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- apple annual rewards What are the annual rewards range at apple for ICT3, ICT4, and ICT5? in comparison, at MSFT, an L61/62 get 0-10% reward, L63/64 gets 0-20% reward? What is the reward system for Apple?
- Help evaluate risk vs reward (Apple vs Startup) Hey all, Currently am an ICT3 PD (Product Design Engineer) at Apple with 4YOE. TC is ~225 (150 base/75 RSU annually currently), and I'm evaluating an offer from a Series D robotics/hardware startup. They're offering ~275TC (185 base/90 in *options* annually). Now the base increase is great, and on
- link Any Apple employees that received this? What’s going on? https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-again-rewarding-some-engineers-with-up-to-200k-in-stock-bonuses.2339479/
- Why Apple India is so adamant about negotiations Hr don't even let me talk , keeps saying same thing everytime you'd be rewarded in years, compare Apple stocks growth, also think about branding you get, is this true Apple stocks grow by greater margin or I get huge refreshers every year Apple ICT3 32LPA base 5% bonus 1.9EPF 92k stocks(17.3 lakhs s
- Which companies are the new FAANG? Back in the day, Google, Facebook, Apple etc were the companies everyone wanted to work for - lots of investments, high salaries, and 'cool' factor. Now people are disillusioned, there are lawsuits, biased algorithms and AWOL visionary leadership. Which are the NEW cool companies to work for - and
- Apple HW to Facebook/Oculus HW Wanted to hear experiences of folks who made this switch. How is the new life? Better TC? Better WLB? More rewarding work? @Apple, @Facebook, @Oculus
- Attain by Aetna worth it? Attain by Aetna tracks exercises with Apple Watch and rewards with either $275 gift cards or Apple Watch series 6 if you pay $200. Wonder what are the daily exercise requirements for award and how difficult is it. Should one choose Apple Watch option or gift cards option? I currently do not have Ap
- What credit cards do you own? I will go first: Chase sapphire reserve (bad pick lol) Amex blue cash preferred City double cash back Amazon prime visa rewards Apple card
- Best stocks to invest : which report you read and why I am just getting started in stock market, so far I have stayed with top tech companies such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple. I have been rewarded well for my money. #stock, #stockmarket
- vote Offer evaluation Apple vs Amazon Lab 126 I have 2 offers in hand from Apple and Amazon for Hardware Engineering related roles. Amazon Lab126 is a significantly higher pay but work at Apple feels more rewarding. Wanted some inputs on culture and work at Amazon. Amazon: Level: L5 Base: 160k Bonus: 95k, 75k ( year 1 and 2) RSU: 60 stocks ove
- vote Apple Contract or Startup FTE Title says it all. Work and team culture is interesting and rewarding at my current job but Apple contract has no benefits or RSUs. Startup has great benefits and perks. Both roles are Product Manager role Also will leaving apple with less a year of experience look bad if I have to search for a job
- What are some benefits at Apple ? At MS, we have a bunch of small benefits for medical and reimbursements for gym among many others. What are some of the benefits you get at Apple outside of normal salary, RSUs and rewards ?
