current TC: 125k base, no bonus got an offer from a public company (SF) 150k base, 22.5k bonus, 180k rsu over 4 years offer expires oct 31st currently interviewing with Roblox, Snapchat, and Plaid Should I take it or take my chances with these companies? bay area software engineer 4 YOE
I would take it. No guarantee you’ll get offers. Push off long as you can or try to get the other companies to work more quickly. But if you can’t then I would take it for now.
Just tell them: “Listen I really like you, but I want to finish my process and I need two more weeks.” Or go heavier by telling them that a mentor helped you get an interview at X and you want to see that one through. Personally I wouldn’t go anywhere that plays shitty exploding offer tactics. It’s a employee’s market; you have the power. Finally: don’t over optimize for comp and look at team, culture, growth, product, manager you would report to, etc. long term comp is going to be much higher than what you shared, so you want to find somewhere that’ll get you to that higher comp. (Except if you like switching jobs every 2 years which can work up to a point)
Snap will definitely pay the most of these companies
How much do you think I can expect from SC?
If my math is correct your offer right now is ~200k TC. I’d check levels.fyi for snap but probably more than 200k. I just signed an offer at plaid that’s about the same