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- Azure outage? I’m filing taxes Why does the stupid tax company use Microsoft Azure? Stupid choice
- Microsoft L60 Azure Atlanta Offer Got this verbal offer from my recruiter earlier. I think it's pretty good. This is after negotiating. The first offer was 140.5k. Team: Azure, Atlanta Base: 111k, Stock: 130k 4yrs, Sign on: 30k total first month TC: 173.5 Plus relocation of 6-8k after tax. My yoe: 2 Opinions? Thanks guys. #o
- vote Microsoft vs Apple offer Recently received offers from AAPL and MSFT. Which offer is better considering WA does not have state taxes? Microsoft Azure (Redmond)- Base - 159k Stocks - 150k/4 Sign on - 50k/2 Bonus - 0-20% Level - L62 Apple (Bay Area)- Base - 165k Stocks - 160k/4 Sign on - 60k Bonus - recruiter didn’t mention
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Switching Teams Microsoft pros and cons I was looking to reteam from my current team due to me wanting more responsibility. Can you reteam and promote at the same time or is this not possible? I don’t mind doing the interview loop just wanted to know if this was doable or not and if this resets the internal promotion timer? I’ve been on
- Significant other working at competing tech company. Any advice or true story. how do you handle? Not about to happen. Was just wondering. Imagine they work in Azure and you work in AWS. or you work on Office and they work on google docs. and you both work from home? has this situation ever happened to you? how did you handle? *New* Blind Tax (you should all follow it): TC>100K YOE>1 NW>2
- Other Benefits/Perks at you Workplace All the unwritten benefits you get. Go wild! I'll go first (India office) Headspace subscription. Pluralsight and O'Reilly subscription. Paid trainings (limited and subjected to approval) Exam fee paid for AWS/AZURE certification exams. GVM shirts. Nothing for travel, entertainment or hardw
- Best laptop options for Microsoft Principal Devs I will be starting with MSFT Azure org and trying to find the best laptop. I am used to macbook pro but that's not the best option from what I have heard, as most of the internal tools apparently don't work well with Mac. Here are some questions I have. 1. What's the best laptop option available to
- RSU refresh at MS for remote employee in tax free Texas As a remote SWE in Azure Global, I am thinking of moving out to a tax free state like Texas or Florida from Bay Area. Will my future TC be negatively impacted ie lower raise, lower or no RSU refresh, lesser annual bonus, or am I overthinking this? My team is based in Redmond, and I visit one week ou
- Do Microsoft Blr ask concurrency/LLD questions? I have an interview coming up at MS for L65 position in Azure team, and I want to understand how to prepare. Of course distributed system design is a must. But, how much should I concentrate on LC/Concurrency/LLD? Regarding Leetcode: My overall LC count is 400+ but it'll take a couple of days time
- link Redmond to SF, base increase? [msft 100% remote] Anyone with approved "100% remote" (esp at Msft) that recently moved *within your same team* from Seattle area to SF or NYC: i) if you got a base pay increase, what was it [%] ? ii) were you able to get an estimated base pay change from someone in HR or did it come from your manager before pullin
- vote Is it better to buy a house? Hi blinders, I am in opt and got job 7months back and this February my h1b will be raised for the first time. I am in Atlanta and is it a good decision to buy a house here now. The things that are to be considered are 1. Suppose I switch in other companies like meta, google and they offer some o
- Microsoft Data Scientist II offer Trying to evaluate an offer that a friend of mine got for #msft #atlanta . Experience: Post-doc in stats/ML currently in top 5 engineering university (1 year). PhD in ECE before that. Position: Data Scientist II, L62 Team/location: #azure compute, Atlanta Type of hire: Industry hire Base: 135k Si
- Switching from Microsoft to Amazon - Tech Sales Comp/Benefits Question In the interview process for an Account Manager role at AWS, currently an Azure seller. The recruiter gave me the basic overview of the Amazon benefits package. Got some questions: How much should I value Microsoft's health benefits over Amazon (in terms of $$)?? I was going to just add up the Amaz
- vote Salesforce vs Google vs Microsoft I have offers from Microsoft, Google and Salesforce: Salesforce Location: Bellevue Level: MTS Base: $150k Performance bonus: 10% => $7.5k (midpoint) RSUs: $252k ($63k/year) Sign-on: $22k Total: $220.5k/year (excluding sign-on) Google Cloud: Location: Sunnyvale Level: L3 Base: $135k Performance
- [IND] Microsoft Recruiter ghosting after AA round Applied for an opening in a Microsoft Azure team. Initially, I had 3 technical rounds. The recruiter said that the feedback was positive and scheduled an AA round. The interview went well according to me and I received a call the next day asking for details like the time when I could join, other off
- Microsoft L63 Offer in Canada Got an offer at level 63 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Please let me know what you guys think about the offer: Base: 150K CAD, Stocks: 115K USD spread over 4 years, Sign On: 25K CAD, Bonus: ranges from 0%-30% IMO, it's a low offer but would like to hear from microsoft devs in vancouver, bc. Cost of li
