RSU, hike and rise - Cisco security BU

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Passionate Software Engineer, tech fanatic, sports and nature lover, super interested to build projects that provide meaningful value long term. Enjoying life.
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May 15, 2020 41 Comments

My manager said: you are doing good and expected. But we have big team and people have many years of experience. I’m Grade 10 and 3 years experience in start up. I said yes but what I need to do to fit in the box to get RSU.

He said, you have to figure out by yourself and also Manager said if you want RSU, hike or rapid growth than Cisco is not the place for you!!

Not sure what to do now. when I joined cisco one year ago I had other 7 offers that are competitive and good.

This make me think about what to do next and update my plan.

please provide your meaningful suggestions. I’m in San Jose area. Software Engineer. #engineering #software #swe

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  • VMware
    iiyu

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    iiyu
    You know what we'll say- leetcode and gtfo cisco
    May 15, 2020 1
    • Cisco
      engineer()

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      Chartboost, Marin Software
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      Passionate Software Engineer, tech fanatic, sports and nature lover, super interested to build projects that provide meaningful value long term. Enjoying life.
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      OP
      Yeah I guess that’s true. I’ll start doing more interview prep now. Thanks for suggesting. :)
      May 15, 2020
  • Cisco
    engineer()

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    Chartboost, Marin Software
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    Passionate Software Engineer, tech fanatic, sports and nature lover, super interested to build projects that provide meaningful value long term. Enjoying life.
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    OP
    Total YOE: 4 years
    May 15, 2020 1
  • OpenDNS
    sydc43

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    sydc43
    Comp is very low for G10. You are in mid range of G8 but with your # yoe , that makes sense. Given you had 7 other offers, I am sure you can work hard to find better positions elsewhere.
    I am G10, TC:240k, 185k base + bonus and RSU, got 3 refreshers already, in last 1.5yrs.
    May 15, 2020 8
    • OpenDNS
      sydc43

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      sydc43
      185k is high but not the max for the grade.
      May 20, 2020
    • NVIDIA
      superfox

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      superfox
      By comparison a good engineer with 15 YOE gets an average of 100K RSUs at Apple, and about 150K RSUs at Nvidia. Similar amounts for Google and Facebook.
      May 25, 2020
  • What’s your current TC?
    May 15, 2020 0
  • Cisco
    engineer()

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    Chartboost, Marin Software
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    OP
    Of course I’m preparing hard for interview but at least want to spend 1.5 years to have my i140 done/gc done. I want to count and make this time valuable until I’m here. :)
    May 15, 2020 3
    • OpenDNS
      sydc43

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      sydc43
      Agree with DiscoDisco. Why bother?
      May 15, 2020
    • Cisco
      yvLA78

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      yvLA78
      OP, if you stick to the same plan, I can for sure say that you will push this deadline for next 3 years. Just grind the LC and with already having the experience of cracking interviews, it is not hard to repeat it again
      May 19, 2020