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- Wayfair Offer Evaluation Hello Blind Community, I have an offer from wayfair L3 location is Austin. They are offering me 182k base and 65k in stocks at 200 dollars evaluation which is bullshit. Also have good signing bonus around 80k for the first year and 25k for the second year. So if I calculate my average take home o
- Senior TPM salary band for LinkedIn Asking for a friend Can someone please share Senior TPM salary band for LinkedIn for their Bay Area / HCOL positions. Friends TC: 🥜🥜 My TC: 🥜 after stock drop. Thanks blind fam!
- vote Meta E4 Offer. Should I defer my start date? Hi Blind Meta stock is going through a blood bath right now. My start date is in late February. So the stock price for allotment will be the average closing price in Jan. Should I ask recruiter to defer my start date to March? Has anyone else done it? Please share your experience. What excuse did
- Eastside - why is this not selling in Redmond? Yes schools are not that great but still good. Why is this not selling? The price under $380 per sqft is great. Is this due to market slow down or something wrong with this house or location? https://www.redfin.com/WA/Redmond/26726-NE-Ames-Lake-Rd-98053/home/2060859?600390594=copy_variant&231528114
- Which stocks to buy now? Collective intelligence of TeamBlind, please share your knowledge regarding stocks. Which stocks should we buy and why?
- vote What happened to peloton/better. Will it happen to other companies? What happened to peloton/better, it is going to happen to other companies that grew exponentially in pandemic, ex Shopify, ServiceNow, DocuSign, Twilio, TikTok, Square, Wayfair, Compass, Spotify, Okta, Id.me, Chewy What are your thoughts blind? #servicenow #docusign #twilio #TikTok #square #wayfai
- Get a grip, everyone… I’ve never encountered such throngs of scared, frantic & anxious people than the last couple of weeks on Blind. Believe it or not, the stock market goes 📈 and it goes 📉. This may be a hard pill to swallow, but a lot of companies in our industry are overvalued (while others who don’t make any mone
- Never trust blind I asked for a hot investment advice on blind a few months ago and everyone kept saying buy NIO stock and after I bought it it went down 40%. Never again blind. Thanks for nothing.
- Where should I invest 100k right now? Not familiar with investment, but got scared by the recent inflation. I have ~100k cash in hand, can blind family give me suggestion where to invest? Stock market seems too high and housing is not affordable.#investments
- vote Snap, meta or Snowflake Currently at Snowflake. Senior Got an offer from Meta E4(trying for E5) -maybe same offer as my current compensation Have interview with Snap Snowflake stock is breakeven with my offer, so not sure if I should leave or stay. Note: haven't vested my snowflake stock yet, but considering stock going
- Why does Meta have such a PM shortage? It’s clear to me that they do because I’ve been hit up by recruiters every month for the last year. Sometimes multiple recruiters in a month. Is this because the metaverse just needs so many damn products to be built real fast? Or is it because a bunch of PMs quit in the last year? Blind Tax: $250
- I have cash laying around, can I buy stocks now? Hi Blind friends, I have around $50k cash laying around after emergency savings for 6 months. I don’t know much about stocks and every time I buy at the wrong time and sell at the wrong time. Is it a good time to buy stock now? If so, what stocks are better bet? TC:240k after drop 195k
- How people get mindblowing TC of 500K and more? I have seen bunch of posts on Blind where people have crazy TC like 400K-500K or even more. Not sure if these are mostly FAANG TC. Do companies really offer that much RSUs or these high comps are because of tech stock appreciation in last few years? #tc #compensation TC - 230K YOE -7 Edit: Thank
- link Apple Cloth available, would you buy one? https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/apples-19-polishing-cloth-is-back-in-stock-but-youll-have-to-act-quickly/ Blind Tax - 265k #tech
- vote [Meta] Do you think Blind will go the LinkedIn/Glassdoor route and degrade? We are already seeing HR infiltrating blind and posting fake positive reviews/comments and replies. While there's a lot of genuine and helpful content here, the larger and more mainstream this app gets (which blind definitely wants) - the more we'll start seeing targetted PR campaigns from companies
- Saving 3L per month and have 50L in the bank, how should i invest this? Blind Tax 78L 8 YOE #savings #personalfinance #investments #stock #plot #debt #mutualfunds #indexfunds #crypto #fd
- Things to be aware of when investing To the the younger folks on Blind. When I was younger early 20s I lost lot of money in the stock market because I thought I knew what I was doing but in reality I didn’t. If this helps even one person it’s well worth it. 1. Be afraid when everyone is buying and people who don’t really invest star
- Rate Intel offer Hi Folks. Partner got an offer from Intel HW in SD. Base:190 Bonus:40 RSU: 190/3 yr Current: 10 yoe, 184k TC. What do you think about the offer? Blind tax: TC 320k without stock appreciation. 430 with. #hardware #interview #semiconductor
