Choosing between Meta and Apple - 2 offers
Hi! I was wondering if anyone could give me insight on which 2 offers to choose between:
Meta (software engineering) - 193k base salary, 400k RSUs over 4 years, 50k sign on bonus
Apple (data engineering) - 198k base salary, 185k RSUs over 4 years, 50k sign on bonus
I have between 2.5-3 YOE. I’m leaning towards Meta, because I feel like software engineering opens more doors for me and I don’t want to pigeonhole myself as a data engineer. However, most of my professional experience has been with data engineering, and I’m a little nervous about starting off as a mid-level software engineer at Meta when I don’t really have traditional software engineering experience.
Another consideration is that I got to meet the team I’d be working with at Apple, and they are super cool and the WLB seems good. If I were to join Meta, I’d be matched into a random team in the Monetization org, which seems to have not-great WLB (according to Blind).
Finally, I’m a bit concerned about job security at Meta, since there have been mass layoffs every year. Apple seems much more stable in that sense.
Does anyone have any insight into general Meta culture vs Apple culture or software engineering vs data engineering?