TLDR
Not doing well at startup. Possibly looking to reach back out to passed (past) offer if that’s possible that’s 50% higher in total comp but less learning and likely less career growth. Otherwise maybe I should start interviewing again?
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Recently joined series A ai startup that is working on observability with AI, ie adding metrics to machine learning models with the goal of solving the black box issue that comes with knowing how ML models are actually doing real-time. Total comp at the moment 190k yoe 4 years.
I’m also coming from a full time frontend engineer role to full stack role. Turned down 5 other offers, where the 2nd choice was a marketing SaaS company with around 260k total comp pre ipo series E and expecting to IPO late 2022. It’s for a full time frontend position.
It has been a massive struggle working at this startup. Right away I was put on a backend task and am finally getting a half done PR approved after 2 weeks. The team is very small < 10 people so there’s not a lot of team bandwidth available to get help. I still feel like I hardly know shit.
The WLB is terrible here at the AI startup. There’s little guidance, little processes, and disorganization. I’m trying but barely making progress and am starting to get major burnout. An example is having to learn 5 new tools with little help while the app crashes frequently and I’m encouraged to push through it on my own while there’s a 2-3 day deadline.
At the same time I’m somewhat glad because I’ve gone through struggles before in the past that have turned out well. In some cases discomfort pushes us to our full potential. It’s a huge difference than DocuSign where WLB was great and life was easy but my career progression was stalled.
I have a deep interest with AI in hopes of making a major impact in the industry as a future founder and am really interested in becoming a well rounded full stack engineer.
Folks I need your help with figuring what options I might have here.
Thank you all for the wisdom. Cheers
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