#Would you ditch a chill job for 80% raise? (ML / LLM-NLP)

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deft canyon
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so do you think the stock in the new company is worth anything

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because if not it’s only a $5k raise (assuming you can get a counter from current employer)

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assuming this 180 is 145 + 35k in stock options/equity

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your existing job sounds really chill. if you think you can leverage this situation into a raise with your current employer i’d do that tbh

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is remote work + relaxed workload worth less then a hypothetical 80%? (if stock is worthless, it’s 40%)

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is this actually “seed” stage or is this one of those giant raises that claim it’s a seed round (proud to announce we’ve raised $10m for our seed round type deal) and do you think their product has a future

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what is the equity offer

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and how many engineers do they have

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engineer #8

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ok well my suggestion, if you think this is viable, is to negotiate a raise with your employer

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actually

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i wont suggest anything besides i’d be very apprehensive leaving your current job

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how much is this, 0.5%?

versed ember
deft canyon
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i personally wouldn’t do it

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since it’s not remote, how much higher would the cost of living be if you took the new job?

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this is also important

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if it fails the title means little, no?

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the latter of this statement is probably more important to you then i realized

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i assume this is ai/ml

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oh NLP

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yeah so not being on the cutting edge hurts a lot i guess

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startups come and go

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1% feels like a lot but if you have doubts about the product or the future of the company….

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i’m surprised 100k is your salary if you bootstrapped and built the nlp product yourself

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are you currently at a startup..?

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you said large co but

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idk your scenario but i feel like you might be getting taken advantage of

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is this fortune500

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no worries

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lmfao so they just let you cruise most of the time because you’re basically irreplaceable

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ok well this changes my opinion a bit but

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depends on if your boss folds and can give you what you ask for

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you just agreed with me

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you’re irreplaceable

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what happens to the product

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if you leave

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and the occasional occurrences of a hardcore week of nonstop work makes that even more clear

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if they say no - then it’s up to you to roll the dice

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i’d only stay if i could negotiate this raise now that you revealed some missing context

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depends also how much you want remote too

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40%, so yeah 145

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asking for 180 would also put a target on your back

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you’d be in these weekly grinds every week

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“we pay her more, so she should do more”

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do keep in mind the fact you can still attempt to negotiate with the startup offer

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lol

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“200 base?”

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or “140 plus $equity”

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good luck

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if you play it right here you win either way tbh

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you should ask

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update this tomorrow with what you hear back from your boss since i’m emotionally invested in this saga now

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if your boss is a fan of transparency, i don’t see why
if not that’s up to you, i’d personally drop it if there is hesitation