- Top Apple Teams What are some of the top Apple teams? Not familiar with them all but are some more prestigious/rewarding than others? ie wireless silicon dev team, iOS dev team, etc
- Patent Bonus at FB and Apple Can some one share the patent rewards program at Facebook and Apple? I know that Google gives 5000 bucks and Broadcom about 4K split into two (It used to be generous 500 RSU during the legacy Broadcom days, but things have changed since) Does FB and Apple encourage patents/IPR. Any schemes in place
- How is iPhone- product operations team? Considering an ops role in iPhone team. How is the team in terms of career growth potential and reward? I expect long hours, evening calls but is it worth it for the learning and career growth scope? This is assuming that the team believes in meritocracy. Tc: 190k Yoe:4 @apple @intel
- SFO-Hong Kong Cathay vs United Business Class Recently joined GSM team at Apple. Will be travelling frequently to HK and Shanghai. Any recommendations on United vs Cathay. Which has better inflight services and rewards program(especially for travel to India) Full Disclosure - Indian guy looks to collect points to visit back. TC - 200k
- Happy until Blind My TC increased by about 100K in the last 2 years and I was really excited . That is until I found blind ..I look at the salaries at FAANG and similar and now I yearn for more lol . I always wanted to work at FAANG for the exclusivity that it offered but hey I am at Dell not sure if I am good enoug
- Expecting an offer from Nvidia and Apple I am expecting an offer from Nvidia/Apple for a DV role and they asked for ranges for TC, base, and annual RSU. What should I ask for? Current TC: Base:155k RSU: 80k to vest over 2 years Expecting 20k reward bonus 5YoE Location: Remote/Austin Texas
- What team is better for ML in Meta Asking about AI teams, Mainly personalization/Ranking teams Between working in Reels : - High impact - High Risk - high reward: new product, things might get ugly but if it pays off, the impact will be great - Unkown WLB: Not that I care, I prioritize growth and learning Ads: - Interesting new pro
- What are some tax saving tricks, which very few people know of? Organisations like Apple, Google use complex tax structuring to minimize their taxes, how can an employee do such forms of tax structuring? Say like giving on paper offer as contractor and treating as employee for tax efficiency ? Or giving salary as gold/bitcoin rewards / flight tickets / paid holi
- Apple, how do you polish your UI as a google engineer, i find we're not incentivized to fix small UI polish bugs... there's just no impact and no appreciation for this kind of work. we might do it once a year during a "fix it" week. so, I'm wondering how does Apple ensure their software looks perfect each release? do they reward
- vote Having a kid soon, but not happy with company. Should I leave before my kid is born or after? I work at Apple as an IC4 with TC $220K in Data Science/Analytics. Been working with Apple 5+ years. Working overall for ~10 years. The work has not been rewarding at all, and Apple has a terrible growth path in the field of data. I discussed this issue with my manager, but I feel ignored and I don
- Switching companies: Apple to Snapchat Is it crazy? Snap seems unstable but higher risk higher reward early on in life seems to be the way to go Did anybody do this and care to share their experience? Background: TC will increase significantly and moving from Bay Area to LA is a huge plus. Downsides: I will be forfeiting >$150k unves
- vote Credit card recommendation? Moving to a new city and will be spending a lot in the next couple of months - furniture, home deco etc. Whole Foods is around the corner and not owning a car so will likely take Uber time to time. My job doesn't require any travel, so wondering which credit card would work best for me. Currently
- Google dividend ever? I've been waiting for years for Google to finally reward their shareholders with a quarterly dividend. They have plenty of cash on hand, consistently strong earnings, and expanding lines of business with YouTube, devices, and Cloud. WTH are they waiting for? The only companies with larger cash posi
- Of course US is cashless society Most stores POS has Google pay/apple pay/Chase pay. And with Google pay I can load all my bar-code based cards (library card, Costco card, Ikea card, reward cards) and just give the cards bar code on my phone screen for the saleswoman to scan. And to pay others? Venmo and Chase pay. I haven't used
- vote Once in FAANG, should one consider leaving? At Apple, I am bored out of my mind in my group. The work is boring and not rewarding. Frankly, I also feel underappreciated and underpaid. I am talking to #amazon and #google (because I am a fanboy), but wondering if it will be as boring and repetitive. Sometimes I wonder whether I should cons
- Anything competitive with Google? I am leaving Uber. After multiple startups I am finally seeking work life balance. I borrowed time from my family and myself for too long and the reward doesn't outweigh the risks and the toll. A lot is already written about best employers for developers, but not much is said about managers. Who
- vote Is it Safe to Join Coinbase ?? With current market and risk in crypto and blockchain technologies?? They Pay Awesome I have received a very good offer from Coinbase after 8 interviews and hiring manager seems very nice guy, I am looking for answers from experts about risk/reward balance to join company like Coinbase considering business they are operating and market dealing with decentralized technologies. I have
- Companies w/o Peer Reviews As some may already know Apple has yearly performance reviews that are based on feedback from your coworkers and direct manager. Some managers consider coworkers feedback heavily while other managers use their own judgement when it comes to giving feedback and awarding compensation. I think the sy
