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silk crest Mar 14, 2025, 3:24 PM

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Company: Amazon (AWS)
Title: SDE1
Location: Seattle
Base: $129k
Sign on: ($40k 1st year, $33k 2nd year)
RSU: $115k / 4 years

Company: DoorDash
Title: SDE1
Location: San Francisco
Base: $145k
Sign on: $20k
RSU: $87.5k / 4 years + refreshers

Notes:

Team is TBD for both - not sure if this is the case for Amazon, but I was told that I can indicate preference with DoorDash
SF > Seattle for me (I have family in the area)
Which would be better for growth/promotions?
How is the name/resume value for each company in the case I consider moving elsewhere in a couple of years?

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silk crest Mar 14, 2025, 8:33 PM

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both are nonnegotiable 😦

flat pike Mar 14, 2025, 10:53 PM

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Lowkey what if you try negotiating the company you care about less anyways because you have nothing to lose

frigid geyser Mar 14, 2025, 11:12 PM

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They just won’t let you, speaking from personal experience

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DD def won’t either

crimson thicket Mar 15, 2025, 6:14 AM

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were you external new grad hire at dd too? my offer was 135k base, 20k sign on, 100k/4 years at 40/30/20/10 with refreshers for Seattle but I believe this package is standard for all dd locations

frigid geyser Mar 15, 2025, 5:10 PM

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Yep, I ended up declining but that’s what I was given

mellow bloom Mar 15, 2025, 10:48 PM

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yo whats ur yoe, are u a new grad. Im trynna understand why our offers for dd are so diff when i thought they said its standard

silk crest Mar 16, 2025, 12:17 AM

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mellow bloom yo whats ur yoe, are u a new grad. Im trynna understand why our offers for dd ar...

0 yoe - maybe diff numbers for diff locations?

mellow bloom Mar 16, 2025, 12:31 AM

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silk crest 0 yoe - maybe diff numbers for diff locations?

idk, i was assigned sf and was given the option of seattle which i swapped it to but my comp didnt change between locs

crimson thicket Mar 16, 2025, 1:16 AM

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mellow bloom idk, i was assigned sf and was given the option of seattle which i swapped it to...

did you get the same package as what I posted above?

mellow bloom Mar 16, 2025, 1:25 AM

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nope

mellow bloom Mar 16, 2025, 1:26 AM

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crimson thicket did you get the same package as what I posted above?

135k base, 20 signon, 100k stock

silk crest Mar 17, 2025, 3:25 PM

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silk crest

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Amazon vs DoorDash

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DoorDash

silk crest Mar 19, 2025, 2:03 PM

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lowk the split might be weird since I included a results option

scarlet saffron Mar 19, 2025, 6:26 PM

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dd > not even close

manic nimbus Mar 19, 2025, 10:00 PM

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DD and I work at Amazon (Audible) full time

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I would kill to go there as sde2

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The only thing here is the difference in stability

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Amazon is way more stable

fiery palm Jun 7, 2025, 9:45 PM

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are you able to switch DD offer location

pseudo plaza Jun 7, 2025, 10:51 PM

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I work at Amazon Kuiper, here is my 2 cents, Amazon is generally better for your career if you are starting, bigger projects, better tools (as in, literally you get an AWS account for yourself, to test, research, learn, etc... ), internal transfers are very easy, I work on embedded stuff that run on satellite payloads, but i have worked on crypto, finance, robotics, etc... you will learn a lot for sure, and no one gets in your way (mostly). In the other hand, Amazon breaks people, you could easily be in one awful team, and hate it here, do not hesitate to leave shitty managers, but as I said is easy to switch teams. If your life is in SF, I would check with the recruiter and find a team there. I can't speak of Doordash, tho. To summarize, Amazon (in the right team) has better upside, but higher risk of a toxic environment. Also we went back to the office 5 days a week. If you have specific questions you can dm me. DD could be way better, but i can't speak on that.

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