Although the TC bump is not that huge, I really liked the team I will be working on(infra engineering) plus there’s a title upgrade SWE -> SWE 2. Current role involves mostly ops work with horrible WLB and finding it hard to crack interviews at other top companies as I’m heavy underprepared for sys design rounds Current TC : 15L fixed + 1L JB + 2.25L perf bonus(manager told not to except much this time) Yoe : 2 New offer :
Is it remote ?
Hybrid
Try with other companies and say that you already have an offer.
Wouldn’t that come as a red flag where I’m still looking even after getting an offer? They might think I will do the same to them as well right? Sorry if I’m being silly, very new to all these.
I feel you. I used to think the same 8 months back. The first switch is always tricky. And no, no-one takes it as a red flag. In fact once you receive your first offer then you will suddenly become hot and everyone will try to poach you. Be honest with the HR though. I was able to get 5 offers after my first.
Why does everyone want to switch to infra? It’s so tough and consuming 🥲
Well I’m in my early career so wanted to focus on growth. Also have heard it’s easy to switch to other roles like backend or DevOps once I have infra exp, not sure if it true though?