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- How is Akamai as a company to work for? How is Akamai as a company to work for ? I received a job offer from Akamai for Senior Software engineer position. How is the company’s growth and work culture.
- Good place to work, gross pay! I've been at Akamai for a while now as a cloud support engineer and I'm liking the job but the pay is really crap! Probably not a surprising fact amongst the blind community. Any tips to help start looking for a new job would be greatly appreciated 😊 Tc- 80k Yoe- 1
- Leaving a comfortable job to learn more I started my job search after being contacted by Google and am going through the process with them now. i was going to stop there but the more i realized, as much as Akamai treats me so well and pays well, I have stagnated in my growth and learning. i also have not touched any of the technology i fe
- SDET at established vs DevOps at a startup Can you please help me in making a decision. Akamai SDET vs Bluescape DevOps Priorities- Role, H1 Sponsorship, job security I like systems engineering a lot, also I have a knack to break things, find flaws continuously thriving to improve quality.
- My Shopping list, Can anyone please help? Hello blinders, New grad here Master's degree in ECE Going to graduate next May Leetcode - 200+ No offers yet - Late application Job - Entry level Software Engineer My shopping list for referrals : Akamai Akuna Groupon Wayfair Salesforce Qualcomm Juniper Asana Intuit Illumina Zillow Adobe Please
- Can we make a fresh list of companies giving full remote in India?I Please mention any hidden terms and conditions, if any, behind remote role I will start from what I know : 1. Atlassian (as of now in 5 states only for wfh) 2. Service now (some remote opportunities) 3. Microsoft (Manager dependent) 4. VMware (some remote opportunities) 5. Salesforce (some re
- System Deign Interview for SWE in Non-FAANG companies Hi All, I am preparing for a job change and currently doing Leetcode and polishing my Data structure and Algos. Given my timeline my immediate target companies are Cisco, Juniper, Palo Alto, Arista, Akamai. So should I be expecting a system design interview in above companies. Should I start prep
- Looking for referrals for DevOps/SRE role Hello Blinders, I have been applying for jobs and it has been quite sometime that i have received any calls for interviews (Don't know where I am going wrong). If there is anyone who could refer me, it would be great! Due to personal reasons, I am currently looking for opportunities in BayArea/Los
- Help with job referral Posting for a friend who is currently unemployed. She has lot of technical support and security experience. If there are any TSE job openings please let me know if you can help her with referral. She is citizen so no visa issues. #security #techsupport #support #google #amazon #microsoft #paloalton
- Took another job and rejected AWS offer a few days ago...feeling a bit of anxiety about having done so. If you scan my previous posts you would see I just took an offer from a small - midsize company cloud solutions provider to be a DevOps Engineer and rejected an L5 AWS systems engineer offer. By all accounts the cloud company has better pay, benefits, no on-call, better WLB, etc and that's all impo
- Is it time to GIVE UP? Hi Everyone, I am in a tough situation since the past week and was unable to find my way out. As always decided to reach out to this annonymous yet effective community. I am on my H1B and since the past one year have been applying for T/PgM jobs. I was able to get few interview calls and also had
- List of potentially high TC remote positions I have been trawling endless threads about remote positions. The following companies were mentioned by someone as being either a "good" place to work remotely or a "high TC" place to work remotely. If you have any other suggestions, please suggest them. * Salesforce * Stripe * Microsoft * Twilio *
- Akamai interview experience @ Santa Clara Interviewed at Akamai, Santa Clara a while back at two different teams. Position was Machine learning (ML) focused data scientist role (not a sql monkey role according to job description). This isn’t a 1st April joke. Team 1: Acquisition of Cyberfend Phone interview basic coding and no ML. I want
- 10X Programmer YOE: 15 in Java, includes 8 in Android. TC: << Peanuts >> Coming from a non FAANG, non CS, South-Asian Immigrant Male on H1-B without a GC in 12 years as yet, Software Peasant with slightly better than decent Programming skills kinda background, how do I become a 10X Programmer, because cle
- Success after 8 interviews Hello, I’m not here to boast, but just want to share my experience, frustration and finally the success. I applied for Sr Full Stack Engineer roles. Starting in Aug 2018, I decided that I needed to make a switch. At the point of time, I was not confident enough to even solve basic Two Sum problem
- List of companies hiring now . Not only Tech Companies from industries spanning from technology to retail are hiring to meet increased demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Below is a regularly updated list of companies hiring right now. Instacart says it’s looking to hire 300,000 contract workers over the next three months. Amazon says
- 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.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- 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
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
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- Biden Win- Tech What does it mean to Tech when Biden wins?
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