Need some opinions on this if possible. This would be my first true SWE role which is what I always wanted to do. As of now,I got offers from both C3 and Roblox and I'm trying to decide which place would be better for my career since this is only my 3rd year out of college. These are the offers: Roblox: 160k base ~400k RSU C3: 140k base 250k RSU 50k Sign on This is already a HUGEEE jump for me. Now I'm conflicted because I've read some stuff about C3 regarding the culture that I'm not too fond of. However, from a tech perspective it seems like C3 might be a better opportunity since this would be my first SWE role and the technology they use might do me better in the long run for my career. Roblox looks like an amazing company to work for and although the title role is also SWE I was told that the work would be more around SRE work to start but that there are plenty of growth opportunities to move to different teams. For someone going into their first SWE role and taking the current economic situation into consideration as well, which opportunity makes the most sense to take at this stage in my career? Any feedback is appreciated bc I'm honestly stuck on this decision. TC: 85k YOE: 3yrs #helpplz
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I had c3.ai offer. I declined as they made everyone come to office in pandemic even when the vaccine was not available. Brutal.
I would pick Roblox, interviewing there and really like the people and tech so far. Can I DM you to ask about the interview experience? Thanks.
C3 has terrible work life balance, people consistently have to work 12+ hours a day and weekends and the work is completely overrated to your expectations.
Thanks to everyone that responded! I made it official and chose to go with Roblox, thanks again everyone! :)
Can you share any insights into the onsite technical round for roblox?
Good decision OP. Stay away from C3.
I have a bunch of friends at C3. Just run and never return to that place. It’s living hell…
Im very glad I made the right choice on this one, was definitely hard to find anyone that had good things to say about C3 😭😭
I spent over 2 years at C3 and have a lot of good things to say. and I vote roblox. The TC helps but also C3 can be great in certain teams. The SWE teams I wouldn't personally work for (and I'm a SWE). FDE was cool and the federal team specifically has some amazingly cool work, the coolest I've seen in 10 years of top secret industry. But I've personally found working on regular old for-profit software and getting into the weeds is just as rewarding as higher level development of literal "world impact" stuff. Maybe because I've been there done that. You'll get more technical growth out of Roblox. You'll get more personal and business/social growth out of C3. If the offers were equal I might vote roblox still. Also is 250K RSU annualized or is it the 5 year grant? Your numbers might be misleading since C3 does 5 instead of 4 years like most
Keep interviewing
Why tho? Genuinely curious :)
If you can get those offers, you can get better ones at bigger companies.