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- Airbnb Payments How’s the work at Airbnb payments team? Just got offered a L4 position and considering Payments team. How are the engineering challenges? Culture and WLB seems pretty good from what I’ve read. Also, is it a good time to join Airbnb given the recent exodus of employees and the controversy around CF
- Airbnb job requirements for payments team Airbnb is quick to reject resume, even though profile matches with work. Does airbnb prefer people from faang only? Does it have any hard requirement around language? any insights what is good way to get resume noticed?
- vote How is the Airbnb payment team? TC:210
- Airbnb India Review ? Hi folks, I recently got an offer from Airbnb India (Payments Compliance team). TC: 45L base, 5L joining bonus, 15% year end bonus and 110k worth stocks (4 yr vesting) Can someone please provide a feedback on Airbnb India's work, culture and growth? Also, any insight on opportunities to move to US
- link Damn this guy REALLY needs help 😯 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/airbnb-hosts-getting-almost-nothing-from-250-million-relief-fund.html Among the few hosts who have received a payment from Airbnb is Thierry Rignol, who has about 80 Airbnb listings across Houston, Dallas, Denver, Seattle and Portland, Oregon. After Airbnb changed
- Are all payment teams garbage? Or just Amazon? How is payment team at Microsoft/Airbnb/Apple? I guess they also have huge amount of transactions
- Airbnb Bangalore I have received a call from Airbnb recruiter today. Its for cities team(regulatory Platform). How is cities team? Has anyone given interviews with airbnb recently? Could you please share your experience along with the team name(payments, cities).? I am confident on coding part. Can anyone suggest w
- vote AirBnb vs Microsoft Have got an offer from Microsoft Azure and Airbnb Payment Compliance, which one has better work and future pay. Do they replenish stocks. Current Tc - 40lpa Microsoft tc - 83lpa(includes 10l of joining bonus) Airbnb tc - 88lpa(includes 5l of joining bonus) Role Microsoft- SSE(63) Role Airbnb - SSE(G
- Teams at Airbnb Anyone know of any highly recommended teams (or the opposite) at Airbnb? I heard from my interviewer that the payments team is a gem. What about the hotels team (Airbnb side, not hotels tonight)? TC: 345k, L5
- How is the work at Airbnb india ? I know Airbnb started hiring recently in India (payments compliance and security teams i guess) and has few engineers are already hired. Checking on how is the quality of work and work culture ? TC: 94 Yoe: 7 #airbnb #tech
- PM roles at airbnb Any PMs here that can share how the product group in Airbnb is, what skill sets do they look for while hiring? Is it required to have payments , hospitality industry experience or coding knowledge?
- Invest in an Airbnb property Is it a good idea to Purchase an Airbnb property? Thinking about putting 300k as down payment maybe loan 600k. The return is about 13% cash on cash. But is it a long lasting business? We certainly have to hire a PM company as we can’t manage this. Average stay time is about 3 days. #personalfina
- Airbnb reference for Seattle SWE role I’m a great match for a payments SWE role at Airbnb Seattle. Experience with full stack SWE, distributed systems, and have worked at investment bank. Can anyone provide a referral to help me get my resume in? Thank you so much! edit: i have also built a Airbnb clone from absolute scratch if that he
- vote [India] PhonePe vs Airbnb Hey folks, need some help deciding. I have two offers right now - 1. Airbnb (30L year 1 TC) - Payments Compliance team. 2. Phonepe - 28L cash(base + jb) + 2.7L esops/year. Which one should I go for and why? On a similar note - Open to opportunities especially in Hyderabad even if offered TC is sl
- link airbnb WSJ article Couple questions to the experts out there. Assuming travel doesn’t recover until 2021... 1) Would all of these hosts be eligible to get mortgage forbearance? 2) Would most/all of those balloon payments come due on Aug 1? 3) Is there an easy data source to identify where most of these houses woul
- Is Airbnb still an exciting place to work? Recently went through the loop and got offered a lead position on the payments team. Airbnb is hyped up to be one of the biggest pre-ipo companies and the people i met seem to be generally happy but i dont quite see the engineering excitement and complexity though, curious to hear what you guys thin
