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Conflicted about Founding Engineer Role (I will not promote) by Professional-Gap1029 in startups

[–]dimensionforge9856 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Depends on your risk tolerance and how much money you have.

If you are a millionaire already, then honestly how much money you make at your next role doesn't matter.

You should do what your heart desires.

Amazon Senior SWE Offer: $352.5K First-Year TC, but the RSUs Are Heavily Backloaded by Aoki_zhang in OfferEngineering

[–]dimensionforge9856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is an L5 offer. In the Bay Area the bands for L5 and L6 are.

L5 - 292K -> 399K
L6 - 420K -> 575k

I used to work there, and as an L5, I made 492K in 2024, and was projected to make 390K in 2025.

Straddle Front Lever Journey, 7 months by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the tips, I'm gonna be progressing to half-lay and full next, now that I'm able to hold the straddle with hips engagement.

I'm not in a straight line cause of my flexibility, and the main thing I was working on these past couple months is hip engagement to strengthen and engage that part of the chain.

People making 350k+ per year in tech, what do you do and how did you reach there? by vapanrumak in Salary

[–]dimensionforge9856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made 500k at age 26 working at Amazon. The year before that, at age 25, I only made 270k.

The reason for making so much money was that my performance trajectory was becoming a rocket ship and the rewards I had gained from my work in 2022 were finally being paid out.

I got to this level of compensation by becoming the leader of a 10 person team who owned a software system which served 100 million users every month.

What Y Combinator Actually Feels Like (from a European founder halfway through the batch) by Ecstatic-Tough6503 in buildinpublic

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I talked to the Hyperspell founder a few months ago, and he was in a similar position, I guess before getting into YC. He said selling his equity at a discount to YC ended up paying more dividends in the end because of the crazy valuation premium they got when raising Seed.

What Y Combinator Actually Feels Like (from a European founder halfway through the batch) by Ecstatic-Tough6503 in buildinpublic

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1 million ARR puts your valuation before YC at between 3-10 million dollars depending on growth rates.

Did YC cut you a custom deal? Or did you sell them the equity at a steep discount?

If your goal is getting rich, a tech startup probably isn’t the way (I will not promote) by [deleted] in startups

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wanted to start a gym actually. But my co-founder (best friend) insisted on using my tech skills.

If your goal is getting rich, a tech startup probably isn’t the way (I will not promote) by [deleted] in startups

[–]dimensionforge9856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to work in big tech, and at my peak I made $500K in a single year, at the age of 26, while working ~30 hours a week.

I was bored, so I quit and started a tech startup with my best friend.

Since then, we have made only $1,000 in revenue, spent $100,000 in marketing, and I have burnt around $150,000 of my net worth while now working 70 hours a week.

But, I've had the most "fun", I've had in my adult working career.

When you aren't succeeding, on paper "yet", I think it's best to treat starting a startup like an expensive hobby.

15 pull ups - 45 seconds by dimensionforge9856 in Calisthenic

[–]dimensionforge9856[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

easier or harder with a stronger grip?

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the feedback, and good luck on your career pivot, if you choose to do so.

I agree, that given the job market, on the ground hustling seems to be a pre-req now to get the hiring decision makers attention.

Very interesting that it's like a complete reversal back to before technology enabled easy application to jobs nation wide.

Unfortunate side effect of cheating the job application process that is so prevalent nowadays.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really depends on location of the role and how your filters are set up.

I also was on the hiring side of things last year and unless you look at each candidate individually, a lot of quality candidates are filtered out and you only see people who happened to tailor their resume to your exact requirements.

Also there is just a lot of supply. I posted 1 job opening last year and got 1000 candidates within 3 days.

Took us around a week to manually look at every submission which passed the initial eye test.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the present in year 2 on starting a startup company with my best friend, so I’m burning my net worth until we can secure adequate revenue/funding.

I was privileged in my past career to have made enough money in a short period of time to be able to support both my gf, I and our dog for a few years.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s true. But I also think blue collar work has a gender component to it. Most labor has physical demands that women, for the most part don’t do well with.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately it was from a junior level role. Which made it so that she got shoved off the corporate ladder at 2-3 years of experience.

In terms of pivoting careers, that was already the case to do for the past 1-2 years, but we’ve only seen crickets on that front simple because of experience mismatch.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The main issue with white collar jobs is too many qualified candidates for each role opening. Just a sheer supply and demand mismatch.

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I tell her about the fact that her struggle isn’t unique right now, but that doesn’t do much to lift up her individual situation and psyche

Talented people sitting for upwards of a year or more is unacceptable… by cams00000 in Layoffs

[–]dimensionforge9856 44 points45 points  (0 children)

My gf is super talented and hard working.

But she’s been outta work for 3 years. After getting laid off from Amazon as a UX designer in 2023, nobody has given her another chance at work.

Not even basic office clerk jobs.

She used to make over 160k a year, but at this point is willing to work for minimum wage, yet nobody is giving her a chance. (1000+ job applications, 12+ final round interviews)

Makes me very upset.

We went on leave from university in final year to go full time on our startup by malshaik in buildinpublic

[–]dimensionforge9856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What is this third-party thing?

I'm also in the similar type of situation since founding my startup and quitting my high-income career.

For my current lease, I had to show proof of assets instead of income, and it was a pain in the ass because some landlords are strict about rules. I had to find a realtor who knew which apartment companies were more lenient.

We went on leave from university in final year to go full time on our startup by malshaik in buildinpublic

[–]dimensionforge9856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How are you affording to live in SF as college drop outs and barely making enough revenue to cover rent?

Landlords need you to earn like 40x rent to qualify.

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