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- Amazon vs Microsoft SDE Role Which one to go for: Amazon (Seattle - Alexa) :Base: 135K, Sign on: 27K + 25K RSU: 87K Microsoft (Atlanta - Azure): Base: 117K, Sign on: 30K + 30K RSU: 140K #salarycomparison #salary #amazon #microsoft #software #swe
- AMZN UK vs MSFT Norway Got offers from Amazon and Microsoft for SDE l4 and level 60, respectively. Msft tc: $109k with $120k worth rsu over 4 years Amzn tc: $106k with 21 rsu over 4 years ms365 team vs alexa team. Cambridge vs Oslo/Tromso. I tend to go for amzn despite of lower rsu and claimed worse work culture becau
- vote Help me choose between Amazon and Microsoft! I just received offers from Amazon and Microsoft Seattle offices. I have 1.5 YOE and wondering which offer I should go with. Amazon SDE1 (Alexa) Base: 140k 1st yr sign-on: 32k 2nd yr sign-on: 26k RSU: 41 shares/82k 1st year TC: 175k 4yr average TC: 175k Microsoft 60 (Azure, but the manager said
- Amazon TC boost after L5 to L6 promo im an SDE in Alexa team, got promoted from L5 to L6 this week after 3 years. What boost will my TC get? TC — Base: 155k RSU: 55k
- vote Going to Amazon vs staying in Shopify Hi there! Recently landed an offer at Amazon in Canada. Haven’t started negotiations but the offer details are below: Team : Alexa devices Base : 143k CAD Sign on : 81k CAD RSU: 33 units Current Shopify TC: Base : 120k CAD RSU : 75k USD ( back in mid may) Not sure if I should take it or not. S
- Amazon L6 SDM offer Had interview positive decision on friday for an L6 SDM position in alexa org. Bay area What should be the expected numbers for this, please break it down in salary, sign on bonus and RSU? Please help. Recruiter will most likely ask me expectations on Tuesday. I am told base cap is 185k so I know
- vote Evaluate multiple offers: Rubrik Vs Amazon Vs Citrix I have recently received the below offers. Rubrik SDE1 Archival team Base 155k Bonus 20k RSU 45k TC: 220k Location: Palo Alto Amazon SDE1 Alexa Music Base 140k Bonus 25k RSU 20k TC: 185k Location: Seattle Citrix SDE2 CVAD team Base 135k RSU 17k TC: 152k Location: Florida 2 Years of backend
- Alexa auto team I got an offer from Alexa Auto team Bay Area. L4, 6 YoE TC 245 Base 175, bonus 60K, 38 RSU 1. How is the management culture in the Alexa auto team? Is the pip culture bad there as well? 2. How good is the offer. 3. Are juniors treated bad in this division?
- Confused: Stay at Amazon or Leave for Microsoft Current role. SDE at Amazon YOE: 2.5 Team: Alexa TC: 135K + 50K sign-on + 85K RSU Location: Seattle Final Offer from Microsoft Team: Azure Position: L61 TC: 116K + 60K sign on + 140K RSU Location: Atlanta Recruiter said this is the final offer. Is it a good offer or am I being low-balled? What
- vote Facebook vs Amazon Offer Seattle/Bellevue I’ve got a couple SDE offers here for Seattle/Bellevue, and I’d like some help and opinions about which to join. Here’s the breakdown: Facebook E4: 165k base 10% bonus 365k RSU over 4 years Potentially 70k RSU sign on bonus TC 290k each year for 4 years if including the 70k sign on bonus Amazon L
- QA II offer at Amazon Alexa - Should I negotiate further? I got an offer from Alexa team today for 135k base + 96 k rsu + 57k bonus. Can folks help me decide if its the right number? How much do people in a similar role make? It would be good to share this with my recruiter and get more if its possible.