- #PM referral needed for Bay Area - AirBnB, Stripe, etc. Hi Blind Members I’m applying to PM roles and having hard time getting interviews for the larger tech companies. I'm moving to the Bay Area from the East Coast, would be interested in a mature start-up or medium/lg public company. Reaching out to the community here for referrals to (but not limited
- Where should a mobile engineer apply to? Senior mobile developer, wondering what's a good place to be mobile engineer. Not sure where to target besides blindly applying to FAANG, rideshare, food delivery, payments, personal investment, social media, AirBnB, etc. Intrigued by Spotify but don't want to work on East Coast hours only and dunn
- Referral needed for Product management Hello all! I'm looking for referrals to any FANGMULA+ or startup unicorns for product management roles, preferably in a fintech or payments role considering my background. Open to remote opportunities, relocation to US, otherwise Canada-based. YOE: 6+ years PM (total 15+) TC: 235k C$ Please drop
- How am I supposed to apply for Airbnb? I’m graduating in December 2019 MS-CS I met Airbnb at my university. They said New Grad starts only in May. other positions reject me since I am in college. background: 3+ years Work experience in Tier 1 companies. currently pursuing coop in a startup to get a vibe. How could i apply to @Airbnb?
- Best Way to Rent Out House Hi Blind, I currently have a SFH in San Jose Bay Area that I want to rent out. I’m wondering if anyone has had experience finding renters for a whole house and wonder what’s the best way? (I.e. Craigslist, realtor, Airbnb listing, etc...) Best in my opinion would be: 1) highest monthly payment 2)
- Airbnb - Suggest best teams I recently cleared the interview stage with Airbnb. And I'm now in the team matching phase. I am seeking suggestions on which teams are the best in terms of technically challenging work, opportunities to build systems from scratch, take ownership of projects and of course in terms of impact. Any new
- Where would you invest $150k? [Seeking for advice] I have $150k sitting in a robo-advisor, but thinking of the possibility of investing them somewhere else. I’d like to leverage debt and get a higher long-term impact of these funds. What would you recommend to do? Maybe leveraging it buying a down-payment for a place to do Airb
- Is the only way to buy a home in the Bay Area to work at FAANG? Or Microsoft or OCI, or a public unicorn like Uber, Lyft, AirBnB, Square, Pinterest, DoorDash, Twitter, Snap, or a soon to be public unicorn like Robinhood, Instacart, Stripe, etc.? Basically unless you're a founder at a startup that's definitely going to make it, you should be trying to maximize T
- Airbnb No Headcount for L4 Just heard back from my recruiter that Airbnb has filled headcount for L4 engineers within the Payments team and that other teams are filled up too. She said to wait until January when they reassess team needs across all of engineering. Has anyone experienced this before and was getting a team matc
- Let's list the industries of top-tier non-FAANG companies Seems like if you want to go to a company with legit TC (as in RSUs or will go public soon) and exciting work / good engineering culture, these are the most common ones: rideshare (Uber, Lyft) food delivery (Doordash, GrubHub, Postmates, Instacart) payments/personal finance (Stripe, Square, Chime
- Sign an offer but don't go? Consequences? I want to ask this question in the most sincere way possible. 1. What happens if you sign an offer to join a tech company (like airbnb, facebook, amazon, google) but decide not to go before your official start date? At this point, you've never officially been an employee, nor has any payment(sign-o
- PR gold rush on Charlottesville? Seems like most tech companies are rushing to take action that shows that they are against white supremacy after the Charlottesville attacks: * Cloudflare dropped a white supremacy site * Apple disabled payments to them and donated to ADL and others * Spotify removed a few bands * AirBnB cancelled
- vote Single family vs multifamily housing in Boston area Hi all, I’m currently working remotely from Boston and am considering buying a house in Boston area. I’m wondering whether I should go with single family or multifamily housing. I live alone. Single family: Considering around 750K for a 3bd house. Pros: I’m a first-time buyer so I can get lower ra
