Got offers from both Instacart and Roblox, TC for both: 400k. Which is a better company to join? Instacart seems to aim for an IPO <1 year, so stock might worth more after IPO. The scope of work Instacart offered me is more interesting and will broaden my skill set. Instacart is fully remote, and is something I prefer. Roblox is working towards metaverse, and to me that has a lot of future potential. But the scope of work Roblox offered me is pretty much the same as what I do at FB, so not really learning anything new at least for the first 6 -12 months. Roblox director is my previous boss from FB though, and he promised a faster career track/personal growth opportunity. Roblox is not a remote position. I need to work in the office and I prefer being remote. Curious to see any insights on culture, room for career growth at both companies. I noticed the executive team at Roblox is slightly older/less diverse. How is the culture at Roblox? Is it more top down or bottom up? Any issues on diversity and inclusion etc?
Didn’t Instacart try to get acquired recently but it didn’t work out?
Get that IPO pop, sell, invest it into roblox
IPO pop is total fantasy. They can't IPO at 40b with a negative or single digit growth rate and a price to revenue ratio 3x of doordash.
Dafuq not even close to single digit or negative. And it's not price rev ratio at 3x of doordash either. Where are you getting this info.
400K for 4yoe, are you Phd ?
Are you a SWE, what level at fb?
Roblox seems much more stable than instacart. Of course with instacart higher risk but higher reward. Depends on how much risk you want to take. I would recommend instacart Mind telling us your LC stats? You seem to have done really well
Instacart should offer much more equity than a public company.. it's not a big reward scenario, there is only risk unless they offer 2x.rhw equity of roblox
Current TC please? Also what domain you work in?
What is your instacart offer?
Roblox seems like a good company but it's valuation is nuts
It seems like you answered your own question - your hiring manager at Roblox is your ex-hiring manager at FB. That’s the most important thing to take into consideration.
Exactly this^ Never underestimate the value of having a manager who is willing to help you grow fast. Even relatively large differences in initial comp can be overcome by growing up the career ladder more efficiently...
Mind telling us your yoe?
4 yoe
OP is it L5 at Instacart and ic4 or ic3 at Roblox? The levels could be also important.