Inb4 "omg another google circlejerk"
I want to compile a list from a purely >>>recruiter and brand recognition standpoint<<< on the most prestigious companies as a SWE. The purpose is for us to be able to better compare having which company on our resume will give our careers an advantage when looking for the next step.
For me:
Tier 0 "classic top tier tech fixtures": FB, G, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft
Tier 1 "high valuation consumer tech startups/elite HFTs": Stripe, Netflix, Airbnb, Lyft, Uber, Square, Dropbox, Twitter, Linkedin, Reddit, Yelp, Two Sigma, HRT, Jump, Citadel, PDT
Tier 2 "doing well but less brand penetration": Salesforce, Pinterest, Cisco, Nvidia, Groupon, Bloomberg, Palantir, Slack, Paypal, Ebay, Peloton, Wework
Tier 3 "banks and less cool tech": JP Morgan, Cap1, Morgan Stanley, Oscar, Flatiron health, Yext, Wish, Snowflake, Databricks, Robinhood, Oracle, Redhat, Expedia, Zillow, Compass, and other companies among these lines
Any recruiters want to chime in? Other knowledgeable people please comment with your rankings if you disagree.
TC 130
#prestige
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They hire so many people that with the exception of specific teams and orgs I can't consider them T0 as a whole.
Dropbox, Airbnb, Netflix, and the like I view as T0 because they're smaller, more exclusive, and can offer more competitive TC than Big 5
Maybe you mean prestige to people outside of tech? Eg. Microsoft is Tier 1 prestige to people outside tech but Tier 2 in tech/among recruiters
The more complex problems are being solved by the 150k employees. More employees = less ownership and work per employee. At Microsoft, you could take a month off and noone would notice. This is coming from someone that worked at MS before.
When I worked there I used to believe MS had the best TC, best benefits, best 401k. True career growth happens when you open your mind to what the real world has to offer and not what you believe it offers.