Big Fish Small Pond or Little Fish Big Pond?
Looking at 2 offers, similar roles. Which will look better on a resume to have been working there 3 years from now? 1: Series A company, VP position. Assume company will IPO or be acquired within 5 yrs Base: 190 Bonus: 40/yr performance based Equity: 100 in options over 4 yrs 2: Public company, Sr Manager. Growth history like Okta, Twilio, Zoom, New Relic etc. Base: 155 Equity: 450 vesting over 4 yrs
Series A? How many series A company that never makes it? Series A company also have no business hiring VP.
This would be a first hires for the dept, so they went with an executive position to get the highest talent pool they could
Is the Series A company profitable? How long has it been since that round and what’s the outlook on future rounds?
Less than 3 years since the last round, likely to raise this year to take advantage of the market
Little fish big pond. If you're top dog in shit company, you are still shit. I speak from experience
Having said, the offer looks quite low though, is this for Bay area?
Yeah it's Bay area; from context it seems like they weren't getting the seniority at the director level they were looking for. I agree that the options seems really low for this early stage
Holy cow 450 in stocks???