Hi, I am a 2023 passout btech graduate. Currently I am working as a full time SDE (Full Stack) in a well established startup (8 years old , Series A funded). It's been nearly half year here.
My compensation is 10.5 lakh base + 4.5 lakh performance bonus + free lunch and snacks + Insurance (Including parents) benefits
I am pretty good at DSA (around 2000 rating on leetcode, 4 Star at codechef in 2nd year itself, 2000+ dsa problems)
I have worked in 2 startups as an SDE intern during college days and completed 5 internships overall out of which one was a US based startup. Also, I have many publications under my name over the internet.
I had many offers when I was graduating from college.
Most of the time people say, "Hey, you have done so much so Why are you not working in a big tech". Well I always wanted to work for big tech during college days but after I started working in startups my thought process changed as here I got the ownership of the product.
Now it has been nearly 1 year since I started working in startups. Should I give it a try for big tech now?
Would like to hear your views guys
What I would recommend is, talk to folks in big tech, ask them what are they working on. Similarly ask people in startups (a bit more scaled up startups and bit more scaled down as well(in terms of funding rounds)). Figure out what excites these people to work there.
Analyze yourself and figure out what you are looking for, and go for it
Thanks for the advice But do you think I am low balled or something? Because I am just a fresher
Oh yes, definitely low balled on the base pay
What's the rush? 8 months is too small time frame to decide anything.
Take some time spend 2-3 years in startup (this or other one doesn't matter) then think of joining big tech.
You have good DSA skills, won't take much time to be interview ready, take ownership build products. Once you join big tech you will end up working on a small part of some project.
That's what I think, the ownership of the project matters a lot to me.
That's definitely an interesting profile that you have got there. Since you've been in startups, I'd suggest to move to an established startup which pays you more. Spend 4-6 years of your early professional life, because that's where you'll learn the most. You can easily enter into system design discussions too which you can't find in Big Tech for your experience level.
Thank for the advice
Definitely you should try to get into big tech companies.
If you think you can have a stable life, earn enough and have a job at a leading tech company then you should spend wise time searching for a better startup that aligns with your willingness, expectations and has product ownership.
Anyway, I would suggest joining my friend early startup as founding members (if you like) at the poc stage if you like. He is building a self-sustaining and scalable model a bit similar to airtasker/taskrabbit for the Indian market and consumers. Spoiler. He is kind of a strong imagination believer, innovative kind.
Thanks,
I had a thought about the same and want to continue with my current company for some more time.
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