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So yellow/red flags: 1. ARR in the XX mil, but you are taking a pay cut? 2. You will declutter the tech stack and work on exciting products?. Usually in a sta
by streetcat1 7y ago
So yellow/red flags:
1. ARR in the XX mil, but you are taking a pay cut?
2. You will declutter the tech stack and work on exciting products?. Usually in a startup (or any other company) - you touched it, you own it. So once you declutter the tech stack, I am not sure that you will have time to work on the other exciting projects (or even if they will still be relevant).
3. Why do you even need to declutter the tech stack? what happen to the original programmers? what happen to proper process? do they have unit tests? CI/CD? Can you sandbox this code in a micro service and just call it?
4. The option thing looks like they are increasing your switching cost. I.e. once you buy the options than you will be limited in your moves both inside and outside the company.
- throwaway1zz 7y ago1. I should have been clear, I am not taking a pay cut in the base but the overall pay(base + rsus) 2. I am glad they were upfront and honest about it. The manager said 50:50 split. 4. Yeah I agree with this.
- streetcat1 7y agoSo the manager can be honest, but it is usually not even his call. The company will likely to put a lot of value on the maintenance side (which bring the money) and less on new projects (which get postponed if there are any issues in the maintenance side). I do not think that the manager is lying to you. TODAY he see it as 50/50. But what happen if the cluttered project is late? What happen if there is a need for new features in the cluttered project. I would accept the job only if you are ok staying in the cluttered project team for at least a year or two.
- throwaway1zz 7y agoThanks for the insight you are dead right about the managements view.