Stay at FAANG for $450k or join promising startup like Kalshi or Waymo for $250k cash + $200k paper equity that could multiply? Early 30s without family commitments

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You want more comp, to compensate for risk and illiquidity. You’re looking at it backwards.

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Stay at FAANG and use the $200k to buy their shares before it goes another round. Best of both worlds

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Dollar dollar bill yall lol

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Agreeing with M1. If the total package is the exact same nominally, it’s a significant step back to take almost half of it in equity. Could go up significantly, could also become worthless. You can also invest the 200k cash and it could be put into whatever you want, much more liquid.

However, comp isn’t everything. If the job sounds more energizing, that could be a reason, but on a compensation side, take the cash.

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Yeah rationally this is right. Irrationally Waymo is as close as I can get to working in AI and don’t want to miss that boat

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You don’t have offer for either. Get an offer first. You don’t have “FAANG” job either

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Kalshi is worth more than Draftkings with a smaller user base, probably the same unit economics, no moat other than network effect. It won't moon man

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Companies like Kalshi are still too much in startup mode thinking they can pay these low salaries, meanwhile they exist in a fully regulated environment where they need to abide by certain laws. They are going to get what they pay for and will get hammered hard since the legacy markets like Las Vegas will have the regulators take them down. It’s only a matter of time.

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Waymo is a startup? Isn’t it part of Google? That makes it about as risky as joining AT&T

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If you get laid off you might not get a Google job

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Either is right your making good money you’re young you’ve probably accomplished everything you’ve dreamed about when you were a kid. No need to pressure yourself as one is wrong vs one is right. Look at it as both are right paths to the destination just mostly which journey you prefer

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This is a neat mindset

What do you do at your company for $450k in your early 30s? Asking for a friend

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Yes, please share

What kind of role do you have at FAANG payong 450

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Yeah. Also is that base or total? Curious about base.

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Not the faux-flex you think it is. Transparent as plastic wrap.

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As someone from London these salaries give me a heart attack. America is wild.

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Kalshi’s customer concentration in $HOOD is a major risk for the business. Especially since HOOD just bought a DCM (MIAXdx) with Susquehanna to make their own event contracts. It might work out but having 90% of your volume at one customer where 90% of contracts are NFL-related… lots of risk.

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Dude 450 you could be retired in 10yrs if you play it right. Just need to house hack

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Waymo has a lot of negative news recently

Give me some money pls

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