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- Digital Specialist - Azure App Dev Anyone heard of this role in MS ? This caught my eye and sounds pretty interesting. I'm an SA with 2 years of experience, however have more than 8 years of IT experience. Any gotchas, catches ? TC: $177K
- Looking for someone with experience building mobile app in Xamarin, Azure pipelines I have been working with a friend on an app. It is in social commerce space. My background is in Product Design and my friend is a developer. We need a bit more of developer muscle to help moving forward. DM me if you are interested. #startup #bayarea #xamarin
- Where is blind hosted? Azure? AWS? Google cloud? Alibaba? Oracle cloud???? As asked
- Cloud Solution Architect Career - U.S Hello Blind Community, I have 15+ years of experience in IT. through which I worked on domains: Application Development (Oracle), Database Administration ( Oracle), ERP system admin (Oracle e-Business Suite), Linux, Project Management, etc. In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, I was WFH and had some
- DO and DON'T team at Microsoft Anyone recommends any team to join and not to join at Microsoft? And why? Some common names I saw mentioned in Blind: Azure AI, X-box, Spartans, Azure Kubernete, Azure Linux, Office, Window, etc.
- Does MS has toxic culture ? Microsoft Interview - Team Selection help needed !! Hi Blind, I have azure interviews lined up for Feb 2021. Teams I may get hired for if offered - Azure CXP Azure edge + platform Azure core Azure dedicated Went through blind history, learned CXP has the most toxic culture. Please comment for other teams culture. Please help me out which team wou
- Azure Referral Blind fam. Looking for an Azure solutions architect referral.
- Azure WLB About to get an offer from Azure Communication Services team. I have read many Blind posts mentioning that the WLB in Azure is bad. Can anyone offer any perspective in regards to the wlb in this particular org/team? Thanks in advance! #microsoft #azure
- Good Teams at Microsoft Hi everyone. I wanted to apply for some Microsoft positions that I found interesting, but before doing so, I wanted to get the community’s opinion on the teams these positions are for. I want to avoid any teams with *poor wlb, toxic culture or ancient tech stack*. Searching in Blind, I could mostly
- Looking for Data Engineering referrals Looking to move from a Microsoft stack BI Engineer role to Data Engineer. Want to move to a larger organization with a more challenging role. Loc: United States Skill Set: SQL, Data Modelling, Data Warehousing, ETL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Function Apps, Azure Web Jobs, Azure, SSAS/SSIS/SSRS, P
- Companies with .net stack and RSU compensation I am fairly new to blind and RSU based compensation. I have been working with .net/c#/azure for a long time. While it should be simple to switch to Java, I think productivity would be slow initially. Hence, looking for companies that have .net tech stack and offer RSUs.#engineering #software #swe
- Azure Networking - Bad decision? Work life balance in Azure Networking (Bay area). Is it as bad as blind shows it to be? Too much ops load? Any inputs would be appreciated ! #microsoft #azure #networking #opsload #wlb #worklifebalance #bayarea TC : 200k Exp : 4.5 years
- vote Coinbase IC4 India vs MS Azure L62 India I saw some amazing L62 offers from MS and decided to interview at MS. Before that, i made sure to get a competing offer from Coinbase. Coinbase offer: (Remote) - Base: 45L (includes pf) - Stocks: ~21L/year (annual grant) - Perf Bonus: 2.1L - Joining Bonus: 7L (1st year) - WFH Allowance: 38k/month =
- Certified Azure Solutions Architect - move to Microsoft I've got 22 yoe in software engineering with Microsoft technologies. Been working within Azure for 7 years and 100% remote consulting for 5+ years as a certified Azure Solutions Architect. Currently working for the past 2 years in 100% Azure architecture role (with no coding unless you count Logic A
- Oncall load at salesforce?? Hi blind, I have a outstanding offer from salesforce, LMTS, Bellevue, marketing cloud. I am currently at Azure and burnt by huge oncall load here. Wanted to know how is the oncall load in Salesforce? Any perks offered for oncall? Irrelevant, adding just to respect blind culture Current TC: 270K S
- Microsoft offer on the Azure storage team - being asked about expectations on Base, Bonus and Stock Hey everyone, I have an offer from the Microsoft Azure storage team and am being asked about my expectations on Base, Bonus and Stock. 1. Is this a good team with good WLB? 2. What numbers should I provide for the above? 3. What level should I be pushing for? Can I ask for 63? 4. Will the recruiter
- Help me choose the teams at Microsoft I’ve received offers from both Azure global and Azure compute. Both teams seem great, but for those who have worked in/with the Global or Compute teams, any insights you can share? Some challenges or concerns I should know? Thanks Blind family! #microsoft #microsoftcareers
- vote Microsoft Azure CosmosDB Team in Bangalore Recruiter reached out for SDE2 opportunity in Azure CosmosDB Team in Bangalore and scheduled interviews next week. Some blind reviews speak negatively about cosmosDB, recent reviews are positive. Can MS folks help me here regarding Work,Projects, WLB and operational load? TC: 38L Yoe: 3.1 #Micro
- Microsoft - SWE Azure Telemetry vs Azure monitor control service Hello Blind, I recently got an offer from two different teams in Microsoft Azure(for SWE), one is azure telemetry (basically they are a time series database) other one is Azure monitor control service (relatively new team from what I understand) I have to make a decision to pick one. Any advice fro
- Offer from Microsoft - Customer Engineer, Security Hi all, I’m looking to get some more context on an offer I got from Microsoft. The initial offer is for a Level 61 position as a ‘Customer Engineer, Security’ (formally known as Premier Field Engineer) Offer is: $125k base $5k sign on bonus $30k sign on stock over 4 years ($7.5 per year) TC: $137.