- Pointers to increase net worth? Touched 200k in net worth at age 28. Mostly in RSUs, savings and stocks. Feel accomplished (not by blind standards though). I mostly invest in index funds and blue chip stocks. What will be some pointers from blind community to increase net worth from this point forward. (Not looking for meme stock
- Amazon vs Tier 2/3 Non-FAANG Thinking about making a move from Amazon to solid tier 2/3 Non FAANG tech company. Been at Amazon 2.5 years and I was expecting my next move to be a “step up” but can’t seem to get Senior Manager interviews, etc. My gut is telling me it’s a step down in prestige but I’m not sure. Current L6 SDM TC:
- Biggest investments in your portfolio Investors of Blind, What is your biggest investment stocks/ETFs in your portfolio (Individual or IRA)? Additionally, what is your biggest investment overall (crypto/house etc) I’ll start - Stocks - ARK funds (100K), VGT (50K), MSFT (90K) are some of the biggest ones. Other - House (475K equity)
- vote Buying Russian stocks As title says “ In todays market, buying Russian stocks is a profitable move or no ?” Blind tax - 240 TC
- Do Adobe give on hire stocks in India now ? One of my friend got offer from Adobe - non cloud - 8 years/ Offered CTC 22 fixed, 15% variable - and guess what no on hire stocks. Blind tax: current ctc 30 L, 10L rsu every year , 9 years of experience.
- [India] Companies that pay ~80L base and ~1.5Cr Tc to 6-7 year SDE? Please share if you have any data to add here. Blind tax: base 35 rsu 30 bonus 3 tc ~70 Yoe - 7
- Which stocks you pick during this “buy low” time Just wondering which stocks you picked to buy while market is low. Planning to load PINS, FB, TWTR but checking with my fellow blind people if I need to add more to this list. TC: 220K #tech #finance #stockmarket
- Offer evaluation help Hi Blind folks!! Need help with the offer evaluation. Offer 1: MSFT Level : L62 Base: 40L Stock : 100k(4 years) JB: 13(7+6) Bonus : 0-20%(avg: 10) Offer 2: GS Level : VP Base : 51L JB: 3L Stock: 55k(4 years) Bonus : 12-15 as told by recruiter (prorated) Got MS offer before and accepted it (not su
- Your big Non- tech equity holdings ? Most on blind that I’ve come across out their money into tech stocks (or index funds). Curious if any of you are holding significant money into non-tech stocks that you’re bullish about. I’m personally holding few commodity funds besides my tech investments.
- Meta E5 or Google L4/L5 Hi you blind shits (love you all) Got a Google L4 (or L5 based on additional interviews) offer and also a Meta E5 offer. Google hasn't given any numbers yet because team matching is still going on. Meta came in with this... Base: 205k RSU: 800/4 years Sign On: 90k Is there any chance Google matc
- vote Cloudflare Vs Crowdstrike stock Which one to buy now? And which has more potential to grow? Blind tax: TC: 130 K Yoe: 8 Months #stocks #investments
- Blind Thank you post Meta offer -E4 !!!!! No advice needed , just giving back to blind community. I cracked meta on-site and was able to increase my compensation quite a lot , major credit to blind posts and data points , here is the summary Inital offer - Base - 98k Euro Perf bonus - 15 percent Stocks 123k USD After 1st round of negotia
- vote Rate my Google L3 India offer Offered TC at Google : ~ 50 Lakhs Total Experience : ~ 10 months (2021 Graduate) Base : 25 Lakhs Target Bonus : 3.75 Lakhs (15 percent) Joining bonus : 4 Lakhs PF/Gratuity : 1.68 Lakhs RSU : 20K USD( 15.5 Lakhs roughly for first year) ( 60 K USD total with Google's standard vesting) Total : 25+3.75
- link Top companies to work for in Bangalore India Hi All, I am compling a list of top companies to work for in Bangalore. This list is based on TC, Blind rating (3.5+) WLB and growth opportunities. This list is unordered. 1. Google 2. LinkedIn 3. Microsoft 4. Twilio 5. Twitter 6. Airbnb 7. Atlasian 8. PayPal 9. Stripe 10. Coinbase 11. Apple 12. S
- vote Can the Blind community be characterized as “permabear” So this is totally anecdotal, but the Blind community seems aggressively bearish. If a major tech stock misses earnings (Meta, Netflix, etc), there are multitudes of posts about the tech bubble popping. If there is any aggressive downward market movement (case in point, last week), there are multi
- I work two full time remote jobs. TC ~750k. AMA I'm going to be intentionally even more vague than I'd normally be on Blind to avoid doxxing myself for obvious reasons. But I'll do my best to answer as accurately and truthfully as possible without giving myself away. First the basics: YOE: 8 Job 1 - Senior SWE (public tech) TC = ~400k (160k bas
- Why are people so obsessed with Meta? In the past few days I realzied that all this fear mongering on blind can really affect you? I have an offer from Meta joining in late June and instead of being happy I got stressed thinking about what ifs, all this nonsense over here messes with your brain 😡 For others like me dont let it get
- Microsoft to Google India Notice Period and Stocks What is the required notice period at Microsoft India? I also got my stocks allocated in mid August last year. If my leaving date is a couple of days after that will I get the stocks? also how long after joining will Google stock be allocated? What would the vesting schedule be? Blind Tax: TC: 22
- Folks who joined Apple as new grad PhDs What was your initial TC in [base/4-yr RSU/perf bonus] format? My initial TC: ~200k [155k/105k/13%] Edit: Thanks for the wonderful insights, blind. Y’all will get me fired one day.
