Want to see the real deal?
More inside scoop? View in App
More inside scoop? View in App
blind
SUPPORT
FOLLOW US
DOWNLOAD THE APP:
FOLLOWING
Industries
Job Groups
- Software Engineering
- Product Management
- Information Technology
- Data Science & Analytics
- Management Consulting
- Hardware Engineering
- Design
- Sales
- Security
- Investment Banking & Sell Side
- Marketing
- Private Equity & Buy Side
- Corporate Finance
- Supply Chain
- Business Development
- Human Resources
- Operations
- Legal
- Admin
- Customer Service
- Communications
Return to Office
Work From Home
COVID-19
Layoffs
Investments & Money
Work Visa
Housing
Referrals
Job Openings
Startups
Office Life
Mental Health
HR Issues
Blockchain & Crypto
Fitness & Nutrition
Travel
Health Care & Insurance
Tax
Hobbies & Entertainment
Working Parents
Food & Dining
IPO
Side Jobs
Show more
SUPPORT
FOLLOW US
DOWNLOAD THE APP:
Blind Transfer
- iOS Development Hello fellow blind members, so there is a question I have about mobile development that I am having trouble finding online. At my company I will need to learn objective C and I just wanted to ask, if I were transition to developing with Swift one day, how transferable are the skills? I’m not talking
- Uber SDE2 Offer evaluation [Hyd] Uber offer received after some negotiation: Base : 38 LPA Performance bonus : 5.8 LPA Stocks : 65k usd over 4 years Total TC comes around 55.5 Had a couple of offers, but those weren't competitive enough. Would like to know from the blind community if there is any scope of negotiation. Also, how
- Salesforce visa transfer timeline I've received a few offers. Accepting SFDC and going to reject the others tomorrow but before that want to know: How long does Salesforce take to do all the approvals and do the visa transfer process? If they can file my transfer in next 2 weeks or so I'd call it pretty quick. Recruiter has provided
- Non-tech to non-tech FAANG to FAANG H1B transfer Wanted to post this as someone who's benefitted from Blind on multiple fronts (offer negotiation, visa transfer info, etc). I went through a 4 month process landing an IC6 marketing (non-tech) offer at FB only to be told that an H1B transfer might not come through. Was able to convince the hiring ma
- link [AMA] Google| FB | Snap | Airbnb | Lyft | Uber | Quora | 7+ Offers | [AMA] Hi Team, First of all THANK YOU for such a great community here!! Blind helped me with a lot of useful information! This post is to give back to the community. I recently received 7+ offers for Senior SWE engineer at most of the companies I aimed to get into. It was a great experience interview
- Microsoft H1B Change of Employer petition Need to vent. Feeling stressed about how long H1B transfer would take. Accepted written offer and background check is complete with validity 90 days. Microsoft hasn’t even started collecting documents for the petition. Last update I got was hm needs to provide some details. Maybe hm is on leave. I
- H-1b transfer timeline - BAL Premium Processing Thought of giving back to blind community as lot of people are looking for h1b transfer timeline in premium processing. Initial Email from BAL - Jun 20, 2019 I completed the Questionnaires and uploaded the documents on same day. Reviewing Documents - Jun 21, 2019 LCA Preparation and Submission -
- Need referral, laid off on H1B My spouse had to go through lay-off at Oath and we are looking for urgent referrals. She has 1 year of experience as software engineer - backend/api development. She has about 3 months left to find a job and get a transfer. We need help from blind community for referral. Lot of mid size companies a
- vote Google India : further opportunities for GCP software engineers How difficult is it to get the internal transfer for an engineer in GCP to other google teams? Are there cases where GCP engineers have moved to other teams? What are all reasons because of which there are GCP teams and non-GCP teams like distinction on Blind? (please comment) #gcp #google Curren
- Change of location at JPMC Hello Blind, I have a new grad offer at JPMC for a software engineer role in Texas set to start mid 2021. However, I’d like to eventually end up working in the Bay Area. Is it possible to change location before my start date? How would I go about this? If not, what is the process to transfer inter