- How much time does Microsoft India take? How much time does Microsoft India take to give their offer numbers after receiving the documents? I interviewed for SDE-1 in Azure Networking. #microsoft Blind tax: TC: 17.4 yoe: 1
- AWS -> Azure ? I have an offer from MS Azure. TC wise there is not much of a difference between my current TC and Azure TC. Wanted to see what people in Blind think of this? Is it a worthy to move or should I stick to AWS? YOE: 5 Role: SDE #swe #software #microsoft #aws #amzon
- Is Microsoft really that bad? Just received an offer new grad for Atlanta office. Is Microsoft really that bad though? I thought only Azure had bad wlb and then the moderately okay comp, but I see some posts talking about it being toxic culture and possible layoffs for some teams/orgs? Is this just Blind being Blind or should I
- Boston Tech Scene Hey Blind, Recently looking to relocate to Boston and wondering what tech companies would be best to focus my resume on. Primary. NET stack on Azure Yoe:7 TC:210
- vote AWS Stack Hey guys - Does AWS tech stack/credentials have any value at tech companies outside of pre-sales? —Addressing Annoying Blind Snarkiness— “Why AWS stack and not Azure/GCP?” Because aws has 49.2% market share as of 2022 “Just look online” No, it’s easier to ask here “WTF is stellantis” 7th largest
- Microsoft Azure Frontend Engineer L61 offer Hello Blind Community , I have a offer from Microsoft Seattle Azure UX team as a Frontend engineer at L61 . What TC should I ask for ? YOE : 5 Years
- Microsoft CSAM role Hi Blind community, would anyone be willing to refer me to a Customer Success Account Manager (CSAM) role for Microsoft Cloud Solutions? I have technical customer success experience. Thanks! #referral #microsoft #azure #cloud
- vote Are certifications really worth it ? Hello y’all. I see a lot of people posting cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, Salesforce etc) in LinkedIn. Are they really worth it? What does Blind community feel about them ? Also what about network certifications by Cisco ? Tc: 98k
- Which company's are currently hiring? Hello Blind Friends, I lost my job today and is trying to find out which company's are currently hiring? I am on work Visa and I have 60 days to find a job. #vmware #cloud #nutanix #projectmanager #aws #azure #h1b
- Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect - Interview Prep Got a first round technical phone screen interview for a Cloud Solutions Architect role - in App Dev at MSFT. Can someone please shed some light on the interview process and what that will entail? #tech #Microsoft #azure
- Last Day at Microsoft I feel so sad/happy that tomorrow is my last day at Azure, Microsoft. Hopefully, New Job brings new opportunities and learnings. Thanks to the whole Blind community for keeping me sane through the job change process!! Old TC: 230K / level : 62 New TC: 330K Yoe: 4.5 years #newjob #tech
- vote Anyone joining Microsoft In April at Redmond, Please comment / vote with the market upside down & blind talking about layoff, looking for advice on whether to stay put at current job or join Microsoft? Org: Azure Please no trolling, looking for serious advice. #covid-19 #microsoft #layoff #changejobs
- Google enterprise Cloud Architect - financial services Hi, today google recruiter pinged me for Cloud Architect role, financial services. Any tips on how to prepare? I am a cloud architect but only designed few apps on cloud. #tech #google #aws #azure
- Cloud support engineer or SRE 🤔 Hi team Blind! Please looking for referral and mentors. Have a MS in network & information system management. I am fairly new in the US. Solid background in Tech support (5yoe) + Linux + Cloud (more azure than aws). No coding background. Looking for Systems Admin roles or Cloud Support... anythin
- Teams with good WLB at Meta NYC Just got an offer from Meta NYC, does anyone if there are any teams with decent WLB? A bit hesitant to join Meta due to poor WLB reviews on Blind but would consider if it’s possible to work 8-9 hours a day. Currently in Azure. TC: 195K YOE: 1.5
- What are you looking for in referrals? I’m currently a support engineer for Azure, learning python and data structures and algorithms and git. No degree, but did Red Team in the Navy. When someone posts on blind for a referral, what are you looking for in that person before doing that for them?
