chase TC early in career or go for career growth opportunities?

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Nfge84

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Nfge84
Nov 3, 2021 9 Comments

Title. Go for high tc but chill companies or go for exciting startups for career growth opportunities? For those who’ve picked growth over TC was what you learnt worth it?

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  • Amazon
    WJnO47

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    WJnO47
    Here’s what I would say is the ideal career path

    FAANG or similar company with brand recognition

    ->

    Hot series B

    ->

    Either go to FAANG, retire, or go to another hot series B and try to repeat the process

    FAANG will always be there. If you have 10 YOE you can jump to Google or Amazon as a senior SDE and make 400k. You may not be able to go to a series B, make 120k and end up with $10m
    Nov 3, 2021 2
    • Microsoft / Eng
      YaaasQueen

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      YaaasQueen
      Nailed it
      Nov 3, 2021
    • Amazon
      WJnO47

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      WJnO47
      I guess I didn’t fully answer your question. Youll only know if what you did was the right call in hindsight

      A couple years ago when Snapchat’s stock tanked to like $7 nobody was freaking out about how great it was

      In hindsight those guys that joined back then are sitting in millions in equity per year

      Now the people that joined wework a couple years ago probably feel the opposite

      It’s really all down to your appetite for risk and how comfortable you are losing a large portion of your comp package
      Nov 3, 2021
  • Amazon
    chipotles

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    chipotles
    You need to time box the decisions you make for growth over TC.

    It’s easy to assume you are growing when you aren’t. It’s easier to measure TC.

    So in my opinion high TC is usually correlated with high growth
    Nov 3, 2021 0
  • Here is what I am doing and can highly recommend:
    1. Start with brand name aka FAANG or other big companies with respected tech culture. This will bless your resume and you will always get an interview at companies of your choosing.
    2. Go to career growth company 2-4 years. For this a starting low package is fine but within a couple of years it should be very high because of your growth. You will also learn the most here.
    3. After 4-6 years in growth companies, switch to director/staff in a small-medium company with very high TC and chill/FIRE/splurge for the rest of your life.
    Nov 3, 2021 0
  • Unity / Mgmt
    wdcw

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    wdcw
    Not exclusive.
    Nov 3, 2021 0
  • Microsoft / Eng
    YaaasQueen

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    YaaasQueen
    Why not both?
    Nov 3, 2021 0