u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
There are too many cases to go over all of them but some factors to evaluate for each offer before being able to compare are:
1. Company's engineering reputation
2. What team you will be on/department/team matching process
3. Who will be your manager, if it's known
4. Career trajectory paths at the company. e.g. Microsoft requires like 2-3 promotions for every 1 promotion at Google. e.g. Can you progress as an IC in your career or will you be "forced" into management to grow as the only option.
5. Base salary
6. Signing bonuses
7. Performance bonus targets
8. Equity, type, amount, and vesting schedule (equity is most complex to understand usually)
9. Other benefits/perks that are impactful for you
10. Startups: need to be evaluated on
11. Leadership has 5+ years of FAANG-level strong career experience
12. Investors are "top 10"/"top tier"
13. Understand the funding stage and how much funding they have. i.e. no funding startup versus Series C $100M raised company.
Codesmith's CIRR results focus on ONE thing and only ONE thing. number 5, which might even be one of the least important factors haha.