- Amazon L5 MLE offer Recently received L5 MLE offer from Amazon. The offer details are below: Tc : $300,620 Base: 160k Sign-on 1st year: 130k Sign-on 2nd year: 92k RSU: 76 The offer is for Alexa AI org. Is there a room to improve the offer? My interviews were excellent, originally interviewing for L6, was slightly sho
- vote Amazon Alexa International Team? YOE: 4 Current: 30B + 3 Amazon: Role - SDE2, Team is working on "creating next-gen voice experiences for Alexa", I remember this from the interview with the manager Amazon TC will be received in 1-2 days (Negotiating based on my below offer) ( won't be accepting if TC < OCI, asked for marginal i
- Amazon TPM L5 offer in Alexa I got a L5 TPM offer from Amazon Alexa in Seattle. Base: 150k Signon: 55k (31k+24k) RSU: 44 YOE: 8.5 Current TC: 155k How is the offer? This is after negotiation, the initial offer was 160k. Is L5 TPM a senior role or does it has a high accountability? What kind of wlb should I expect on L5 TPM
- vote Evaluate Amazon vs Zoom offer Would love to get opinions on these 2 final offers. Me: Fresh CS PhD grad TC: $30K grad student stipend Amazon SDE II Seattle offer on Alexa Infra Base: $160K RSU: 87 Units Sign On: $135K first year, $100K second year Zoom ZP4 Software Engineer in San Jose Base: $228K RSU: $275K over 4 years. 1 y
- Amazon Lab 126 Hello All, I am awaiting an offer for SDE 1 at Amazon lab 126 alexa devices team. Could you help me out on what to expect as total compensation? What would be the high end of SDE 1 band. YOE: 5 MSEE Edit: Got my offer. Base: 130k Sign on: 45k/35k RSU: approx. 120k Year1: 180k Year2: 183k Year3
- vote SWE Offer selection - Google vs FB vs Amazon I have these three offers (final offers) as an L4 / E4 Software Engineer generalist in Bay Area. Looking for some advice with picking one not just based on TC but in terms of - * High growth. (I've been a bit complacent recently). * SWE to MLE transition, opportunities to work on ML starting as a SW
- FB E4 MLE vs Amazon L5 MLE Hi Blind community, I recently received offers from FB and Amazon both Seattle. Fb: Base- 169k Signon - 70k Rsu - 365k Bonus - 10% target Refreshers- ~70k(if meets expectations perf as per recruiter) I was very close to E5 and was told that was borderline, and hence committee decided to go for E4
- vote Amazon vc OCI, does AMZ brand matter? TC: 30B + 3 YOE: 4.3 Oracle OCI offer: 40B + 6JB (1st yr) + 6 JB(2nd yr) + 19.5L RSU/year (Security Team -Vulerability Scanning Service) Amazon SE2: 38B + 22JB(1st year) + 14JB (2nd year) + 17 units (Alexa International Team) Amazon's offer is like 8% lower than OCI. I have been with Indian startu
- vote New Grad - Amazon or Microsoft + Negotation Hello, Looking for advice for my new grad offers. Amazon (return) Location: Seattle Base: 120 Sign-on: 37.5 yr1 /23 yr2 RSU: 88k (5/15/40/40) TC: 161 first / 155 after Team: Devices (not-alexa) Microsoft Location: Atlanta Base: 105 Sign-on: 25 RSU: 130 (25/25/25/25) bonus: 0-20% TC: 162 first / 1
- vote Flipkart sde1 vs amazon sde1 Hello Fellow Blinders. Hope you are doing well. I have two options 1. flipkart sde1 ( adtech team).[ 20 LPA base+ 2 lakh pref bonus+.+2lakh signing bonus +1.5 lakhs esops per year] ~25.5 CTC 2. Amazon sde1 ( alexa discovery team) [ 19 base + 6.5 LPA bonus for first year and no stocks for first year
- Amazon manager applied science compensation I'm interviewing for a manager, applied science (Alexa) role. This is a hands on management role with team management, system design and coding responsibilities. Three are not enough info out there on applied scientists and their managers' compensation. I've read and heard from current Amazonians
- Evaluate Amazon Senior PM-T offer 150k base 80k joining cash bonus 100 RSUs First year total comp will be 200k. L6. Org is Alexa. Coming in with 6+ years experience in technical product management. Seems low to me, I am going to ask for way more RSUs. Any thoughts or suggestions on how this looks and what I should ask for? Thank
- Amazon SDE2 in Seattle I am being considered for the SDE2 role in Alexa AI at Amazon. Interviewing with other companies so would like to understand how much Amazon pays range [base-pay, RSUs, sign-on, etc] for this role and location. TIA
- Offer Evaluation |AMAZON | SWIGGY Blind community, I desperately need your help. YOE- 4 months Current TC - 15 Lakh ( 12 FIXED) Offers : AMAZON BASE - 19 LAKH SIGNING BONUS - 5 LAKH FIRST YEAR, 5 LAKH SECOND YEAR STOCKS - 7 RSU (5% 15% 40% 40%) ~ 19LAKH [4 YEARS ] RELOCATION - 1.5LAKH SUPRDAILY ( SWIGGY) BASE - 23 LAKHS SIGNING B
- Amazon L7 offer What should one expect in the Bay Area in TC/RSUs? Had a solid loop for a role in Alexa the recruiter verbally confirmed and expecting offer soon. Also, how easy is it to be considered for other teams than the one you interviewed with, and how should one sow it up with the recruiter?
