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- link Airbnb wants you to clean toilet!!! https://www.indy100.com/article/airbnb-rules-list-toilet-bathroom-twitter-9009801?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1563393575 i found it hilarious though😂
- How is Airbnb? Comp, interview process, wlb Seriously considering applying to airbnb because I like the space. Burned out at a current east coast saas making only around 220-240k. (Principal pm with like 12yoe). What to expect for airbnb process? How is wlb there for PMs? Good target comp? Mostly just thinking it won’t be easy for me to ge
- link Airbnb Says Its I.P.O. Plans Are Back on Track https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/15/technology/airbnb-ipo.html Mr. Chesky closed the meeting by declaring that Airbnb is back. “We’re not committing to going public this year, but we’re not ruling it out, either,” he said. “When the market is ready, we will be ready, because Airbnb was down but we
- Life time cap in terms of number of interviews allowed? Like if you failed two on site interview opportunities, then you won't be allowed to try for any openings of same role in the future. Does anyone of the FAANG or PULPA company have such kind of rules? Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix Pinterest, Uber, Lyft, Postmates Airbnb, etc.
- What tech companies besides Coinbase is not woke? Kudos to coinbase who recently implemented a no politics rule at work. Sadly nobody else has the moral courage to follow. Do you know of other tech companies that are not woke and politically neutral AND pay at least Microsoft not Amazon TC? L63, $240k TC, 7 yoe. #tech #google #facebook #snap #ub
- vote H1B transfer Let’s say you found a new job and filed for H1B transfer to a well known tech giant in bay area. In the prevailing situation where government is toughening up the rules, would you still join the company on H1B filing receipt? Referring to companies like Google, Facebook, Netflix, LinkedIn, Uber, Am
- Design referrals for Spotify/Apple Currently a product designer in Microsoft India, looking to move out of the country (preferably U.S, but hard given the pandemic and visa rules) to work on a more interesting product. I've liked Spotify, Apple and Airbnb for design teams, but I'm open to suggestions! TIA 🙂 TC: ₹71.5 LPA YOE: 6y
- vote How do you feel about neighbor renting on airbnb? I purchased a townhome, no HOA, but the sellers didn't disclose that there is a covenant (community rule) that says no short term rentals. I rented a spare room on airbnb to help with my mortgage. A neighbor (couple) seems very unhappy about it, they put an aggressive note on my door saying I should
- Relative Order of Difficulty of SWE Onsite Interviews From your experience, what is the order of difficulty among the following companies for L4 equivalent roles? Google, Facebook, Databricks, Doordash, Instacart, Snap, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Dropbox, Pinterest, Robinhood, Coinbase, Snowflake, Plaid, Stripe, Brex, Square, Amazon, Microsoft Rules 1. Commen
- Can H1B be a part of an LLC in USA? I’m planning on partnering with an American citizen on his Airbnb business (rent properties and then rent them on Airbnb) in California. I’m on H1b so I can’t be actively involved. I have a few questions: 1. Can my name legally be on LLC as well? Are H1Bs allowed to be a part of LLC? My American
- Anyone doing a bicoastal living thing? The lifestyle has always appealed to me. I like the classic NYC and LA, but NYC and Austin, San Diego, Seattle all sound cool. Just curious if anyone has pulled this off? Is this realistically possible without being a high 7 figures net worth person? New York has tightened the rules on Airbnb, so b
- Internship offers: Dropbox vs F/G, Msft, Bloomberg, Uber, Airbnb For context I interned at F/G last summer and have a return intern offer. Have offers from all above companies except Airbnb (waiting to hear back). I'm personally ruling out Msft, bloomberg, and Uber (didn't seem to vibe with Uber during interviews). My main question is how is Dropbox these days?
