Ask HN: Which offer to take or stay?
Current company:
* Late-stage, well-established
* B2C
* Sr Eng role, the target for promotion by EOY
* ~180k base
* total ~$700k equity in 5-yrs fully vested (currently in my 3rd year)
* Has free lunch
* Low premium for family health insurance ~60/paycheck
Startup A:
* Series A - 35M evaluation, but had not raised any new round in last 2-yrs
* B2B
* Some competitions from decade-old companies
* ~60 total employees, currently 30 eng
* Lead Eng role, target to grow into the management role in 1-yr
* ~181k base
* ~30k stock options, another additional 30k after staying 1-yr as loyalty
* Tiny 5k signing bonus
* No free lunch
* High premium for family health insurance ~300/paycheck
Startup B:
* Series C - Over 1B evaluation
* B2C
* Burn-to-grow model
* IC Eng role
* Not sure about total employee size, currently less than 40-Eng
* ~140k base
* ~1M stock options
* No signing bonus
* Has free lunch
* High premium for family health insurance ~300/paycheck
Startup C:
* Seed only - Last round raised ~ $15M
* B2C - but the C is a customer who is willing to spend on avg ~$300k+ per project
* Burn-rate at $15k/mo
* Forecast revenue at $85k/mo from the past 12-months of sales
* Lead Eng role, but the company has only 1.5-eng (one of them is part-time) Could potential grow into a more prominent role.
* ~175k base
* ~0.5% of equity (~40k stock options)
* No signing bonus
* No free lunch
* No health insurance provided but could ask CEO to start having one as it expands.
Thank you so much!
Anonymous for the obvious reason