Pros and Cons

What are the long term growth prospects of a software developer at a trading firm and what are the exit options. I am talking of roles like C++ developer. Should one join these firms in software role or is it better staying in product based companies. I am a SDE-1 at a unicorn startup but have experience in finance through internship.

Can someone please mention the pros and cons of joining an early stage funded startup in the current scenario?

From one of the recent GV posts, I figured out that healthy food (free obviously) when offered, can act as a great perk for group of people. Let’s see whatever perks and benefits people are getting at wherever they work. Magnitude may not matter, however we may find out something really unique and different, which other companies aren’t focusing on. Kindly share your take on the pros and cons of it. Anyone and everyone can participate in this. Besides salaries, let’s see the added benefits, perks etc right from an early stage startup to whichever MNC possible. TIA. 😇

hey guys, I'm interviewing at a startup currently and they are asking me if I can work 6 days a week for a couple of months initially till the Product goes live. how do I respond to this? I want to take the offer but the 6 day work week is what pulling me back from accepting the offer.

I was recently impacted by layoff and having 20yrs of exp into application support and service management with last 10yrs grown into a middle management role(limited tech hands-on and no dev experience nor CS background) While I am financially ok atm and can manage staying at home for next 12-24 months, I am not financially independent yet. its getting too boring and I want to get back into some sort of work routine as I am keen on retirement yet. Challenges I am seeing with finding a new opportunity: - The job market seems to be quite restricted for senior roles with that experience - Few that came across were at a substantial low salary. - Some others required significant hands-on experience Thought process:: - While salary is not a major concern, I am not sure if I makes sense to take a pay cut. - Given the speed of tech changes, not sure what kind of learning/certification would be helpful - Even if I do tech self-learning, lack of practical hands-on seems to be a drawback - At 40+ while I am open to work hard and learn, i view is to find a job and learn into it , rather than other wat round Any guidance/pointers would be appreciated. As would any leads/introductions on suitable opportunities you know of.

Is there a massive information asymmetry among VCs as well ? What is the level of fluidity in the system when it comes to information sharing ? What is the extent of damage, a few VCs opinion of a startup does to the start-ups fundraising capabilities?

They offer 8 weeks of bootcamp/community access...etc Anyone here taken their bootcamp and have any reviews? Did you transition to a growth/product role or is it just marketing bs?

People planning to join CTS, check the hike %( released today) and jfyi hike was already postponed from April to August