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I have no idea how Stripe became the low paying non prestigious startup job in this conversation. They are a big prestigious company that pays a ton and is soon

I have no idea how Stripe became the low paying non prestigious startup job in this conversation. They are a big prestigious company that pays a ton and is soon to IPO. I actually consider Stripe to be FAANG as far as the original acronym was for stocks but in practice is for “high paying prestigious tech companies.” A better pick for “non prestigious but good company “ might be Khan Academy, which has an amazing service with great engineers but as far as I know doesn’t make or pay a ton.

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dan-robertson 6y ago
The article points out that while Stripe is considered prestigious in the Valley, it is not considered prestigious by the Harvard undergraduates the author spoke to.
kyawzazaw 6y ago
Yup, every cs majors I know think super highly of Stripe. I don't know what students the author is talking to. Khan Academy is sought after in the cs student community as well. although won't be first choice for many.
- elevenoh 6y ago
  >Yup, every cs majors I know think super highly of Stripe Also wondering, why? A 2.6+% merchant fee payment processor?
  - kyawzazaw 6y ago
    As a place to work at. Presumed High caliber engineering colleagues (party due to size and growth), especially because there is a lot of hype for Stripe and its documentation and process among tech professionals. High potential for stocks rising at IPO, like Snowflake (although there seems to a value cap) so kids are not as excited about it as Databricks.
- kortilla 6y ago
  Why? It’s a payment processor so there is little reason to know of it compared to the other FAANG companies. Facebook has a quarter of the worlds population active on it. Google has most of the search and is responsible for Android, which is the most popular mobile OS in the world. Amazon broad cloud computing mainstream and now controls a huge chunk of the world compute because of it. Apple effectively defined the smartphone era. Netflix is like 60% of all of the Internet traffic and made legitimate streaming a thing. Stripe... is an easier to use PayPal?
  - kyawzazaw 6y ago
    You mean like knowledge of Stripe at all? It is popular among highly motivated students. It is less mainstream so exclusivity increases the demand factor. Amazon's work culture is not very positively seen. Facebook's product is often seen negatively upon although not that much. Google is seen positively. Some of it is tied into recruiting as well. Apple has a very opaque intern and new grad recruiting process. Netflix simply doesn't hire SWE interns and newgrads. For Stripe, Presumed High caliber engineering colleagues (party due to size and growth), especially because there is a lot of hype for Stripe and its documentation and process among tech professionals. High potential for stocks rising at IPO, like Snowflake (although there seems to a value cap) so kids are not as excited about it as Databricks.

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dan-robertson 6y ago

The article points out that while Stripe is considered prestigious in the Valley, it is not considered prestigious by the Harvard undergraduates the author spoke to.

kyawzazaw 6y ago

Yup, every cs majors I know think super highly of Stripe. I don't know what students the author is talking to. Khan Academy is sought after in the cs student community as well. although won't be first choice for many.

elevenoh 6y ago
>Yup, every cs majors I know think super highly of Stripe Also wondering, why? A 2.6+% merchant fee payment processor?
- kyawzazaw 6y ago
  As a place to work at. Presumed High caliber engineering colleagues (party due to size and growth), especially because there is a lot of hype for Stripe and its documentation and process among tech professionals. High potential for stocks rising at IPO, like Snowflake (although there seems to a value cap) so kids are not as excited about it as Databricks.
kortilla 6y ago
Why? It’s a payment processor so there is little reason to know of it compared to the other FAANG companies. Facebook has a quarter of the worlds population active on it. Google has most of the search and is responsible for Android, which is the most popular mobile OS in the world. Amazon broad cloud computing mainstream and now controls a huge chunk of the world compute because of it. Apple effectively defined the smartphone era. Netflix is like 60% of all of the Internet traffic and made legitimate streaming a thing. Stripe... is an easier to use PayPal?
- kyawzazaw 6y ago
  You mean like knowledge of Stripe at all? It is popular among highly motivated students. It is less mainstream so exclusivity increases the demand factor. Amazon's work culture is not very positively seen. Facebook's product is often seen negatively upon although not that much. Google is seen positively. Some of it is tied into recruiting as well. Apple has a very opaque intern and new grad recruiting process. Netflix simply doesn't hire SWE interns and newgrads. For Stripe, Presumed High caliber engineering colleagues (party due to size and growth), especially because there is a lot of hype for Stripe and its documentation and process among tech professionals. High potential for stocks rising at IPO, like Snowflake (although there seems to a value cap) so kids are not as excited about it as Databricks.