All of the public tech companies that I know about basically guarantee you cash + stock and a known vesting schedule over at least two years. Of course, we are living through the first era where BigTech stocks are tanking left and right.
I just left working at “normal companies” most of my career to work at BigTech two years ago at 46. My base pay was about the same. But my stock/prorated signing bonus brought my total compensation up by around 25%. I can (and do) sell my stock as soon as it vests.
I’m on the low end of BigTech compensation. I work remotely and did a slight career pivot from software engineering.
Yes, I know about the dot com bust. Those weren’t large profitable tech companies and they didn’t have the head count that companies have now
Is there some engineering adjacent job that doesn’t come with a recruiter telling me to grind leetcode for 7-8 weeks for a chance to work on some weirdos space ship finance company? (Only kidding, mostly)
I just left working at “normal companies” most of my career to work at BigTech two years ago at 46. My base pay was about the same. But my stock/prorated signing bonus brought my total compensation up by around 25%. I can (and do) sell my stock as soon as it vests.
I’m on the low end of BigTech compensation. I work remotely and did a slight career pivot from software engineering.
Yes, I know about the dot com bust. Those weren’t large profitable tech companies and they didn’t have the head count that companies have now