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I feel so bitter right now. A recruiter asked me to join them back in 2016 and they were paying $200k+ for a senior backend role. I turned them down because I

I feel so bitter right now. A recruiter asked me to join them back in 2016 and they were paying $200k+ for a senior backend role. I turned them down because I was on a visa and wanted a company with financial stability. A gif-search engine startup sounded ludicrous. Well, here we are...

annadane 6y ago
Be glad. You do not want to be associated with Facebook.
- KaiserPro 6y ago
  yeah but the pay is good and the share package would have been stella.
- paxys 6y ago
  Facebook has a lot of amazing engineers and developer tools, and many of them have great reputations in the industry. I know a lot of people working at Facebook in a variety of roles and they are all happy and proud of the work they do. You're trying to make it sound like it'll put a black mark on your resume or something.
seemuch 6y ago
Were you offered any stock/options? How much would that worth now? (If you don't mind sharing..)
- kentosi 6y ago
  I can't remember tbh this was 4 years ago.
- likpok 6y ago
  Giphy was valued at 600M in 2016 according to The Information, so the equity might not be worth much.
- jklm 6y ago
  Their series D was in 2016, so the options would probably be underwater.
chadlavi 6y ago
I'm sorry but... what? you turned down a 200k salary?
- kentosi 6y ago
  (a) I was young(er), (b) I recall other highly-funded startups failing at the time, (c) at the time the whole thing just sounded laughable/sketchy. Not to mention I was on a visa...
- dtrailin 6y ago
  200k is fairly normal if not low for a senior backed role in SF. Especially considering that any stock options you got would end up being worthless.
  - Negitivefrags 6y ago
    I feel like you can quote just about arbitrarily high number for an SF engineer salary and someone will come out of the woodwork to tell you that it's actually low.
    - ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
      "senior" is overused, in reality a junior-senior can easily make 150k base, a senior-senior can make 250k base. And we're not even talking about netflix.
meestaahjoshee 6y ago
200k salary or total comp? four years is a decent chunk of time im sure youve done fine since then dont beat yourself up over it - most startups arent really worth joining for the upside potential at IPO or acquisition anyway.

annadane 6y ago

Be glad. You do not want to be associated with Facebook.

KaiserPro 6y ago
yeah but the pay is good and the share package would have been stella.
paxys 6y ago
Facebook has a lot of amazing engineers and developer tools, and many of them have great reputations in the industry. I know a lot of people working at Facebook in a variety of roles and they are all happy and proud of the work they do. You're trying to make it sound like it'll put a black mark on your resume or something.

seemuch 6y ago

Were you offered any stock/options? How much would that worth now? (If you don't mind sharing..)

kentosi 6y ago
I can't remember tbh this was 4 years ago.
likpok 6y ago
Giphy was valued at 600M in 2016 according to The Information, so the equity might not be worth much.
jklm 6y ago
Their series D was in 2016, so the options would probably be underwater.

chadlavi 6y ago

I'm sorry but... what? you turned down a 200k salary?

kentosi 6y ago
(a) I was young(er), (b) I recall other highly-funded startups failing at the time, (c) at the time the whole thing just sounded laughable/sketchy. Not to mention I was on a visa...
dtrailin 6y ago
200k is fairly normal if not low for a senior backed role in SF. Especially considering that any stock options you got would end up being worthless.
- Negitivefrags 6y ago
  I feel like you can quote just about arbitrarily high number for an SF engineer salary and someone will come out of the woodwork to tell you that it's actually low.
  - ccktlmazeltov 6y ago
    "senior" is overused, in reality a junior-senior can easily make 150k base, a senior-senior can make 250k base. And we're not even talking about netflix.

meestaahjoshee 6y ago

200k salary or total comp? four years is a decent chunk of time im sure youve done fine since then dont beat yourself up over it - most startups arent really worth joining for the upside potential at IPO or acquisition anyway.