These seem pretty standard for 2 years experience?
> Previously from a unicorn startup
I think he graduated (says 2 years experience), picked the right company, and that put him on this kind of trajectory. It could be a different story if the last start up he was at was not a "unicorn".
Without these, one faces a number of challenges:
- You need to get your resume looked at somehow
- It's well-known that when it comes to programming and system design, "Real recognize real"
- You need a wide variety of skills beyond programming and system design: social skills (sometimes moreso than anything else), sometimes classic CS search/sorting/optimization techniques
- They might realize they need someone with different specializations
- You might remind the interviewer of someone they dislike
I know new grads who have gotten 200k TC offers with negotiation. That’s all it takes (and sadly I don’t have that..)
That's more than the standard new grad Rsu grant at Google/FB/Microsoft/Amazon, which vests over 4 years. I can't imagine that 2 years of experience plus some negotiating quadruples the stock signing bonus.
Everything else seems high, but within the realm of possibility...however, the RSU grants seem to be abnormally high to me. OP claims that he gets the listed amount per year in stock, not vesting over four years.
Well, to be fair that's only from Lyft which isn't even liquid yet. All other offers are half that, but at least you could sell them for cash if you wanted.
I got a similar offer (>180K RSU/year) from a company, and I have less experience than this guy.