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Received an offer for a role with Okta in their new India office as an associate solutions engineer.  24L INR OTE(80:20) + 16L RSU (3 year)  vs  Received another offer from a browserstack competito...

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Received an offer for a role with Okta in their new India office as an associate solutions engineer.

24L INR OTE(80:20) + 16L RSU (3 year)

vs

Received another offer from a browserstack competitor startup LambdaTest for a solutions engineer role.

30L INR cash, no OTE. No esops (they're performance based)

Coming from a very niche AI field with experience of 5 years as a freelance developer / sales engineer consultant, but feel like I hit the plateau and now I want to restart my career in a new industry.

Both these companies will be a start from scratch for me.
Okta does need me to move to a new city (so about 6L yearly extra cost) while LambdaTest is remote.

1. Any insights?

2. The work culture can be too aggressive at LambdaTest compared to Okta? Is it worth it? I've mostly been working only 10-20 hour weeks for the past year as I was freelancing.

3. Is there potential for growth more at LambdaTest with that being a startup and all that?

4. With whom am I more likely to be able to pull off studying for unrelated certifications, masters exams, or freelance work?

5. Is taking slightly lesser pay at Okta worth it in terms of job stability and security considering the size of the corp?

#salesengineer #solutionsengineer #okta

Help me choose - Okta or LambdaTest

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I received 2 offers recently, for context I'm graduating this year-

1 - a PPO for an early stage startup I have been interning for. TC - 10 base + share of revenue generated. Essentially it is a founders office role, but will be closing sales too. Good culture, profitable. 

2- Browserstack for SDET role, TC - 11 base + 5 performance pay+bonus. 

Conflict is - should I choose the startup due to its potential high returns and my preference for the founders office role or BS for stable income and brand value ?

advice for choosing an offer

Sales Development Representative

The post title. There are other engineering roles too, if you see a fit. Happy to refer!

My team at Okta is aggressively hiring SREs in Bengaluru. If you were affected by a layoff recently, feel free to reach out for a referral!

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Employed at IN4, received a 25% higher SDE 3 position offer from OLA. Need advice on whether to join considering work-life balance concerns.

Seeking Advice: Stay at IN4 or Accept Higher Paying similar SDE 3 Position at OLA?

Software Developer

I work for Okta. It is starting a new office in India and has a lot of open positions for senior engineers. Many global positions are also open. Pay and perks are great.

https://www.okta.com/company/careers/

If anyone is looking for a switch to Identity space, and needs a referral, email me with the role that interests, and CV (not sure if we could DM on Grapevine) so adding an alternate email - alexaappstuaddio@gmail.com

Can I post here for providing referrals at Okta?

Recently, I've completed 1 year into my role and my CTC is 16LPA. The company is a startup, and I've got ESOPs which are included in CTC.

It has been an year, and I'm thinking of making a switch. But still can't decide whether I should bet on ESOPs and stay, or get a higher pay and switch?

The company culture is pretty good, and it's a remote role, plus not much work load. :) 

But apparently, I'm worried if everyone else is making a switching companies with a 50% raise, why should I stick with 10% appraisal at a single company?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

1 year into job, what to do next?

Product Marketing Manager

Role : SDE 1, backend
YOP: 1.5 years

TLDR : I've received a job offer from a startup in Bengaluru with a base package of 14LPA. This opportunity came through a connection who holds a senior position in the company. Currently, I'm employed at an early-stage startup with a small team, working on a great product, with a package of 10LPA.

The story behind this: 
I was laid off from my previous company due to their financial issues. At that time, I informed my manager to keep me in mind for any future opportunities. Subsequently, I joined a smaller startup with a 20% increase in salary as a SDE 1. I am happy with my work-life balance and satisfied with my role in building a successful product with a substantial customer base.

Recently, my previous manager, now in a senior position at a mid-sized startup, referred me for a role. Although my second-round interview didn't go perfectly, I've been offered the position based on his positive feedback, and they are offering me a base salary of 14LPA.

I have responsibility in my current company and my resignation will effect their timeline. also i don't want to ruin my connection with my manage also who offered me the new job.

I'm uncertain about what decision to make. Any advice?

Need advice. Which company to choose.

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Ask me anything! I work in engineering and I’m happy to answer any questions you might have on what it’s like to work in a startup.

This one’s for the startup people

Founder

I'm currently a SWE intern at a Series A startup (loss making) and they have offered me a full-time role. They have 2 years of runway.

I also have an offer from a very recently funded seed stage startup (pre revenue) with the same runway. It is a team of 13 people.

As a fresh grad, considering similar pay and growth opportunities, which one should I join?

Good time to join an early stage startup as a fresher?

I've received two job offers and could use some advice on which one to choose.