- link Apple makes unexpected concession on 30% App Store fees. Apple will temporarily drop its contentious App Store fees for businesses that have been forced by the pandemic to pivot to online-only events, in an unexpected concession after increasingly vocal complaints over the rules of its store. The exemption, which lasts until the end of the year, will aff
- Help me pick I'm interviewing this month and next and seemed to oversubscribe myself. I'm looking for caliber upgrade and $. WLB is non factor. Help me rule out companies. Doing: g, fb, u, amz, lnkd, lyft, snap Unsure about doing: stripe, dbox, zillow, apple, sift, voleon, citadel, two sigma Need help on the
- Invest $150k in real estate or bonds + index funds? Hey Blind, I’m torn between buying a condo or investing in a mix of bonds and index funds. I live in the Bay Area but will be moving to Europe in 5 years for family reasons. If I buy, I could rent out the condo until I’m ready to sell in 15-20 years but I’d then assume risk by having to hire a pro
- Request for Summer internship referral Hi guys One of my friend is pursuing computer science at San Jose State and is looking for intern opportunities for the summer. She started her search late, intern roles at big companies such as fb,airbnb, goog etc are already filled up. She has prior experience as a backend developer, is pretty g
- Can you help me sorting the best companies to apply to? I am trying to rank companies where I want to apply. My target is to maximize first (TC, WLB) and then (reputation, growth opportunity). So far I have: - established and safe, good WLB/TC: google, netflix, dropbox, twitter - healthy pre-ipo: stripe, databricks - healthy post-ipo: twilio, square - hi
- link Bootcamp Success Story + Pointers on Negotiation Hey Blind, When I was attending App Academy a few years back there was a story circulated that details a very inspirational account of someone who was able to get multiple offers from top companies (as a SWE fresher out of bootcamp). He was able to leverage these offers to get 250k TC -- keep in mi
- vote Startup that depends on web scraping? I have an idea for a startup that I believe would have a net positive impact on society, in particular, for a vulnerable group of individuals. However, enabling this would require scraping large amounts of metadata from a large social media company. Nowadays, there are many high-quality scraping se
- link Competition: A new acronym to keep your SWE career on track It's long past time for us to move past the outdated FAANG acronym as there are literally dozens of companies consistently paying $300k+ in liquid comp to newly hired software engineers with 5 years of experience or less. We need a new acronym that captures all of them. Post your new acronym below!
- link Machine learning engineering and ML systems design resources master list Hi Fellow Blinders, I'm trying to make an ultimate thread of recommended ML/ML engineering resources. Contributions much appreciated. I'll add them to the OP. Looking for anything, from resources for learning machine learning theory to deep learning to the latest trends in ML engineering and system
- vote Compare FAANGMULA to the Ivy League YOE: 12 TC: 780k Is a joke? Yes Now that we have the important stuff out of the way, onto the fun because it's performance/holiday season and I'm procrastinating. Facebook - Harvard. Fitting that Zucc went here. Everybody still wants to go here, it has the name brand, prestige, and controversy. An
- Blind sentiment about issues at FAANG Spending about 2 weeks on blind for the first time, this is what I've gathered from most posts about the common issues in Faang companies. Would like to get a more clearer picture about how the market is right now FACEBOOK - Perm processing held up due to lawsuits AMAZON - Pip culture and terribl
- Ultimate Thread of European Places to be in as SWE There isn’t much discussion on European-based jobs instead US-based ones, so I decided to make a thread which will constantly be updated for future references. Please comment with your comments and I’ll add them to the post. Let’s compare different countries and cities in Europe, and compare all of
- link [AMA] Google| FB | Snap | Airbnb | Lyft | Uber | Quora | 7+ Offers | [AMA] Hi Team, First of all THANK YOU for such a great community here!! Blind helped me with a lot of useful information! This post is to give back to the community. I recently received 7+ offers for Senior SWE engineer at most of the companies I aimed to get into. It was a great experience interview
- link SDE guide to getting the best offer - part1 This is a part of 3 part series post. Read them in order. part 1 https://us.teamblind.com/s/isDNuYPU part 2 https://us.teamblind.com/s/VXz1n07A part 3 https://us.teamblind.com/s/ij5tgwfF ___________ I left Microsoft some time ago. I switched job several
- 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 ‘ 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
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA
- Google Mock interviewers needed Looking for mock interviewers. You will get paid for your time. DM for details.
- Need referral at Cloudflare, London - willing to pay As the title. #tech #cloudflare
- Fb l4 refreshers. What are they like in 2020? Considering an l4 SWE offer. Can someone help me understand what the typical refreshers.are like now ? I see older threads but would like newer info to help me decide. Tc 250k
- vote Workspace diversity Can you openly be anti-BLM or indifferent to BLM at your company ?
- What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? What do you guys think of Rivian's future? Is it a good time to join? #equity #startup
- How should I hedge my portfolio from election result next week All my assets are in stocks and I am super anxious. Should I sell them all now which will trigger massive tax for this year or should I wait and a crash may happen if market overeact on election outcome? TC: 115K Investment value: 9.4M
- vote Do you miss hardware Lounge? There use to be good discussion and I loved scrolling through the posts. I think hardware posts have reduced significantly since HW Lounge disappeared #hardware #semiconductor