Most Senior's that I talk to, and are in my age bracket (mid-career) are in a similar financial situation. One that I talked to recently was talking about quitting IT all-together & going to stack shelves, mostly to get away from the stress of the role he was in.
Startup's don't have deep pockets, but they can still attract developers away from high paying salaries, just by offering the right extras. Things like more time working from home don't cost the company anything, things like stock in the startup instead of bonus means that seniors will be more invested in the long term success of the company.
I've even seen some startups that offer stock as a signing bonus, let alone the annual one.
Max is a startup software engineer. He seeks to use what he has learnt as a startup founder and tech community leader to solves hard problems with innovate products or services.
Yeah... I do have some qualms with that part regarding stock options. Especially if there is the usual vesting applied to your stock options.
I do understand that senior developer in your age bracket and experience. Might be seeking for something else instead of just pay & benefits. I would love to talk to you through a 5 - 10 mins zoom call to listen on your point of view further.
Max is a startup software engineer. He seeks to use what he has learnt as a startup founder and tech community leader to solves hard problems with innovate products or services.
Most Senior's that I talk to, and are in my age bracket (mid-career) are in a similar financial situation. One that I talked to recently was talking about quitting IT all-together & going to stack shelves, mostly to get away from the stress of the role he was in.
Startup's don't have deep pockets, but they can still attract developers away from high paying salaries, just by offering the right extras. Things like more time working from home don't cost the company anything, things like stock in the startup instead of bonus means that seniors will be more invested in the long term success of the company.
I've even seen some startups that offer stock as a signing bonus, let alone the annual one.
Yeah... I do have some qualms with that part regarding stock options. Especially if there is the usual vesting applied to your stock options.
I do understand that senior developer in your age bracket and experience. Might be seeking for something else instead of just pay & benefits. I would love to talk to you through a 5 - 10 mins zoom call to listen on your point of view further.
I've just followed you back to enable the chat feature on here. Feel free to get in touch there to set something up if you want a quick chat.
For info, I'll be working approx 5am-4pm GMT during the week, that's probably the best time to find me at a laptop (to be able to use Zoom etc).
Great, which GMT timezone so that I align with yours to setup up a chat.
I'm in UK, so currently BST (aka GMT+1)