Isn't your compensation less? I have looked at levels.fyi and it seems you make a lot less. Why would someone want to go down this career path? #financialanalyst EDIT: do you think it is better to go into banking if you want to work in Europe? They seem to have higher compensation there than tech companies. (assuming you are dual citizen)
I mean why do you work at Zillow and not a FAANG? At least they get to keep their jobs during an economic down turn and not everyone is a LC Pro, let people do what they want.
WLB mostly. Also, for mid senior level, base pay is similar as what you will get in FAANG. The total comp at big banks is base+bonus. No stocks usually, but bonus can be 0-100% of your base depending on how the year went for the bank. Also, sometimes the work is more interesting and niche than what you will do at FAANG.
Is WLB better for SDE's at banks?
do tech people also get 100% bonus at banks? I thought only Investment banking folks get that level of bonus
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He means “ass bro”.
Many times skills needed and acquired are very different. If you are an experienced professional, it's almost as if starting fresh moving from finance to tech or reverse
Working at a faang never came to my mind, I always had a interest in finance. But thanks to blind, now I realize the TC I’m missing and trying to gtfo quick. Got a Facebook interview coming up wish me luck.
don't you have any friends/classmates working at FAANG until you found out Blind?
Not really, I didn’t take the traditional CS route. I went to an undergrad business school and ended up doing Information systems which was the closest thing to CS they had after I discovered I really enjoyed coding.
I do see some posts mentioning these banks can pay equivalent to faang but there is no number to verify those claims (on levels.fyi or glassdoor, etc)
majority failed interviews at FAANG some work in revenue generating division such as trading, which pays well some are very interested in finance and prefer IB brands.
FAANG not available in my hometown, but banking, finance, and medical have a decent size here. You could ask the same thing for government contractors (Leidos, Accenture, Booz, Lockheed, Boeing, CACI, etc.). Some people just enjoy that line of work better. Some don't have another good option in their current location.
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How’s them lay-offs at UBER today?
Even when laid off from virtually any tech company, you would likely be better off than playing lego with your career at typical bank tech. Good luck