- vote Does being a manager at Amazon negatively affect long-term career? I’m currently an engineering manager at Amazon, previously Apple. - Yes we do have to PIP people but luckily I haven’t had to for my team. - Yes there are managers who I’ve worked with who have no empathy and/or no technical skills. - Yes our compensation doesn’t reward good performance when stoc
- Blockchain technology books I do not have a technical background but would like to understand more about bitcoin and the underlying technology. From my very basic understanding it has the capabilities to store long lists that can track all kind of stuff? Does anyone have any good suggestions on books that may help me understan
- Apple Offer Evaluation 🔥 Just got an offer from Apple, you tell me whether you think good or bad, average or low. This is an offer for EPM, he wouldn't tell me a number lvl but said high senior. I have 5 yoe as PM at msft. 180k base 75k sign-on cash 160k RSUs over 4 yrs He said annual rewards are typically 3% merit increa
- What Microsoft benefits do you lose at Amazon? When comparing offers, benefits make things less black and white. Microsoft has great benefits that are easy to overlook when a big signing bonus offer is made, but that’s a long term benefit whereas the immediately available benefits can really impact life starting on Day 1. Sounds like Microsoft
- Burnt out and I want to work at a farm for a while I wanna leave immediately if I can. I hate the project and the tasks assigned to me. I feel sick under my stomach to the point I can’t stop the racing thoughts of hating my job on a thanksgiving break. I want to quit if I don’t have visa constraint and that I don’t need to continue to work to repay
- New Grad Referrals I am currently completing my Masters in Computer Science from a top 10 public university in the United States. I have prior internships at Fortune 500 companies and a couple of good tech full time offers. However, I really want to take on challenging roles and work at either Unicorns, HFT/Hedge Fun
- Is Google really that great? I personally love working at Apple, started a year after school and don’t really have complaints. The products we make are cool, coworkers are smart, work is fulfilling and WLB is good. Each year we release new products and features and watching them come to market is exciting and rewarding. Howeve
- New Grad Referral I am currently completing my Masters in Computer Science from a top 10 public university in the United States. I have prior internships at Fortune 500 companies and a couple of good tech full time offers. However, I really want to take on challenging roles and work at either Unicorns, HFT/Hedge Fun
- vote Offer eval: Airbnb L5 vs Dropbox IC4 vs FB E5 Blind fam, first & foremost thanks for all the learnings & motivation through countless discussions. You guys & girls are awesome 🙌🏼 Need your tips deciding among following offers. Please take the poll & add a comment? 🙏 ▪️Facebook E5: 390 ▪️Airbnb L5: FB + 20 ▪️Dropbox IC4: FB + 35 Role: Senio
- Resume review - Supply Chain Hi everyone, I’m looking to chase the dream in tech and planning to look at opportunities in the supply chain space (Global Supply Manager roles seem like a logical entry point). I currently work as a Supply Chain Director for a fairly large Canadian conglomerate and want to move down to the Bay. I
- Compare two offers Got two offers and I leave it to blind to tell me what makes the most sense at this point. The Home Depot 125k base SWE 2 10k signing bonus Not sure on target for bonus and yearly stock Remote Ass health insurance Java SWE role plus some react US Bank (Bancorp?) 130k Senior DevOps role No signi
- WHY most of Big Tech does NOT want fully remote https://ez.substack.com/p/the-work-from-home-future-is-destroying "...remote work inherently messes with the power dynamic of the worker and the boss, and it is going to make many, many brains malfunction.” The reason isn’t just about control, but the very fabric of how employment or contract work
- Switch from HW Engineering to SWE Thinking about switching to software from hardware. I’ve always been a fan of hardware and passionate about it but never really gave software a chance. While my passion still remains and the work can be second nature at times, the work just seems far and few in between in terms of “rewarding events
- How do you run a company with sustainable growth? Looking at Netflix today it seems wild that the only thing that the market rewards is more profits and unlimited growth. To me it seems Netflix is basically reaching / reached the point of the streaming market cap. Unless they make drastically cheaper plans, they aren’t going to find more users. Als
- Help me get rid of my positive work ethic! This is probably a result of my upbringing. In my fantasy land, I am great my work (genuinely good not fake good), get promoted, and get lots of TC. Instead I'm great at my work (I am the single point of failure for my team), promo is slow as fuck and TC is ok for now but cliff is coming. I'm not
- Hardware Roles in FAANvG Reposting from TI Lounge since there is no activity there (as expected) I have been working at TI Santa Clara for little over 4 years now. I am currently a Systems Engineer and have had it enough with some of the mundane and repetitive task overload this year. I am planning to look for opportunitie
- Thanks Microsoft, yet bye! Generation Y was still attracted to Microsoft. I grew up on Windows and played Xbox. Great signing bonus and a good first manager helped, and first year was amazing. Yet, leaving the company this last Friday I reflected on the second year, and what happened, and what could make the company better,
- 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
- 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