- Contemplating Msft offer - Principal PM Manager Old Tc : 280K; L6 @Amazon. New Tc being offered :410k - non-Azure Keeping TC bump aside, thinking long term, will Msft be rest and vest kind of journey , or depends on Manager /org? Blind consensus seems to be rest/vest except few Azure teams.. Can someone shed light if this is a pure people manag
- Fix your shit Amazon What is the use of asking so much system design in your interviews if you ducking can’t design your system. Can’t load customer uploaded product images from app or website. It has been 2 hours. WTF. Fix your s3 bucket shit or move to Azure cloud
- Azure principal Product Manager v-onsite I have an upcoming virtual onsite for a Principal PM role in Azure. The loop has 4 rounds. Can one of you amazing blind people please share insights on the 4 rounds and what questions to expect. TC: $315k YOE: 8
- Best way to prepare as a Microsoft New Grad Accepted an offer from the Azure Commerce and Ecosystems team (I know blind thinks its shit but it was the best offer I had) and I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions as to technologies/processes/books that I should familiarize myself with to get off to the best start. I've already worked o
- AWS vs Azure - How it compares I was at AWS as SDE2 and joined Azure as Senior (63). Here's a roughly how I feel, having worked at both places: Azure Pros: 1- WLB is much better - 40-45 hours is norm in my org. 2 - Culture is 100x better. Manager cares about employees. Family oriented. Despite all the hate/trolls in Blind on M
- How do you handle multiple ? How common to reject after accepting ? I have been negotiating with OCI for quite some time. The ultimate offer came quite lowball. At that moment I did not have any other offer so I have accepted and the Background check started without any Immigration process. I got another offer from MSFT Azure. Whatever is the blind opinion on MSFT ,
- Microsoft offer Did anyone clear virtual interview and receive an offer recently? Looking at blind conversations, it is not clear what is going on. I was told by the recruiter that my interview went well, and she wants to schedule a call with me. #Azure#principal
- vote Why Microsoft has a good WLB rating on Blind? Everyday, I see posts of people working in Azure org complaining about the Microsoft WLB. How come Microsoft has such a good WLB rating on Blind? Are all teams in Azure bad? Or is it just some teams? How would you identify whether a team is bad in terms of WLB? Do small and new teams have good WLB
- MSFT Azure vs Ripple Hi, I got selection confirmation from MSFT Azure and Ripple (Crypto Company), no compensation figure yet but I would like to known from blind community about pros/cons and career growth and TC range. My background is from DevOps side, sorry can't disclose much as my company is small. I will update
- vote Microsoft offer - Should I make the switch Current role - great tech stack (python, node, go, aws), great wlb, nice team, good work (apis/web-apps), below avg comp Microsoft offer - non azure, internal tools (.NET core with possible use of other stacks), not very excited about the work, ~50% comp increase Same location Curr TC: 165K Offere
- Referral for Azure needed -Interviewing at GCP, Oracle OCI and Salesforce Hello Blind, I currently have processes open with GCP Oracle and Salesforce. I would like to get a referral for Microsoft Azure. They are all Customer Engineer/Pre-sales roles. Thanks! YOE: 5 location: Texas TC: 130k
- Microsoft more productive than Facebook? MSFT total # of employees: 140,000 FB total # of employees: 45,000 Microsoft major products: Office/Office Web Apps, Windows, Azure, Bing, Xbox, Hololens, Visual Studio, and a bunch of enterprise stuff like Dynamics, Teams, SharePoints, etc Facebook major products: FB app, Messenger, Instagram, Wh
- Microsoft Azure India L60 Stocks Will get verbal numbers from Microsoft Azure in a day or two. Just wanted to know the amount of stock that you have seen on any L60 India offer with 2YOE. Rest everything I can guess by seeing other blind posts for the same position. Stock is something that I am not able to get good idea because t
- Didn't crack Google.. Looking for any DevOps referrals in Toronto Just found out I didn't crack the Google interview, but now I can't get my mind off of jumping ship. I'm a Cloud / DevOps engineer with 4 yoe. Ideally would love to work on the Azure platform, but open to AWS or GCP. Blind Tax : 150K