Where are all your smartest friends going?
Jun 29, 2021
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Yes, you're the smartest, but NOT you. Your smartest friends. Which company/sector are they going to?
TC π₯
(Still in grad school)
#tech #stockoptions #investments
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PhD from top school --> FAANG | other top companies at L4 --> potentially Promo to L5 --> Other top companies to double TC --> smaller yet known company but significantly higher title --> repeat last step but still higher --> Currently director/VP level of some mid sized company.
For most of them, company itself is not super elite, although decent/good. But they are no longer IC or senior/staff software engineers. They are in high level executive positions. Because at that range, it matters less that you work for Yahoo and matter more that you are the director of engineering. Because pay is on another level.
Is the role a significant jump?
And of course the money.