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? Blind tax: 155k
following, also want to know.
Why not both?
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
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
Nailed it
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
both
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.
Not exclusive.