Datadog(winter) & Stripe(summer) or Stripe(winter) & Notion(summer)

[umbral laurel]

If notion is front end definitely do Datadog bro 😭😭😭

[tough galleon]

orz...

orz

holy orz

[spring sedge]

Didnt get team yet but they only had like 3 backend ish teams for nyc

[umbral laurel]

You were stating it seems like front end but I think Datadog is more heavy based with infra ngl

[spring sedge]

yaa they gave me a few days to either choose winter or switch to summer

[grave jackal]

kinda in the same situation but probably doing ddog winter notion summer. tbh i think stripe backend infra teams will be good enough for quant ng + notion has a well known name that will get u interviews for quant + u have ddog alr from your last internship (which i'm assuming was backend/infra?)

personally chose notion over other offers/procs bc they don't recruit ng (according to recruiter), i like the product (and wouldn't mind doing more full stack if its notion), and it would be a completely diff experience than big tech.

tbh decagon def is more technical but not many people know decagon outside of startups/ai so i wouldn't rec if you want to do ng quant

also i think notion sometimes does fall so try pushing if u rlly want

[spring sedge]

just curious, do yk if u would u take notion ft offer over ddog ft offer?

[grave jackal]

yes fs if i can get nyc

i'm intern sf 😔😔

[spring sedge]

ya their nyc cohort so small LOL but my recruiter said its rlly ez to change to nyc full time if ur team has some ppl there

I’m just kinda worried about the stock for notion 😭

[spring sedge]

yaa I might to do all 3 but i doubt they have intern nyc fall

[grave jackal]

its just paper LOL theyre never gonna go public but i think its a good name for ng

also they told me 18/22 people got return so high ro and 17 people chose to come back... so

[spring sedge]

truee they def are more exclusive, my interviewers all seemed hella happy for notion 😭😭

tyy 🙏

[sonic jacinth]

hey @spring sedge congrats on stripe, if u end up accepting it lmk if u wanna join the summer ‘26 stripes discord

[safe yew]

i was ddog winter last year and i lightly rerecruited this year and got notion ng offer and i wouldve taken notion over ddog but this is anecdotal and personal preference

[spring sedge]

would u mind sharing why u would chose notion over ddog?

[safe yew]

for ft: higher pay (~30k/yr diff), higher upside imo, i prefer smaller companies, free lunch 5 days a week (this is stupid but sue me)

[spring sedge]

oh watt r u sf office? My recruiter said like vouchers for ordering food 2 times a week

is the 30k difference in base? Or stock

[safe yew]

nyc office and oops maybe its 2x a week

[safe yew]

10k diff in base rest stock

idk i didnt end up going to notion so it doesnt matter for the food lol

[spring sedge]

oh LOL what did u end up choosing

not sure 😭 didn’t ask my recruiter but I’ve heard they maybe do fall?

[safe yew]

20k is paper**

[safe yew]

im @ figma

[spring sedge]

yaa that’s what I was concerned about

[spring sedge]

Omg fire

that’s what I was thinking, I alr did ddog before so notion would be for more exp and resume diversity

[safe yew]

ohhh i missed that if u liked ddog then id return there

i thought it was this too in nyc

thats what i was told

[spring sedge]

personally I didn’t super love it 😭 but it might’ve been a team thing

[safe yew]

generally they make u go for 3 times for that

[safe yew]

if u didnt then id try something new

[spring sedge]

mm yea I don’t think I can go wrong either way but stripe nyc summer is tempting

[safe yew]

ik 2 ppl who did lol

they didnt they did winternships and summer internships

[tough galleon]

@spring sedge Hi you are so cracked and orzy...

Does notion let you nego since it's paper money?

[spring sedge]

🥺 not sure how it works full time

[tough galleon]

iirc, isnt stripe only 10 day in person a month

and you can allocate it however

right? or is that only a seattle thing

[lofty laurel]

did you just not like the team or not like the company overall ?

you got a tuff ng job 🔥

are you still gon be in nyc for fig ?

[safe yew]

yep

[umbral laurel]

^

i would go with ddog and stripe still ngl

[spring sedge]

like stripe winter and recruit summer?

My school coop LOL

hm just worried if I can get stripe nyc ng if I don’t do stripe nyc intern

Nah they don’t have nyc cohort in winter

Mm ya that’s what I heard too

yea I think ppl at notion just rlly believe in the product 😭

oh wtf how

Icic do yk if u can sell the notion stock on secondary market

ohh okay I heard stripe chance of selling on secondary market was higher than notion

yaa I just wanna optimize for stripe nyc ng

[sonic jacinth]

stripe nyc is the move dude im biased

[spring sedge]

not very far LMAO just wanted to see if it was worth recruiting for smt else summer

[spring sedge]

LOL do yk ppl who were nyc interns

[sonic jacinth]

if you’re an nyc intern it’s a lot easier to return there

[sonic jacinth]

i just hear it from a bunch of ppl

small tight knit cohort in the best city fr

first week is in sf too

[spring sedge]

def sounds hella fun

Do u know their in person policy

[sonic jacinth]

yes lemme check

im stripe nyc btw

[spring sedge]

omg 🔥

[sonic jacinth]

Office-assigned Stripes in most of our locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office or with users. This expectation may vary depending on role, team and location. For example, Stripes in our Bucharest, Romania site have an 80% in-office expectation, and those in Stripe Delivery Center roles in Mexico City, Mexico and Bengaluru, India work 100% from the office. Also, some teams have greater in-office attendance requirements, to appropriately support our users and workflows, which the hiring manager will discuss. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while supporting flexibility when possible.

i guess so im not sure it depends on the team

i’d assume they expect you to still be in nyc tho

[spring sedge]

hm okay I heard it was 10 days per month in person for Seattle but I’m not sure if it’s the same ny

[sonic jacinth]

it’s def hybrid but the expectation depends

i’d email your recruiter

[spring sedge]

yaa I’ll ask tmr cause I have to decide tmr anyways tyy for the info

[sonic jacinth]

where would you want to go lol

if not stay in your location

[spring sedge]

just wanted to know how strict the in person policy was 😭 cause I might take courses and I would have to fly back for finals prolly

Yaa but I heard stripe comp is better than both?

I’ve also heard decagon hours are crazy tho

like amount of stock u get per year depends?

[sonic jacinth]

a bit more

interns get between like a 30-45k bonus depending on how well they did i think too

[spring sedge]

😞 what’s their rsu policy

wth 💔🥀

[umbral laurel]

bro still with ddog man

stick*

and recruit new grad time

for google and meta

and daatabricks.. ur in a really good spot

stripe and ddog

stripe is hella good

meta def beats stripe

[spring sedge]

hm ok ty 🙏

[spring sedge]

yaa resume value for recruiting full time also important

[umbral laurel]

if wlb wasnt bad then stripe would be equal or better but since meta has higher promo and growth then it beats stripe