Current: Software Engineer II
CTC: Around 12 LPA
YOE: Almost 3 years.

Offer 1: Product Development Engineer II, Razorpay

Offer 2: Software Engineer, Pluralsight

Both offers are in the range 18 LPA to 24 LPA and Pluralsight is the higher offer in terms of CTC. Also they seem to have more employee benefits compared to razorpay. Which offer seems more appealing based on the role, WLB, company outlook, growth etc.

Also a bit skeptical about the PDE II role at Razorpay because they mention that PDE II individuals can only advance to SDE 2 after being promoted to SDE 1 first, and then to SDE 2.

Offer Comparison

PhonePe:
Designation: Software Engineer 
Fixed: 29L
Joining Bonus: 3L
Esop: 20L (vested over 4 years)
Team: Pincode
Work Location: Bangalore 

Microsoft:
Level: L61(SDE-2)
Fixed: 27L
Joining Bonus: 2L(1L in 1st year, 1L in second year)
Relocation Bonus: 1.62L
Bonus: 0-20% based on company performance
Stocks: 30K USD
Benefits: Standards Microsoft perks
Team: webXT team(edge, bing, video performance etc..)
Location: Hyderabad 


Please give your views on this offer. Which is the best. I have a total of 2.5+ yoe.

Offer Evaluation Phonepe | Microsoft

Will probably be offered Technical Architect role as per the job description and current profile. Presently at 25lpa and being asked to move to Bangalore for 31lpa (have not completed HR round yet)

Did I lowball myself?

Not sure which band this role would fit in.

Any expert opinion(s) from gentle folks?

HCL - Architect - 13 YOE

Solution Architect

I have 2 offers for an SDE-1 position and I'm not able to choose between them.

Offer 1: 
Pros: Large product based US company. Work is tech stack agnostic which I was looking for since I wanted to move out of my current stack. I've heard it's chill.
Cons: Salary is lower than what was discussed initially. After I cleared all interviews, I didn't have a proper discussion about salary from the HR which kind of seems like a red flag.

Offer 2:
Pros: 15% higher salary. People were more friendly and more open to questions and discussions, I feel they treated me with more respect. I could have a greater learning opportunity there maybe.
Cons: STARTUP. Tech stack is similar to the one I'm currently using and it's not the best choice for scalable and maintainable services. More hectic. More stress. More responsibilities. They haven't raised a lot of funding so I'm a bit unsure about my future there.

Any opinion on what I should go with?

Confused between 2 offers

I have over 1.5 years of experience and and my current CTC is 7.75 LPA in a product based startup. Is it worth to switch for 10LPA or should I wait for another offer.
I have had enough of negotiations and they can’t go beyond 10LPA.
I’m decent at DSA and solved arround 500 problems on Leetcode.

Is it worth to switch? Please help

I got three job offers for SDE2. I accepted the offer (30LPA) with the lowest pay but loved the interview process, loved how they didn't waste my time (offer rolled in 2 weeks). Even their Google reviews and Glassdoor has 5 stars. Early stage startup, but they have a tech product with a very bright future (seed funded). And culture is amazing, founders are bright.

Second offer was from a mid-sized fintech startup (series C funded). Offer was for 34 lakhs. The interview process was okay but that set me off was that they wanted to conduct another design round after my final Hiring Manager interview as their team categorised my interview as "Weak Hire". They even told me that to my face. 😂 I cleared the subsequent design round but the whole process was lengthy (1 month).

Third offer is from an AI company with horrible glassdoor reviews. They took 2 months of time to finish the entire interview process. Even the product doesn't seem like it will survive in next 4-5 years. Offer from them is 42 LPA.

I got laid off a couple of months ago, so instead of higher pay I went to the company where I could learn more, get good peers, and increase my skillset. I hope that this decision makes sense. I tried to negotiate with Company A but they were unwilling to go beyond 30, I did mention I have other offers which are higher. 

I didn't include the joining bonus and ESOP components in all companies, but they are there.

Please help me decide if I made the right choice

Senior Engineer

I have a Remote offer with a company called EventBrite, which is paying well as well. And another offer from Indian unicorn startup (Glassdoor has terrible reviews on work life balance). Should I just accept a remote job roam around India. Do a lot of Staycations, meet a pretty girl. Or take the Unicon start-up with a good brand, hoping that two years later, Amazon or Google or Microsoft would reach out to me.

Is it worth working so hard??

I recently got offer from an early stage startup in banglore. They raised a total funding of $5.19M over 2 rounds.

My offer is 13 LPA + 1 lakh retention bonus
5k per month for commute and health insurance

I have past experience of 2 years working with 2 startups and building apps from scratch for them.

Honestly I'm really confused about this offer, it is for sure better than my previous offer but I'm not feeling satisfied.

Any suggestions guys?

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