I have recruiters reaching out for their Starshield project. It looks very interesting (I'm bored af here at Google), but I have concerns about the WLB and compensation. Anyone have experience at SpaceX as an SWE? What's it like there? TC 300k
Never ever work for this piece of sh*t Elon at any cost if you value yourself
TC is 🥜
People decide to work for Elon are not someone who work for money and their own life. Instead, they work for an illusion Elon created for them.
You’re retarded
I’m a SWE on starshield, WLB depends on what you’re working on but for me it’s pretty good. Most people I see work normal hours, everything is output driven though so it just depends how productive you are. Comp for a senior is around 300k, but the stock is very valuable plus SpaceX does buy backs, just got a nice 20% raise from the last valuation. Guys that have been here a while are making stupid amounts of money.
Thanks! Was the interview difficult?
I didn’t think it was too hard. But it’s very in-depth so if there is a reason to not hire you they’ll find it. But if you have a good presentation and can hold your own in the white boarding you’ll do fine.
Bad wlb, terrible talent, clueless mgmt, cult like community. Literally a spiral to the bottom. Stock growth has all but ended. DO NOT go from google to spacex
Thanks!
"Stock growth has all but ended" after 26% gain in 2023?
It’s great. Initial offer will be slightly lower than FAANG but the stock will make you rich. You will work on interesting things with smart people. You dictate your WLB and job security. We haven’t had any layoffs recently. Ignore the low IQ Elon hating wageslaves on blind. The work you will do at SpaceX is actually meaningful and will go down in history. The same can’t be said of the expendable worker drones building web apps at Microsoft.
I’d stay away from any Elon company if you care about your mental health
Just curious, spacex stock is not public, how do you turn RSU to money?
We have bi annual purchase offers. Board approves a massive sale at some price to a set of investors and shareholders (incl employees) can put up their shares. There's one going on right now in the news (@ 97 per share) that I can still sell if I want to. I like to rebalance into index funds but others will HODL and outperform me. I've sold around 1M so far
Is it an embedded sw role?
Not sure yet