- Looking for referrals after boss questioned my commitment for seeking WLB TC: 150-170k YoE: 5-7 Hi Blind, It seems like I'll get fired soon. I joined this startup after years of working 80+ hours per week and was seeking a great WLB. Startup is too small to transfer to a new team. If I wanted to go back to over-working, I wouldn't be at this startup. But at this stag
- Companies that allow employees to work remotely overseas? I will be jumping ship to Amazon soon, but I don't see myself working in the US for more than a few years as family lives abroad. The big downside to moving overseas is the poor career prospects. Are there any tech companies (regardless of size) that allow employees to work remotely overseas for a
- How mediocre engineer got Microsoft/Linkedin offers using Blind Tl;dr Thanks Blinders. You basically gave me a job. I’m a mediocre engineer at best. I started coding when I was 22 because I was dumb in high school and then decided to study a rando major in college for 3 years. I transferred to a top 3000 CS school in the US (out of 4000ish universities) because
- Cloud Support Engineer I just received word that I will be receiving an offer for a L4 Cloud Support Engineer - I role. If I were interested in trying to switch into a SWE role, what all would I need to accomplish in order to transfer over? How many leetcode problems should I complete? What languages should I become prof
- Why aren't tech finance/investment firms mentioned a lot here? I'm curious why aren't tech finance firms (Citadel stuff, etc.) aren't mentioned a whole lot here. Comp seems to be a priority on blind and these firms seem to pay well. Some even have solid WLB. What's the issue / why aren't they desirable, or is this a false premise? Is it that they're not as cut
- Is my H1B still valid? 🤔 Hello Blind fam, I got my H1B in 2018 Oct and left the US & my job a few months back so i still have 4/6 years. I don't intend to move back to the US but just to keep my option open, is my visa still valid? I heard i can still find a job in the US and they can transfer my visa anytime. Is it true ?
- Advisory Salary - Based on Group Echoing from someone's prior post - there is so much salary discussion on Blind, Fishbowl, and (obviously) Glassdoor. But the advisory practice salaries aren't split by group. There has to be differences between Customer, PI, BRS, FE, Cyber, etc. I'm in the midst of a transfer from audit, so anyo
- vote Transferring money across borders Hey Blind financial savvy folks, I have a question for you about banking. What is the best way to transfer money across the canada-US border? Best as in lowest fees. I've used transferwise before, but was wondering if there's something better out there. I've also heard of a method where one could
- H1b visa transfer dilemma Currently at MSFT on H1B. Have received offers from couple of companies: OCI and Amazon. Started the interview procedure before premium processing was stopped. -Wondering should I commit with visa transfer gamble and join other company as soon as I get receipt? - Inform the other company and start
- vote Offer choice Got a few L3/L4 offers luckily and managed to negotiate all of them to similar TC around 280K. All backend/infra teams. YOE: 2 I assume I’ll switch job two years later, by then I’ll try FB + hot startup chasing high TC. Then which companies have the best brand name or prestige in tech for my futur
- vote Does working for Fitbit mean you work for Google? I see that Fitbit has their job postings on Googles career website. I see some people working at Fitbit writing that they work at Google in their LinkedIn profile. But Blind treats Fitbit as separate from Google So if you work at Fitbit, do you say that you work at Google when someone asks what you
- H1-B not selected and OPT expiring soon Tapping into the Blind community for advice as I wait to hear back from my attorney. My wife’s H1-B application was not selected in the lottery and her EAD (STEM-OPT) expires in October. Her future employer suggested she transfer abroad for a year and move back on L-1 visa. What other options does
- H1B transfer timeline - Corporate Immigration Partners (CIP) Wanted to know if anyone here on Blind has an experience with Corporate Immigration Partners (CIP) for their H1B transfer process. I have been offered a job at NextRoll (non SWE) and the immigration lawyers reached out to me on 07/09 to upload all the documents on their portal. I filled the forms a
- Compensation change for Internal transfer in Google This is my first post in blind. I am an L3 SWE in an APAC Google office. If in near future within 4 years or after 5/6 years, I get an internal transfer to an US Google office, how will it change my compensation package? Both in Base salary and equity? Also how is the refresher rate going to change
