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- Affirm base salary questions Two days ago had a call with an affirm recruiter, they mentioned a max base of 140k + remainder being stocks. This seems insanely low, also no mention of negotiations available in terms of base, stock, or sign-on. What's up with this? I understand the whole 90 day avg thing but 140 is pretty balls.
- Non-Tech Salary at Affirm Have an an interview for a non-tech role at Affirm coming up. The title is “Senior Manager”. Any insight on salaries for remote, non tech roles? Also, how are the levels structured? For example, what level would a director at Affirm be? 15 YOE / TC: ~200
- Are Affirm salaries accurate on levels.fyi Are these salaries accurate? L4: $170k L5: $209k L6: $266k L7: $379k PS: Asking for a friend? TC: > 400k @Affirm #tech #salaries
- Affirm salary range for a Client Success Lead/Manager? I have 5 years of Customer Service Experience and I wasn’t able to dig up any relevant salary information online. Wanting to know if it’s worth it to apply #tech #affirm #finance Current TC: 80k #tech #affirm #finance #customerservice
- Affirm SWE base salary What should I be expecting given 3 YOE, a strong interview, and competing offers?
- Affirm yearly TC increment/ RSU refresher I recently got an offer from Affirm for Senior Software Engineer position. I wanted to know how yearly TC increment at Affirm is structured? Specifically, is there merit increase for your base salary? Do you get yearly cash bonus ? For the performance grant of 30%, how likely is it? Also current A
- Affirm Senior SWE compensation What salary is Affirm paying senior software geeks?
- Affirm onsite! I am about to schedule onsite for Affirm in coming week. Any other prep recommended apart from leet n design qs. How is WLB, work, culture, benefits at Affirm? What’s salary range for senior s/w position?
- link What should a senior security engineer make at a non-MANGA company? Seems like senior security engineers working in MANGA are making 3-500k TC like SWEs but what about tier 2 and 3 companies? What should a senior security engineer make at places like Chime, Airbnb, Stripe, Carta, Coinbase, Affirm, etc? What’s the best resource for security salaries? Levels.fyi doesn
- Typical Salary for Senior DS in SF? Wondering what is the current salary ranges (base / equity) for senior level data scientists for various SF companies (e.g. Fb, Airbnb, stripe, Affirm, Lending Club, Fitbit etc etc)
- Affirm - Performance Grant - How likely, how much? Fellow blinders, I appreciate your help. I am considering an offer from Affirm but I couldn't figure out how easy it is to get the performance grant every year. Can anyone share any insights? What about the base salary increase, what's the percentage range? YoE: 4+ TC: 270k
- Affirm Analytics Lead TC? I'm currently interviewing for an Analytics Lead role there and was wondering if anyone can chime in on whats leveling at affirm and comp range. Recruiter told they are targeting $150k Base + $150K equity/4yr and no sign on or bonus. YOE : 5 TC : 125k #tech #remote #salaries
- Affirm inc anyone? Hello! Recruiter reached out to me for a sr analytics manager at affirm. How’s it career progression wise and WLB wise? Does working in FinTech pigeon-hole you into FinTech only? What is the salary range for this role? Anything to help my conversation with the recruiter 😊 TC: 150k YoE: 8
- Is affirm good for new grads? My brother will be joining. What's the future look like for new grad hires? Are people getting promoted quickly? Are they getting the corresponding increases in TC? Should they have chosen it over more established companies (like F or G)? What are the reputations of the respective eng teams (and
- link Referrals I'm looking for referrals for remote positions in typical United States time zones. Due to some family health obligations I'm tethered to my current city—so I CANNOT relocate. I'm a software engineer predominantly looking for backend positions, though I'm also alright with full-stack positions.
- Fully Remote company with team members in San Francisco Bay Area Google is forcing us to go back to the office starting in April. Need to look for Fully Remote companies with team members in San Francisco Bay Area that are hiring Product Leaders / Product Managers. Any suggestions? * What are your experiences working at the Fully Remote companies, like #brex, #in
- Referrals for SFA at Tech Companies Hi Blind Community, I'm looking for referrals for Senior Financial Analyst (SFA) positions at tech companies. I'm currently an SFA with 7+ YOE, Bachelor's and Master's degrees. Experience in M&A, corporate finance, Tableau, Power BI, and advanced excel for financial modeling. I've been in the re
- Affirmative Action Explained I think a lot of people are not understanding what affirmative action is aiming to solve, so let me give a more relatable example. Imagine you are on an NBA team that is not the Warriors. You know the Warriors have 5 All-Stars, but you’re an All-Star too and you can take them on. You work your ass
- Can I afford a 60k car? We make around 160k after-taxes. No debts. Have 15k cash, around 150k in investments and 30k stock options with Affirm (I could technically make 100k easily on 2nd market). I’m 32 and she’s 30. My salary will drastically switch in a couple of months and we will hit 200k after-taxes. I never owned a
- Referrals please! Hi, I'm a software engineer with 5 and half YOE. My expertise is with game development (front and back end) and web development (back end). I'm proficient with C#/Unity and Python/Django. I'm currently looking for a new challenge either tackling large scale game/web development or learning/working
- Hi Blinders! Can you provide Frontend/SWE referrals in UK, EU? Hi! Im currently at Salesforce with 3.5 YOE in one of the platform engineering teams. I want to move away from India for a while and work in UK, EU. Im in need for referrals for some good startups/FAANGish companies. I have done around ~100 probs on https://bigfrontend.dev/, ~100 probs on Leetcode a
- Looking for a referral for Senior Backend SWE I work for a non public tech company with a good tech stack for us here on the QA Automation Engineering side. The problem for me has been landing interviews coming from QA. Once I get the interviews I am able to explain how I have really been working hard to keep my coding skills sharp as a QA afte
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- Booz Allen Hamilton Potential Offer Hi everyone, I have a feeling that I may receive an offer from Booz Allen Hamilton and I have some questions. Before that, here’s a breakdown of my situation: Current Company: NASA, not a contractor. I’m leaving due to stagnancy and extremely toxic pompous and arrogant culture. TC: – $112k base
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- link My 6 month journey to an offer Finally got an offer and will be joining Google next month as an L3. During my interview journey I was checking Blind excessively and learned a lot, so I decided to give back a little. Hopefully this post will help some fellow Blinders. The rest of the post will be sorta chronological. Interview Pr
- Interview Experience| FB E5 | G L5 | MS AS2 (62) | Seattle | May 2020 [Offers] ## Interview Experience (Facebook, Google, Microsoft) #### Profile: *YOE:* 4+, all at Amazon (Applied Scientist) *Education:* PhD in Machine Learning (ML) from a Top 20 CS school *Location:* Seattle *Current TC:* $270K *Interview dates:* Last two weeks of April *Facebook offer (MLE):* 205K/700K/100
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
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- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to