- vote New grad choosing between Microsoft and Amazon YOE: 0 (New grad) Microsoft L60, Azure Networking Location: Redmond Base: 118k Stock: 130k over 3.5 years Sign on: 25k first year, 25k second year Annual Bonus: 0-20% of base (target 10%) Annual Stock: 0-9k Relocation: 18.5k grossed up TC: ~190-200k first two years, ~166k after Amazon SDE1, Adve
- vote Microsoft / Current company ? Please suggest which one to choose..... I have 1 more h1b attempt left 1) Microsoft Azure, Redmond Lvl-60: TC: 148k (123k + 12.5k stocks/yr + ~12.5k performance bonus 10%) Pros: - Better pay & no state taxes Cons: - not sure if they will move me to Canada in case if my h1b was Not seleted next
- vote [India] Offer eval - Microsoft vs Expedia vs Flipkart I have SDE 1 or equivalent offers, details below. Please help to evaluate which one would be good and if there is any room for negotiations. Microsoft : L60 (Azure org) Base 20lpa Bonus 2lpa (taking avg as 10%) Stocks 30K across 4 years so 5.5lpa Sign-on 2L Total 27.5L excluding signon (they were a
- vote Yelp IC3, FB E4 London vs Apple,Microsoft Hyderabad Blind tax: YoE : 2016 grad(almost 5y) Current TC : 47 LPA/63.2k USD Hello Blind, need your help choosing these offers. My priorities - Live in a nice place for as long as possible(this means for India offers, ranking companies that allow US transfers easier, higher) Save $$$(in the long run, whic
- vote MSFT or Better.com I am currently deciding between joining Microsoft or Better. Both the offers are still active, have not accepted either (deadlines in early January). I was leaning towards Better.com but saw that they had layoffs recently (seemed to be mostly non-SWE folks, so SWE teams are safe?). I like the work
- vote Remain in SRE/DevOps/production role v/s shifting to SDE roles I've been doing all sorts of ops, automation,ci/cd, linux, cloud, tf, k8's oncall work for a while now. My dev work is very limited, like adding metrics, small features, bug fixes ect. Should I remain in this line of work or move towards an SDE role. For SDE roles I'm getting down leveled due to lac
- Broadcom IC Design -- next stop in career? I'm currently an ICB5/Principal based out of Bay Area. TC: 330K, but no bonus this year(?) and salary is pitifully low (140K) Manager has told me my salary is woefully low - they are trying to increase it but can only do 3-5% every year, but no raises this year anyway- LOL. Said no chance to ICB6
- Calling on my Microsoft Blinders for some help Good people of MSFT, I’ve gone through the interview loop via Career Day for a Senior TPM position in Azure, and passed! Unfortunately, there was a tragic miscommunication between the initial recruiter and the hiring managers with regard to location. Post verbal offer, it was revealed that the HM w
- Life Is Good, Future SDE III (feat. Bezos) [Verse: Future SDE III] Working on the weekend like usual Way off in the backend like usual Azure swear they passed us, they doin’ too much Haven’t done my taxes, my stocks turnt up Bezos got bananas in my hands going nuts, Bosses caught me slacking once, ok so what? Someone wrote a sev1, I’d tell
- What do people mean when they say “hard work is compensated...” I have read this idea that “hard work” is compensated at Amazon and FB. That if you prove yourself and deliver, you will be compensated fairly. I have also read stories from this guy with 3 alts on here about his time at MSFT, where he single handedly rewrote a major Azure service and turned it aro
- The Art of Network Engineering - How to Open Shortest Path First from On-Premises to Remote? The Ask: Recommended path to get from point A (on-premises) to Point B (100% remote). Hoping for specific, actionable steps that can be taken. I attempt to provide enough information from my background, but please ask questions if you need more info. Point A (where I am): - On-Site (San Antonio, Te
- vote Uber vs. LinkedIn vs. Google vs. Meta Hey all, I'm currently in the offer/negotiation phase with the companies above, with the exception of Meta where I've just recently wrapped up the final round (although to be honest, I don't think I'm seriously considering Meta). I've received L4/SDE2 equivalent offers with Uber, LinkedIn, and Goo
- For all those asking for advice whether to choose MSFT vs Amzn Everyone compares Microsoft refreshers to other FAANG refreshers. That's unfair. I may be on the upper end of the spectrum at msft, but I am not a rock star. I consistently get 140% rewards, where 100% is target and 200% is max. If you work hard, 140 is guaranteed at MSFT, albeit a bad manager. Her
- vote VMWare or Microsoft I work for Kernel team at Intel. I am a low level system software engineer (not a CS grad but a EE grad i.e. both Masters and Bachelors). I recently started interviewing and got offers from VMware and Microsoft. I am unable to choose one from the both, so any help is highly appreciated. VMWare deta
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- 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
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA