What should I start my Career with? (New Grad)

Cortland
jBrH07

Cortland

jBrH07
Dec 14, 2019 12 Comments

Facebook Data Engineer Offer (Menlo Park):

Base : 120k
Sign-on : 20k
Stocks : 100k (Split : 25%,25%,25%,25%)
Performance bonus : 10%

Amazon SDE offer (SF):

Base : 128k
Sign-on : 30k first year/26k second year
Stocks : 95k (Split : 5%, 15%, 40%, 40%)
Relocation : 6.8k

Which offer should I accept and why?

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TOP 12 Comments
  • Oracle
    Op2j7

    Go to company page Oracle

    Op2j7
    "Do I shoot myself in the left foot or the right foot to win a $160k bet?"

    Take the SDE job, will do your skills and resume better for SDE jobs. Moving from Amazon is just as easy as moving from Facebook. They're both FANG. They're also both in the two least liked, no real better choice here from that view.
    Dec 14, 2019 1
    • Neither are as well liked as oracle post layoffs unfortunately..;). He'll have his choice of companies coming out of FB but not necessarily amazon. Higher bar still matters.
      Dec 14, 2019
  • Amazon / Eng
    Afreen

    Go to company page Amazon Eng

    PRE
    Synopsys Inc, Adobe, Flipkart
    Afreen
    Facebook.

    Always remember among the Faang, the least preferable one is Amazon.
    Dec 14, 2019 0
  • Roku
    charmeIeon

    Go to company page Roku

    charmeIeon
    FB. Avoid Amazon like the plague.

    Also I hear a lot more growth opportunities in FB.
    Dec 14, 2019 0
  • Amazon
    econgineer

    Go to company page Amazon

    econgineer
    If you want to be a SWE do Amazon. Going the DE route will make it harder to switch into SWE later. Where as an SDE Amazon you’ll actually learn relevant skills.

    If data pipelines and data infra interest you, go the DE route.
    Dec 14, 2019 1
    • PayPal / Eng
      mmzgg

      Go to company page PayPal Eng

      mmzgg
      Adding to econgineer, DE and SWE requires somewhat different skill sets. Choosing swe will also make it more difficult to switch to de
      Dec 14, 2019
  • Apple
    itodcb

    Go to company page Apple

    itodcb
    FB
    Dec 14, 2019 0