\n**Education**: B.TECH in Computer Science Engineering - Tier 3 (pathetic)\n**Years of Experience:** 3.5\n**Prior Experience**: Non-FAANG product based networking company (python SDET)\n**Date of the Offer:** May 2020\n**Company:** Vmware\n**Title/Level:** Member of Technical Staff 2 (python SDET)\n**Location:** Bangalore\n**Salary:** 19 LPA INR\n**Relocation:** 1.58 LPA (no bills required)\n**Signing Bonus:** 0\n**Stock bonus:** 11.3 LPA (vested over 4 years, 25% per year)\n**Bonus:** 2.28 LPA (Performance-based bonus up to 12% of salary every year)\n**Total comp (Salary + Bonus + Stock):** 34.16 LPA\n**Benefits:** 15 earned leaves (can be carried forward) + 10 casual Leave ( not carried over) + 15 sick leave (not carried over) + generous paternity/maternity leaves + breavement leaves + marriage leaves  + 15K INR for domiciliary medical (no bills required)  + standard epf, gratuity\n**Other details:** Negotiated multiple times, original offer base salary was quite low.

\nEducation: B.TECH in Computer Science Engineering - Tier 3 (pathetic)\nYears of Experience: 3.5\nPrior Experience: Non-FAANG product based networking company 