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> What's not to like here ?

I think as a serious counter to that, look at the offers that a FAANG will give you - similar base salary, similar sign-on bonuses. Generally WLB is fine.

The real differentiator - they're offering you equity which is liquid right now.

If one is risk averse, one wouldn't touch Fast with a ten foot pole.



Some reasons :

- FAANG aren't/weren't remote

- The appeal for working at a startup vs an established company, and the sense of freedom associated with that

- Some guys that would love the idea behind FAANS...but would not like the management/process in place there (OKR, reviews, career ladder)

- Some guys that would love to work for FAANG... but didn't pass the interview (either failed or didn't try)


I think Fast actually built out an office just before COVID hit, they weren't remote. They had bunch videos from office with the employees that they used for recruiting. They only moved to remote with COVID like everyone else did.

Seems like the kept the office these 2 years, probably few million a year. ($85 per sq ft x 125 sq ft per person x 100-450 employees = $1M - $4.7M). A tweet from 3 weeks ago: https://twitter.com/gordoncching/status/1504641710776721409




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