- Buy vs Rent in the Bay Area I'm moving to the Bay Area. I have enough cash for down payment and can afford up to ~ 1.4M house. I'm looking around the Peninsula area close to #Facebook campus in Redwood City, EPA, Menlo Park, Foster City. SFH goes for $800k at the lowest which is about $4000/month. I could get a roommate or d
- Stuck In Lease Can’t Afford We entered into a one year rental lease on verbal telling by property manager that we could add someone to the lease later if we wanted. This is what we did at our previously home. Gives us flexibility to bring in a roommate of our choosing. We moved in, unpacked and settled in. Then we searched for
- Buy vs rent maths : Did some analysis on buy vs rent for a 2M house. The goal is to put forward an alternative view where instead of buying we stick to renting and investing the money saved. The thought was to get a clear idea as to who is a winner atleast for Bay Area. Let's say I am looking to buy a 2M house with 20
- vote Yet Another Housing Post(yahp) So me and my fiance just finished our current lease and moved into airbnb for a couple of months. I have a job change which will pay me ~420k and my fiance finished her nursing school and is searching for a job. Guesstimating her pay should be close to 120-130k. she is a citizen, i am not. Now that
- Bay house purchase - learnings I recently bought a sfh in bay area and wanted to share my learnings. - redfin vs. traditional agent: I was going to hire redfin agent to get that sweat commission refund, but ended up going with a traditional agent who knows the area very well and came with high recommendation from friends. He has
- Referrals in Tech Hello seasoned Referral-Peoples and fellow Blind Society (braille / text to voice when?), I posted once a week ago but my time has come to drive this forward. I have meditated on the mountains, played 5 rounds of hop-scotch, and have revised my resume more times than I have had coffee. I'm a Produc
- Buy an apartment in LIC or Brooklyn, NY? Hi Blind team, I know that buying a 1BR apartment in NY sounds crazy, but I am just wondering if anyone has specific thoughts about buying in Long Island City or Brooklyn at this time. Non-city prices are extremely tempting, but I am from the suburbs and I know I don’t want to live there, at least
- Help me decide on buying a home for the first time. Price: $715k 3 bedroom 2.5 bath 1600sqft townhouse no hoa. Brand new construction in shoreline, WA. No backyard 2 car garage Home Office Will I be happy living in it? Yes Is it overpriced? Not sure If so, by how much? Is $50k overpriced OK (could you take a $50k hit?)? I would survive, but it
- Middlemen like airbnb,Yelp,doordash , Uber , Eventbrite etc are unsustainable in the current shape Edit: this analysis is more for the years to come after this pandemic. But pandemic might have just hastened failing of some companies and I think this will also significantly change how some of these companies operate. We a switch companies, when you switch companies think of the next 2-5-10 yea
- How to optimize my FIRE journey I fucked up recently by gambling in stock market. Got myself back on track and won't gamble anymore but the damage has been done so I'm trying to compensate. One good thing is that I recently got a much better job that will help me achieve my goals. Current situation: Age: 30Y NW: ~200k USD Annu
- be grateful! If you have a job & your company is still operating, be very grateful WHY? 1. Victoria's Secret declared bankruptcy. 2. Zara closed 1,200 stores. 3. La Chapelle withdrew 4391 stores. 4. Chanel is discontinued. 5. Hermes is discontinued. 6. Patek Philippe discontinued production. 7. Rolex discontin
- Buying in Mexico City? Posting here to see if someone is from Mexico City and can provide opinions. TL;DR: want to have an apartment in Mexico City that allows me to have more flexibility in the way I conduct my personal life but idk if it is a wise decision or I should be using my money elsewhere. TC: transitioning to
- vote Increase TC first or create a startup? Right now my job is a joke, I work maybe 3 hours a week and maybe a few hours of meetings, it’s remote too. Lots of free time. Problem is that it’s hardly engineering, more like consulting internal teams on platform choices and creating app proof of concept hello worlds accompanied by tech docs. I’v
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w