- Ogletree Deakins Experience? Recently started H1B transfer process with Ogletree Deakins. Want to know how are they at handling the cases? Filling speed, mistakes, response times, etc? The portal that they shared (VisaTrax) seems really bad - full of bugs, pop-ups, and grammatical errors, etc. Sort of made me question their pr
- vote Question to people on H1Bs who moved to Microsoft in the past few years ? I’m on H1B ( with approved I-140 ) and looking to accept an offer from Microsoft and start the H1B transfer process. ( I’m not going to join unless approval is received, def not on H1B petition receipt ) I have been seeing multiple posts on Blind about people getting an RFE in their H1B transfer p
- Most common topics of employees at different company? What I’ve learned from blind: Google- I got lowballed but took the offer bc Google. When’s the earliest I can transfer? Facebook- We have the best perks. Is the company still doing well? Amazon- We have free bananas. Am I on PIP? Netflix- We pay the best in industry. Did I just get laid off? Ap
- How to avoid PIP at Amazon in an SDE role? Hi all, I am an incoming SDE at Amazon and want to move later into an applied sciences role as that is my core competency. Hence, I wanted to check with current and past employees working at Amazon on what all should be avoided when I initiate the transfer request or how do I make sure that I am no
- Pip or devlist Hi, I have been following blind pip post from long time now. I did not know this also come to me. My manager has called me and sent a mail about performance improvements given some tasks need to b completed by certain dates. It's also mentioned that I need permission for internal transfer. 1. I d
- Zurich vs San Bruno I am working as L3 at G India and I am looking for an internal transfer either to the Bay Area or Zurich. There are two teams each from these locations which are in talk with me. I am more inclined towards Zurich but wanted an opinion from the rest of folks here at Blind about which location should
- Google International transfer and promotion I will be joining Google Bangalore office next week as L4. I have few targets for next couple of years. 1) How much time does it take to move to L5? And How to become a Engineering Manager? 2) If I change my team after 2 years, does it delay my chances of promotion? 3) How easy it is to transfer
- Microsoft Notice - New employer disclosure - H1b transfer Hi Blind! Urgent help/advise needed plz! I am currently with Microsoft and got an offer from Google this week. I am on H1b visa and was planning to give 1 week notice to MS after google H1b transfer is approved. But I came across a clause in MS offer that I need to disclose the new employer to MS
- Fuck you robbing hood I installed blind back to just make this post. And I know there have been plenty of posts like this today, but here’s another. Fuck you robinhood. You and your citadel buddies can go fuck yourself. Me and my 6 figures account are leaving you. P.S. anyone looking to get out of Robinhood, don’t sell,
- vote Are price wars good for crypto? It would be a game changer if exchanges with free crypto commissions would allow transfers to wallets. Short term holders probably don't mind leaving their coins online. I read in Blind how one person turned $30K into $3 million with DOGE in about two months. TC $320k. Commission free crypto trades
- Is it hard to #transfer teams at Google these days? I have been at my current team for ~4yrs (L5, most recent EE with several SEEs in past). My current project /product is uninspiring and so I'm planning to change teams. I have emails a lot of HMs and also applied to Grow postings. Many HMs don't prefer remote roles (I'm not in MTV/bay area/NYC). Bli
- vote Google or Meta with 100k difference in initial TC Got offer from both Google and Meta, the differences between the final TC package is around 100k over 4 years. I am still early in my career stage I like google’s engineering culture, chill wlb and more stable stock growth. On the other hand, I do think it is really cool to work on metaverse or rel
- TN to h1b change jobs Hey blind community, was hoping to seek some advice. Tried Googling but came up with ambiguous and inconsistent answers Currently applying for h1b petition. If I win the lottery in a few weeks, can I start h1b transfer process immediately or do I have to wait till Oct 1? If I were to join new comp
