I just graduated with a B.S. in CS in May 2023. I’ve been working at a big non tech company in a data engineering type of role with AWS and Terraform. My team’s culture, team members, and PTO hours are great. The work is easy, but I also don’t learn much from it.
I’ve only been at the job for three months, but I was just headhunted by a recruiter for a tech company similar to iRobot ( they don’t sell robot vacuums, but they sell hardware with similar levels of tech behind it and are in the same stage of growth and have also been recently bought out by a magma company). They are offering about 25% higher base than my current total comp. Both jobs are remote btw.
However, I am wary of the notorious culture of the magma company that bought it and how often that new parent company fires its devs. I am also wary of how a 3 month job would look like on my resume.
Edit: yes, this is in the US
Get an offer on writing and take that to your current manager asking them to match it if you want to stay. Companies can afford a lot more especially when you’re new, having an offer letter in hand makes it easy for them to go to Sr. Leadership for a match, because you’re clearly worth it.
Just be aware that you have one shot and one shot only at doing this. You should also be prepared for the possibility that they will say no.
Don’t be scared of this. Remember you’re not actually family. If they could get rid of you to save money they would. I love love my employer and they’re amazing but I’m not naive. Few scenarios here:
They counter and show you you’re valued - great
They can’t match or afford you - up to you to stay or leave for more money
They get mad at you because you went somewhere else - if it’s a good place they won’t, they understand life. If they actually get mad at you then you don’t want to work there anyway.