- Amazon Alexa upcoming onsite Hi! I’ve got an upcoming interview, SDE 2, with the Alexa (probably Alexa Devices) team. I’m looking for last minute focus points before my scheduled interview (next week). Also would like to understand the degree of depth that’s expected in the SD rounds. Prep period: 1 month Prep items: LC - Top
- Google L3 vs Amazon L5 First of all, thank you all for creating such an awesome community! From the last few weeks, I have been spending more time on Blind than on any other social sites :) About me: I am currently pursuing MS CS in one of the top US universities and will be graduating soon. This summer I interned at Goo
- what should high-end Amazon L4 expect in L5 promo I haven’t updated my Blind info in quite a few years, so for the purpose of this post assume I am an industy hire SDE1 who started at Amazon Alexa in Boston 1 year ago. This is my second pure software gig and I have 5-7 relevant YOE non-dev before then. I interviewed for L4, tried to push it to L5
- TC for SDE-2 (YoE 5.5) moving from India (HYD) to Seattle Current TC (Total YoE 5.5. Been with AMZN since 13 months) = ~ 34L - Base 22.5L - Sign-on 1st year : 10.5L - RSUs : 1 (25 RSUs vested over 4 years) Discussing with few teams (aws/alexa) in Seattle. How much TC I should look for ? Will there be a room for negotiation (because current TC is on the lo
- vote Amazon vs uber Amazon L5 applied scientist ii in Alexa automotive team based in Santa Clara: 175k base + 148 stocks + 200k sign on Uber L4 machine learning engineer in uber eats based in SF: 153k base + 9600 rsu + 65k worth annual refresh and cash + 25k sign on Amazon says they can possibly increase by another 8
- Business Director in Medical Industry looking to break into tech any advice and or referrals Hi Blind community! First Blind post! I have had a lot of colleagues recently make switches to tech industry but never realized the large TCs in the industry! So I was hoping this forum can provide some guidance on next steps! I was hoping for referrals or advice on Amazon care, or any FAANG health
- vote Amazon Alexa Offer - SDE1 Currently 1 YOE 120K TC contracting. Just got an offer for an SDE1 role on the Alexa team. I've heard all the Amazon horror stories. Am I in for some Squid Game level fuckery if I accept? I didn't go to a big time feeder school (only one other person in my graduating class has even gotten a FAANG
- vote Please help me choose: Microsoft vs Amazon Microsoft TC: 320k (excluding 15% bonus and refreshers) Location: Bay Area Team: Yammer Level 63 Base: 185k sign on bonus: 100k over 2 years Stocks: 300k over 4 years Bonus: 0 -30% (considering 15%) Refreshers - 30k/year (No idea about vesting period) Amazon TC: 260k Location: Sunnyvale Team: Alex
- Amazon offer eval for Seattle. Seems low. I'm a Senior SDE at MS working on ML. Interviews at Amazon were extremely easy. Amazon offer: Base:147k Sign-on cash: 60k for 1st year, 45k for second year. Sign-on RSUs: 90k with 5%, 15%, 40%, 40% vesting. This sounds kind of small. Lower than I'll be getting in MS considering absence of annual b
- Amazon SDM offer and team match help Currently in the team match phase. I was told upfront (prior to loop) about this being an L6 SDM - this is a major downgrade from my current scope (4 teams, 25+ ppl) yet I went forward for interview practice and with the hope they would see some L7 potential. I need some datapoints from Amazonians
- Amazon Should I accept or Not Hi I am from Apple in the Bay Area. i recently interviewed at Amazon for a Sr. PM-T role in Alexa. The recruiter reached back stating i was down leveled and now its a PM-T down leveled to L5 role got the offer. 145k 70k bonus split 2 yrs and 100 rsus. I have 11years of experience.I am excited abo
- vote Amazon or Startup? Little hinging towards Amazon because offer is from a critical Alexa team. Will get to work on variety of projects. Decent amount of senior people to learn from. I am ok if a little extra hours need to be put in since other offer would definitely have lot of pressure to perform. Never worked in a pu
- Quit Amazon Now. After 5 years and 6 months, goodbye to the company which doesn't appreciate talent. Oct 2015 - Alexa team as L4. Built things from scratch and handled oncall like a senior engineer. March 2016 - HV1 (Manager said he fought for TT) March 2017 - TT and Got promoted to L5. March 2018 - TT, March 2019
- Where can I go from Retail @ Amazon I’m currently approaching 18 months as an account manager and I’ve been put through hell and back. From the start it was apparent that the Senior VM had no idea what they were doing and passed all the work onto me and the other AM on the team. They would always say things like, “this isn’t hard”, “x
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- 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