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I recently decided to interview for the first time in a while (and ended up accepting an offer - today is my last day at Google, after over ten years). Anyway,

I recently decided to interview for the first time in a while (and ended up accepting an offer - today is my last day at Google, after over ten years). Anyway, Stripe would have been on my shortlist...except for exactly this problem. My criteria were "mid-sized public companies hiring lots of Googlers" and Stripe obviously didn't pass the "public" part of that. It's hard enough to think about what will happen to an RSU grant if the Fed raises rates or some relevant legislation gets passed; I don't want to have to form an opinion about private valuations on top of that.

kleinsch 5y ago
I'm looking for similar profile companies - if you don't mind disclosing, who ended up on your list of companies to talk to?
- endtime 5y ago
  Coinbase and Roblox - it was a short list. I ended up with compelling offers from each, and would happily have taken either in the absence of the other. That said, in the end I chose Roblox.
  - nostrademons 5y ago
    Hah, I had the exact same list when I went back to work in 2020. Ended up choosing Google again precisely because they were public (Coinbase and Roblox had not IPO'd at the time), and then the stock of the latter two 10x'd after the IPO.
    - endtime 5y ago
      Much harder to come up with that list a couple years ago, nice calls. I don't have the risk appetite required for potential 10x upside - I have a few kids and my wife doesn't have an income. But I don't think 2-3x is necessarily out of the question...
  - sl3232323 5y ago
    Open up your mind, and you will be free. You've set limitations for no reason, based on incomplete data. I predict you will be out of Robolox and into another company within 18 months. But it will be better than you can ever imagine. - The programming Guru
0des 5y ago
Hey congrats on your new role, hope everything goes well for you and the transition is smooth
- endtime 5y ago
  Thanks, so do I. :)
ksec 5y ago
I am going to assume that is because the package includes RSU and you want your RSU to be of more certainty in value. What if your package is just a plain higher salary? Would you still go for a public company or would you also consider private ?
- endtime 5y ago
  I'd work for a private company that paid me a cash salary equivalent to my expected salary + RSU comp, yes. But I'm not sure where I'd get that kind of salary.

kleinsch 5y ago

I'm looking for similar profile companies - if you don't mind disclosing, who ended up on your list of companies to talk to?

endtime 5y ago
Coinbase and Roblox - it was a short list. I ended up with compelling offers from each, and would happily have taken either in the absence of the other. That said, in the end I chose Roblox.
- nostrademons 5y ago
  Hah, I had the exact same list when I went back to work in 2020. Ended up choosing Google again precisely because they were public (Coinbase and Roblox had not IPO'd at the time), and then the stock of the latter two 10x'd after the IPO.
  - endtime 5y ago
    Much harder to come up with that list a couple years ago, nice calls. I don't have the risk appetite required for potential 10x upside - I have a few kids and my wife doesn't have an income. But I don't think 2-3x is necessarily out of the question...
- sl3232323 5y ago
  Open up your mind, and you will be free. You've set limitations for no reason, based on incomplete data. I predict you will be out of Robolox and into another company within 18 months. But it will be better than you can ever imagine. - The programming Guru

0des 5y ago

Hey congrats on your new role, hope everything goes well for you and the transition is smooth

endtime 5y ago
Thanks, so do I. :)

ksec 5y ago

I am going to assume that is because the package includes RSU and you want your RSU to be of more certainty in value. What if your package is just a plain higher salary? Would you still go for a public company or would you also consider private ?

endtime 5y ago
I'd work for a private company that paid me a cash salary equivalent to my expected salary + RSU comp, yes. But I'm not sure where I'd get that kind of salary.