AWSAmazon

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AWSAmazon
Apr 15 401 Comments

I have been fortunate enough to receive multiple offers from FAANG and few of the Pre-IPO companies.

Yet to hear back exact comp numbers from all the companies. But everyone except Microsoft are offering 300k TC (avg over 4 years).

I will put a separate post going into details about my prep and exact offer details once I have them. Want to start a poll to see which company would be the best to join.

Things I care about = Learning > Growth (Manager) > Work-life Balance > Compensation > Peers.

Given most companies are offering 300-320k TC. I would like to know which would be the best one to pick from the mix of FAANG and Pre-ipo.

Remaining onsites - Google, Snap, Stripe, Instacart, Doordash. (I have approaching deadlines so might not be able to consider these)

Should I consider completing onsites of any remaining companies, if so which one? Also feel free to comment on reason behind your votes.

Current TC - 200k
Current YoE ~2.5 years
Offer location - Seattle

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  • Jesus Christ 2YOE and you have offers for 300k+??

    I’m at 2YOE and making 94k

    Fuck me sideways, why can’t I get offers like this?
    Apr 19 29
    • Yeah no way TC is related to value. It’s all about interview performance and negotiations. I know someone that just got 300k+ offer from Google for L4 and 400k+ offer from Amazon for SDE2 and has less experience than OP (< 2 yrs). He’s just really good at studying and LC.
      Apr 21
    • The benefit of Capitalism won't last long. Reap it when you can. Don't waste time on debating and denying. Even if one makes 30%+ TC to existing it's still worth it. Remember rule of compounding?
      Apr 22
  • JPMorgan Chase / Eng
    noob@LC

    Go to company page JPMorgan Chase Eng

    noob@LC
    congrats! Please share your guide once you’re done as well.

    Never worked at meta but i’ve heard that’s where you go to make “impact”
    Apr 15 9
  • Meta is a great place for early career growth. Highly structured review cycles with clear behaviors and paths to promo.

    I didn’t realize this wasn’t industry standard until I left, and I regret not staying longer
    Apr 15 18
    • Amazon
      TruthSlaya

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      TruthSlaya
      Yeah I don't understand why folks who are underpaid and dowleveled keep over delivering.
      I mean where does such motivation come from while knowing one is being exploited.

      No wonder Amazon keeps paying low and downleveling so they can play the carrot and stick game.
      Also very surprising that your TC is this low at L6.

      For sure the work can't be so interesting...
      Apr 20
    • Amazon
      /\az/\

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      /\az/\
      Work's great actually and TC is 340 bottom of older L6 bands. Like you are surprised they also only increased my levels with bottom of the band pay which I was getting as an 'overpaid' L5.
      Next year target comp is high but since I got promoted last year, this year only got base increase. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Hence, trying to gtfo.
      Apr 20
  • Snap
    iasB74

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    iasB74
    First off expiring offers are total BS. Buy time and finish all of your loops. None will truly expire. If they do, then you know the type of company that would be and you wouldn’t want to be there anyway. I would finish up Google, Snap & Stripe.

    Pre-IPO companies sound very scary with current market conditions. They should all be compensating you +50-100% in stock for you to consider them. Otherwise it’s just not realistic or worth the risk. And that is in the previous environment where you had pretty high confidence things would pan out well.

    I would look at companies that are profitable, over near profitable, over public cash burning, over pre-IPO for some level of safety and growth in an inflationary market that could turn recessionary.

    Of the pre-IPO you listed I’d consider Stripe that at least has a credible business model if they needed to turn a profit more quickly once public.

    Of the ad based ones I think Meta is highest risk, followed by Snap, and Google being less risky with their ad model.

    Apple is a great safe bet if comp matches and you like your team and manager.
    Apr 19 4
  • Meta or Dropbox depending on final numbers would be my pick. Congrats!
    Apr 15 9