36 LPA is very much achievable with your profile. It’s all about how you portray the work you did and the scale you handled. 
 What you are feeling is imposter syndrome, but you are all right!

Computer Operator

My Profile  Years of Exp.  ( 1.5 Years MNC + 2.3 Years In a Small Startup)   Current CTC  22 LPA  I am working as a SDE 2 in this startup and have been a founding engineer for the company.  I have ...

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

My Profile 
Years of Exp. - ( 1.5 Years MNC + 2.3 Years In a Small Startup) 

Current CTC - 22 LPA

I am working as a SDE 2 in this startup and have been a founding engineer for the company.

I have built several products from scratch with complete ownership. I have experience in Java, Spring Boot, Postgres, MongoDB, etc.

My concern is that i have worked on logic heavy applications but never on big scale since the applications i have built are enterprise focussed.

Most of the good startups / MNCs require experience in working with Dist. Systems, scale,etc. 

My ask is what should i expect in terms of salary in the current market. Is 36 Base achievable ?

What should i expect in my situation?

Software Developer

What should i expect in my situation?- Grapevine

I am a DevOps Engineer in a series C funded startup.
My current compensation is 40LPA, which included 38LPA fixed, and 2LPA performance bonus.
I want to understand what my realistic expectations should be if I look out for another job.
I am open to all types of companies, be it a MNC or a well established startup.
I can be wrong by a huge margin, but I was expecting somewhere around 75LPA CTC with 70LPA fixed, given the fact that my promotion is due this upcoming December and I am expecting atleast 20% hike on my current CTC and in hand compensation.
What are your thoughts on this.
And if possible, can you guys also tell me what I should be prepared for if I get an interview opportunity for a senior level DevOps Engineer.

Salary expectation for a DevOps Engineer with 3+ YOE

DevOps Engineer

I'm frontend React Javascript developer with overall 4 years of experience (out of which 2yrs in react) Sitting with 5Lpa at TCS. What should I answer on expected salary in interviews. And if possible guide me reason for that ask. (Sorry for posting again but really need idea on this)

Salary expectation

Have more than 5 years of experience working for a consulting MNC, a SaaS startup and a medium-sized consulting company.

Over the years have gotten the opportunity to work as a frontend engineer(angular, react), a fullstack engineer(java, javascript/typescript, python) and currently a data engineer(pyspark/databricks, azure, gcp).

Projecting my self as a fullstack/backend engineer only. 

What should be my fair salary ask in series A/B/C startups & other product companies?

I believe many of people in here will be in the same boat as me, so please put down your thoughts…!

What should be my fair salary ask?

Consultant

i am 2yrs experience sde at a public company , how much salary are there in market standard for this in startup?

Software Engineer

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Hey folks, i hope you all are doing well!

I have around 6 yrs of experience now including 6 months of internship in Enterprise Support role for Kubernetes product in a big Product based MNC.

I have been in the same company for 5.5 years post my internship, within these 5.5 years I switched to our cloud services team like a DevOps role 2 years back. 

My role is a Senior Software Engineer but I am not coding much rather its mix of both Operations and Coding sometimes, because of which my development knowledge is rusty and also my DSA too. But I have been able to get things done which are necessary as a part of my daily job. Be it feature development, releases, operations and troubleshooting customer environments. So performance wise I’m doing well I believe. And I’m getting below package.

So I got hikes also the package I’m getting is around (35 LPA Fixed + 5 Lacs bonus) have stocks around 10 lacs(just 2.5 lacs per year) 

Now the main point is even though I’m earning sone money 

1] I’m not learning much from the software development perspective and I think work wise I don’t have much experience in pure development, so now I’m stuck how can I make a move to a good unicorn startup as a SDE/SRE? Please suggest any ideas to make such a move.

2] I strongly believe that I’m earning less than what I should be earning after spending 6 yrs in IT. Nowadays 3-4 So now I’m thinking of switching to a different company but again the point [1] comes in my way.

3] How much minimum amount of I should be earning as a base salary, bonus and stocks in a big product MNC or a Bangalore startup ? 

Looking for advices to learn and which way should I be taking to learn more and get a job where I’ll be doing proper Dev work, please advice on the way to take to do this transition.

Thank you!

[Please read & advice me:)] 6 yrs in IT, Am I doing well?

Product Manager

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Urgent advice needed. 

Have an ‘marketing head’ offer from a small tech product company. Total 20 YOE. Switching industry. How much salary should I expect?

It’s not exactly a startup in the true sense of the term. A legacy company which has “transformed” itself.

Salary negotiation

Database Administrator

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Hello friends, 
Can you please help me in deciding between these 2 offers: 

Trigent Software:
-35lpa: all fixed, (it feels can go upto 36) 
-Service based but hiring for good client who is there from last more than 5 years and will be there for another atleast 5 years according to them 
-25 years old company
-1300 employees 

Inito(product based startup): 
30 + 2(esops over 4 years, so we can assume 30.5) 
-This got started in 2015 but still having only around 110 employees 
-Out of 110, 32 from IITs...so good people are there 

Yoe: 4.3

Offer selection

Data engineer

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.