- Meta's presence in India I have been informed by both Meta and Google about a potential offer and they are working on the numbers. Meta will possibly offer more than Google. I have a timeline to move back to India (2 years). I can see Google has many open positions in India while nothing specific on Meta's career page. I w
- H4 visa appointment Hey Blind community! Needed some input on H4 appointment process. I filled DS160 and started looking for H4 appointments for my wife. Haven't found any appointments yet. However, I am also in between two jobs and my h1b transfer process should begin soon. Once my h1b transfer is approved, would I h
- vote Advice needed : Rubrik vs Cohesity India Hi, Cohesity offer - MTS3 Base - 36 J.B - 4 Bonus - 1.5 Stocks - 4440 RSUs (mentioned as 3 yrs vesting schedule) Recruiter quoted a current price of 30$ per share with an upside of 40-50$. Am also expecting an offer from Rubrik by end of this week. Will update when the numbers are out. As of now
- Amazon SDE Transfer to DC? SDE 2 at Amazon, considering a transfer from Seattle to DC for AWS. Seattle has no state income tax; will DC offer offset this by raising my salary the difference (either in base or RSU)? If not, why does anyone work in DC? YOE 3 TC 220k EDIT: Based on the answers here, no one on Blind understand
- H1B grace period between job switch I've googled and searched on blind but couldn't find a clear answer. Suppose my H1B transfer is approved with company A and there is 10 days gap between my end date with A and start date with company B. 1. Do these 10 days count towards 60 days of the grace period? 2. When does the 60 day grace per
- Snail Onboard Immigration @ Microsoft its been 3 months I signed an offer @ Microsoft and my H1b transfer hasn't been filed yet. I saw numerous posts of this slowness on Blind.. I am regretting if I made a mistake now as I turned down couple of startups for MSFT.... Hiring Manager is really eager to get a start date ASAP. I am worried i
- Google pay bands refresh Next year Are G pay bands expected to get a upgrade/refresher next year? I heard on blind that if we wait to process offer until next year, we might get a better base + bonus. Anyon can second this understanding please? I am on visa so anyways I'll be joining next year as visa transfer should take a month o
- Laid-off - In H1B grace period - Need PM opportunity asap Hi Blind Network, I need your help asap. I made a very wrong decision to join a pre-seed funded startup during Covid times. I just got laid off recently with some members of the Engineering team due to funding issues. I have 1.5 months left before I have to leave States. My family is here with a ki
- Options if H1b Visa transfer is rejected New employer wants me to join on receipt. My current H1b is valid till 2020. If my transfer gets rejected, recruiter says they will re-file before 2 weeks and I won't have to leave US. Even otherwise it seems I will not accrue unlawful presence since I-94 is valid till 2020. Internet results seem to
- Microsoft IDC : What are the teams with Good WLB at Hyderabad I don't care about promotion and interesting work at this stage in life and WLB is very important. My current team is in Security and Compliance in O365 and has very shitty WLB. I have seen seniors working until 1 am and even on weekends.. Don't want to be in such a position. What are some teams wit
- vote best non engineering major to be a SWE? My cousin may not be able to get into a computer science or engineering major in his university at all due to some unfair transfer rules at their school. I recommended math with a minor in cs is this the next best thing to do. Hopefully they can double major but they cant bet on that. What does blin
- Am i the dumbest one? I have 13 years of experience in IT (UX + Digital Consulting). Started in India and came to USA by 2014 with 77k pay. Sad part is i am yet to reach 100k. After joining blind, i understood how underpaid i am despite of all success i brought to organization. Is this the norm with all Indian Software s
- 140 visa - offerletter not turning to employment. I am on visa with 13 months in hand with no 140.I had couple offers from CVS,GAP, Nordstrom, McDonald and few more not from faang companies. Problem : Every company said they can get approval for 140 with my given time lines before interview but after once offer is released or about to release and