Bloomberg (NYC)
- Comp: $158K base + $17K bonus (80% guaranteed Y1) + $10K sign-on → ~$183K Y1
- 401K: 50% match on up to 15% of salary
- Equity: None
- PTO: 4 weeks + 11 holidays + unlimited sick days
- Benefits: Bloomberg covers 100% of healthcare premiums
- Tech stack Python and C++
SF, Startup
- Comp: $150K base + 5,000 ISOs (Y1 equity ~$45K) → ~$195K Y1
- 401K: 3% match
- PTO: Flexible
- Tech stack Ruby on Rails, typscript, react, aws
My Situation
- Prefer to live in SF (love CA, all my friends moving to startups there)
- Want strong career growth
- I know equity is practically worthless
Thoughts? Which would you pick? Offer dealine in two weeks!