I received a verbal offer for Microsoft within Azure for L67. I check levels but just want to get a baseline of people here on what they think of the numbers and how does L67 compares to across other companies. Base: 270k RSU: 800 over 4 years Signon: 200k over 2 years Annual total (base + rsu): 4...Read more
India specific question Google : small office, less teams Facebook : no engineering office Apple : customer support related work Netflix : no engineering office Amazon : does anyone even go here after MSFT Any well funded startups offering a good deal and having a strong engineering culture? Plea...Read more
What does everyone think about the recent moves Microsoft has been making (like integrating ChatGPT into Bing) and how this impacts Google’s future? Personally I think that it’s Microsoft’s imperative to disrupt Google Search so that GCP, G Suite, Android, and Chromebooks won’t have as much funding...Read more
Huge deprecation banner was added on the documentation page: https://cloud.google.com/iot/docs/resources Google seems to be unable to compete against Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud business. I remember reading on Blind that the funding for Google Cloud will go bye-bye if they don't beat Azure b...Read more
Hi Blind fam, I have been interviewed by Microsoft Hyderabad, India for Azure Networking team. I have got a green signal yesterday from the recruiter and haven't yet received the offer letter (as internal discussion for level is pending). I have also been asked to meet a manager in the Azure Network...Read more
I recently accepted an offer from Microsoft Azure, and everything went great. I was provided with a link to go over the background check with HireRight and that cleared in 4 days with all green flags and no concerns. Since then, I have been ghosted by the HR department and neither the recruiter is r...Read more
I am a currently PM at LM.I came from commercial sector, and hold active TS clearance. That been said, LM will be my last stint in Defense sector. I already posted why I am looking to move. Not gonna stir it anymore. I am not actively looking , but my background is I hold Double Masters in computer...Read more
Despite recent hiring slowdowns and layoffs, there remain positive indicators in the tech sector showing ongoing innovation, growth potential, and jobs in key areas: Cloud Computing Jobs Rising - AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud registering record revenue, fueling new roles especially security and engi...Read more
Hello all, In my current role I develop the migration strategy, the LOE estimates, and pricing for Master Services Agreements, ranging anywhere from $150K to $1M, for providing infrastructure support services, professional services and managed services for the Fed gov. Also knowledgeable on cloud re...Read more
Hello, TeamBlind community! I'm hoping for some guidance regarding my academic and career trajectory. Here's a bit about my background and plans: Undergraduate Major: Graduated summa cum laude from top public school in the US (not Berkeley, the second best UC) with a GPA of 3.95, majoring in non-C...Read more
Hello everyone, I've decided to leave my current role in a Hedge Fund (UK) to work in industrial tech consulting (CH), moving from 50 hours to 42 hours/week and getting more pay (cost of living is about the same). I'm still early in my career, BSc.+MSc. degree CS from ETH with 1YOE. I like both co...Read more
I have two offers to move out of my current position. Can you please help me evaluate my offers better? My current role is swe in the data team. 1. Offer 1 - 12 LPA INR fixed Consultancy company developing solutions on cloud and backend. Role is not thoroughly defined, but the gist is I get to work...Read more
Warning: This will be a long post. I have significantly edited down this story based on inputs from friends to preserve anonymity. Sadly it means leaving out some juicy bits about how your favorite Senior Leadership Team (SLT) member or org leader showed their leadership and empathy or lack thereof....Read more
Hi, I'm a 21 year old with a little over 1.5 years of experience in internships doing software development (i've always done full stack for a website so primarily typescript, react, express, sql. I'm currently working with OpenAI, prisma, Azure - this coop seems like a better learning opportunity). ...Read more
First time posting here. I'm hoping to get some valuable / helpful thoughts to make a decision between two offers. Job 1 - Senior Software Engineer - Data. Full Time Salary at Startup with plenty of funding. Offering base plus equity. Culture seems good. Growing like crazy. Not yet profitable. Alre...Read more
I previously posted a poll with 4 offers, but those were initial numbers. I got improved offers from all companies, and now I have narrowed the choices down to two. Which would you pick, considering that I plan to re-interview for faang in another year? My thinking is to prioritize: 1. wlb - so I c...Read more
Context: I work at Microsoft on a 50-60hr/week important Azure team as an L60. After around a year, even after single-handedly delivering projects that are decently above the scale of my role, there simply seems to be no promo in sight. The bar for swe2 is higher than senior on other teams. I've wor...Read more
TLDR; I joined as an IC4 early last year. Wanted to create a post with unbiased feedback as OCI is trying to hire too many engineers since last two months. Hoping this may help a few who are interested to learn about the OCI. I joined OCI with these expectations: 1. Majority of the azure fundamen...Read more