- OCI India vs Intuit India Please help me evaluate the below offers. Priority is: 1. WLB 2. Good work OCI, principal engineer (IC4): 80 LPA ctc + 4 JB (54 fixed and rest stocks). Don't know much about the culture or working hours here. Intuit, SSE: 70 LPA ctc + 10 JB( 50 fixed + 15% annual bonus + stocks). The team at intu
- Which stock will perform best in 2022 Pick a stock that you think will have the highest ytd return in 2022. At the end of next year we can see how well Blind can pick stocks. Requirement: > 1bil in market cap so this doesn’t turn into a Penny Stock competition.
- Amazon is #1!!! (?) I wonder what metrics they used for this? #amazon #linkedin EDIT: FINE, blind tax: TC: ~165k, depending on the Australian Stock Market :P 150k base, 10k shares, 5k bonus (shares were trading at ~$0.90 last I heard, rather than the "historical" $1, thanks obama)
- PANW espp plan changed? Joining Panw in about 3 weeks. Heard panw no longer offers 2- year look back price on espp. Is this true?. Can panw folks please confirm?. Thanks Blind tax: 195k #panw #espp
- vote Rubrik Bangalore vs Google Dublin Hey Blind network !! Asking for a friend, what should he choose for a new grad Software Engineer offer between : Rubrik, Bangalore - Base : 41 K $ Bonus : 13 K $ Stock : 4600 units over 4 years (As discussed in other threads on blind, 50$ being the secondary market price, yearly stock worth 58 K)
- vote Rate my Google l6 offer Location : Sunnyvale Base: 260k Bonus: 20% (52k) RSU: 920k (vesting: 33, 33, 22, 12) Signon: 100k YOE: 11 Blind tax: 270k
- Amazon India salary range for L6 SDM? What is the new L6 range for Amazon for SDM. Is it worth to pursue the same? Blind tax TC 1.64(Base+variable+stocks) YOE 15+ I want to pursue L7 but looks like it is difficult for my YOE #faang #amazoncompensation
- Coinbase annual value to shares Hi, I recently received coinbase offer for staff engineer and was provided with dollar amount for equity. I want to understand when are the number of shares determined for the dollar value? Offer document contains legalese and mentions that board determines the number of shares at award date. It d
- vote 2022 Recession (Follow up from 2021) Follow up on last years post :2021 Recession https://us.teamblind.com/s/zQzG41Pa How many of you think recession is definitely imminent this year? #personalfinance #investments #blind #recession #finance #money #stock #stockmarket #market #housing #stockoptions #nyse #nasdaq #future #2022
- vote TCs reported on blind What TC do you report on blind? Do you sum up the dollar value of cash salary plus RSU grants or do you add RSUs value *after* actual appreciation/depreciation? (Obviously this doesn’t apply to new-hire salaries.) TC: 300k (leaving it for folks to guess which one is it 😂)
- Did Doordash, Snap, Pinterest issue additional RSUs? Given the recent drop in stock price there’s a chatter in Meta’s internal blind that Doordash, Snap, Pinterest and Robinhood issued additional stock grants. Is that true? Can anybody share more details? #doordash #robinhood #snap #pinterest
- Twilio Vesting Schedule Has Twilio changed the RSU vesting schedule to remove the 1 year cliff? Blind tax: TC 250k
- Any well funded hardware team looking for PhDs? I currently work for an aerospace startup in the Bay Area. The work isn’t very challenging anymore and volunteer 2 months severance was recently offered. Red flag for me. I just got promoted to senior design engineer and have a PhD. Any help/ suggestions? Edit1: by hardware I meant mechanical engin