Hi guys,
What salary(base) should I pitch nowadays considering I have 2 YOE in backend development.

Expected Salary

Hi got an opportunity at an early stage startup for lead engineer role I’ll be looking at the whole back end n also leading few engineers 
Want get an idea of what is the salary range of lead engineers in Indian startup’s 

Current Ctc 40 base + 22 RSU 

Hopeful I’ll be getting a hike

Lead Engineer Salary Range in Pre Seed Startup

I have 6 years experience. My current base/fixed is 60 LPA. (I also got a 5 lakh bonus and 5 lakh of my ESOPs vested this year making my total vested about 30 lakh. So the total comp is 70). 

I'm being offered a senior engineer position in an early stage startup (as part of the founding engineer team). They haven't given an offer yet.

Being early stage, the emphasis will most likely be on ESOPs. How do I evaluate this and set my expectations? (If I were to switch to a mature company, I believe the hikes usually are between 15-20%? How does this work for early stage startups?)

Salary expectation at early stage startup

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

Hey Guys, Typically how much are CAs working in Startup’s (Seed / Series A) as Finance Manager or Finance Controllers, paid ? (Cash + ESOP)?

Any information or insights would be helpful since there seems to be very less publicly available data on this.

PS: Years of experience can be between 2-5 years

Thanks 😊

Finance salaries in Startup

I am not looking for job but was I curious that how much can I get an offer of in CTC for a SDE role at a startup with this resume.

I have just graduated but I have been building apps from last 3.5 years.

For more context, here is my LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theishangoswami

Ps: I am pretty good at dev, not so much at dsa.

How Much Can I Get Paid With This Resume?

Founder

I want to know the right time to switch?
How much time should someone with 5-7 yrs of experience in product / business strategy spend in one company (ideally)?

Context: 
I am in a product strategy role where I am working with the founders and leadership team.
I have done engineering and MBA from tier 1 colleges.
I have 2 yrs of pre MBA and 4.2 yrs of post MBA experience. My Annual compensation is the range of 35-40 lpa.
Post MBA, I have done a startup for 1.5 yrs, worked in 2 unicorns for 1 yr each.
In a serious B funded startup right now with 9 months of experience.

Right time to switch?

How much can I expect in terms of CTC while switching. YOE 2 , GOLang backend developer.
Currently I am getting 10LPA
I have an offer of 17 LPA , how much can I stretch this offer? How much more can I ask
I am expecting somewhere around 25 lpa is this reasonable?

Salary Insight required

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Hi guys,
I got 33 lpa offer and the designation is associate manager level.Please give me some insights on the package.Is it the right package or should I try for a better offer?.
Tech stack is java fullstack with AWS.

33 LPA offer for 9 years experience

Associate Product Manager

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Here's my profile, need some help

1 YOE - GTM role - 9 LPA - B2B startup

8 months break - build products & learn product management. 

2 months - Product Intern - 30k stipend - B2C startup

2-6 months(ongoing internship) - PM Intern - 40k stipend - B2B SaaS startup.

Need some help to figure out what's a salary range I can ask for.

what salary can I ask?

Hi folks, thinking of writing a regular mini blog here about my learnings being a generalist in the ecosystem.
I currently handle growth at an ecom startup and have previously been through 2-3 startups + a large corporate in my 7 year career.

#1: Why you should not stay only in startups

Recently started reflecting on salaries of many peers who are also startup folks and trying to see where it stands.
There are 3 cohorts:
a. People who started out in Big 4/Corporate & then became a generalist: They've been underpaid the most. First pay was 4-5L, and when they transitioned to startups, started at 7-9L. Over time, growing from there is difficult without MBA.

b. People who have forever been in startups: They earn more than A on average. But here too, there is a delta in their salaries vs. people with same YoE who went to an MBA and are in corporate now. Side note: I've seen this cohort has usually loved what they've done, and being in startups definitely has positively impacted their thought process.

c. People who went to a corporate/big tech etc. mid way: This cohort has done the best long term. Their pay got recalibrated when they went to a larger company in the middle through their career, and when they rejoined startups, they were respected more in salary negotiation.

This is to anybody out there who is a generalist and sees a similar path. Try to sandwich a proper, large company in your career. It gives you perspective on whether you like it and if startups is really your preferred route. And it also recalibrates your pay.

Startups will limit you basis your last salary. Corporates have standards basis bands. Just something to think over.

NOTE: Do share feedback, if this makes sense. And if you'd like to read more of these too.

The Generalist - #1: Why you should not stay only in startups

Not only compensation, corporates help you to learn saying “NO” to not-related tasks. I see young startup folks in the name of “learning” are forced to do anything and everything. In my first startup role, I was handling the responsibilities of a PM + ops, which burnt me like anything without any significant skills gain. Corporate taught me delegation, saying “No” to things which aren’t part of your team.

What should i expect in my situation?

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