The job market is similar to a stock exchange. In a sense, you place a bet on the company that you work for. There's a lot of speculation involved in both. The company that you work for is no less an investment compared to the stocks that you buy. You are investing yourself in it. You need to evaluate a job offer just like how you look at the company's buy/sell rating before you invest in a company's stock. What if you had offers from Airbnb and Google in 2012? (On a side note, one of my former colleagues picked Yahoo over Facebook in 2007 OUCH!)

There's no doubt that working for Google (which was the #1 ranked company) in 2012 was cool. You know what's even cooler? Identifying the Googles, Facebooks, Ubers and Airbnbs before they become eh... Googles, Facebooks, Ubers and Airbnbs.

How do you do that? At Paysa, we look at the lifecycle of companies by measuring the quality of talent at the company. Read more on the methodology of Paysa CompanyRank here. A tech company starts out with a core engineering team to build a product around an idea. There are different stages of growth that a company goes through from under 10 employees to a 1,000+ workforce that is a household name (or at least something that is part of coffee break chit chat at work) .

When did the big companies take-off?

Growing companies hire talent from bigger companies. The transformation doesn't happen overnight. So if we can detect the flow of talent from top companies, it might be possible to forecast the growth of the company. Migration of top talent is a very strong signal for the health of a company. There are numerous examples for growing companies wooing talent from established companies. Microsoft/Yahoo to Google in early 2000s, Google to Facebook in 2006-08, Facebook to Uber/Airbnb/Snapchat in 2011-2013.... It has happened so many times. Growing companies shave the icing off the top companies. And those early migrators have not only made big bucks, but have added a MVP tag to their Resume.

Now lets look at the companies that show the signs of breaking out and look like they are ready for takeoff!

Fasten your seatbelts! Here we go!





Companies that are taking off right now!

Q2ebanking (NYSE: QTWO) Up 180 spots from # 567 to #287. The surge began May 2014 (shortly after QTWO went public) and there has been no stopping since. Given the current trajectory, the Austin, TX based company is ready to breach top #100.





Who's driving this growth?

Q2ebanking has been recently hiring from Apple (#12), Paypal (#55), CiscoSystems(#83), Cerner (#84) and Homeaway.com (#100)





The new electric car maker is on a roll by moving up a whopping 682 spots from #1048 to #366 in the last 6 months. We need to wait to see if Faraday can grow into a successful company. The rate at which quality talent is flocking this company is very impressive.





Who's driving this growth?

Faraday has been recently hiring from Google (#2), Apple (#12), Tesla Motors(#39 I know, you guessed it BRAVO!), GM (#45) and Qualcomm (#93)





TubeMogul (NASDAQ: TUBE) went public in 2014. In the last 2 years, the video ads company has shown continuous growth in paysa companyRank by climbing up from #2000 to #319. Given the strong business model and lack of strong competitors, the future does look very bright for TubeMogul.





Who's driving this growth?

TubeMogul has been recently hiring from Amazon (#7), Salesforce (#9), Splunk(#25), AppDynamics (#37) and Tesla Motors (#39)





Up 86 spots in the last 6 months. Currently at #160. Salesforce has placed a bet on this company. Not a bad idea to place a bet for yourself.





Who's driving this growth?

Demandware has been recently hiring from Amazon (#7), Apple (#12), aetnahealth(#58), F5 Networks (#69) and Oracle (#70)





With speculations that the Jessica Alba owned company will be going public soon, the company has been stealing some top tech talent. Up from #1748 to #868.





Who's driving this growth?

The Honest Company has been recently hiring from Facebook (#5), Amazon (#7), Microsoft(#38), Paypal (#55) and Spotify (#80)





Hubspot (NYSE: HUBS) went public in late 2014. It is Paysa's latest entry in the top #100. With continuous growth, hubspot is definitely a hotspot for top engineering talent.





Who's driving this growth?

Hubspot has done some impressive recruiting. Starting with Google (#2), Facebook (#7), Salesforce(#9), Apple (#12) and Twitter (#19)





Other Hot Companies that are on the Rise!



