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- Rate MTS offer - AMD Recently offered an MTS role at AMD Austin with the following numbers: Base: 150k Bonus: 15% Sign on: 15k RSU: 120k / 4 At the time of accepting, the offer seemed pretty attractive and I acted in haste without doing much research on Blind or negotiating with the recruiter. How does the offer look
- Just a Rant about life and loneliness Hollywood personalities are so full of life. Don't know what we h1bs holders are doing . Have been following Depp and Amber's case since a week. Johnny Depp life looks like a movie and full of life with all the pain , happiness. I am just alone, dumb, struggling to even complete office work. Don't
- What is the ORIGINAL wait time for GC? Indian citizen. Priority date: Nov 2020. Internet answers are confusing. Somebody says 20 years. Somebody else says never. And some random guy says that it’ll be expedited and I’ll get it in 7-10 years. Can people on blind give me a clear idea on what’s happening? My priority date is 11/30/2020. I tried researching but I am unable to get a crisp answer.
- Stay for Amazon L7 , jump to Meta E6 or Microsoft L66 I’m on the promo path to L7 at Amazon , and have an inkling that I’ll get offers for e6 Facebook and 66 Microsoft . I’m interested in large scope and impact projects and potentially becoming a manager at some point . What would blind advice ? Amazon tc : 680k Other tc : don’t know yet Pros: Amazon
- Research Engineer at FB is IC or E? In FB, Research Engineers are considered engineers (E) or individual contributors (IC)? I read on Blind that research scientists are IC but no clue about research engineers. TC: 50K
- vote Can't decide: Microsoft (India) vs Booking.com (Amsterdam) I'm holding offers from Microsoft (India) and Booking(Amsterdam) and can't decide which one to join. Would love the help of Blind here. Microsoft (India) offer: Rs. 82L Rs. 40L (Base) + Rs. 8L (Variable) + Rs. 22.5L (RSU) + Rs. 10L (Joining Bonus) + Rs. 1.53L (Relocation) Booking.com (Amsterdam) o
- Looking for referral Hi! I'm a User Researcher (+5 years experience in practical/academic research and +1 year in UX research) I'd very much appreciate referrals to any product company in Europe. Thank you nice folks in Blind:) Please leave a comment so that I can send you my info. #referral
- Semiconductor Companies and Tiers I see many posts on blind that talk about tier 1 , tier 2, tier 3 semiconductor companies. Are these tiers based on the businesses, products or just how good bad they are regarding pay? Is there a tier 4? what tier does Lam Research , AMAT fall in? What companies fall under what tiers? TC: 125k
- Looking for next Dogecoin Hi Blind folks, What are you currently investing in crypto. I am doing research on next dogecoin opportunity to invest $$$. When i read online i came across few meme coins like mona, egod etc. Appreciate your help #cryptocurrency #dogecoin #btc #eth #ltc
- IBM vs Salesforce I wonder how they are different in terms of reputation and career. It seems that both are quite chill, and they both are in B2B. I'm mainly interested in the research positions, but I wonder why the overall scores for these companies differ significantly (Salesforce is around 4.2 star and IBM is som
- Google L5 Offer What do you think of this offer for a L5 research scientist (SRS) in AI/ML? Base: 205K Bonus: 15% RSUs: 850K Sign-on: 100K TC: 548K first year, and 448K after. 6 YoE after PhD. Research area: computer vision, machine learning, deep learning. #offer Generally, I kind of know it is a strong offer
- vote share your l65 /l66 offers at Microsoft Doing market research to get a counter. In Bay Area or Seattle Blind tax: L65 420k last year 8 yoe #microsoft65 #microsoft #offers #msft
- Getting a Mortgage on H1 visa Hey guys, I understand a good chunk of people on blind must be or would’ve been on non-immigrant visas and some of them would’ve gotten a mortgage. I have 2 yrs left on H1 and my employer just started the PERM process. I am thinking of buying a house, so was wondering if Lenders would be willing to
- Do you spend more than 25% of your time doing user research, as a product manager? Do you spend more than 25% of your time talking to users, as a product manager? If so, please comment the name of your company below. User research can be in collaboration with design and user research teams, or in the innovation process. Thanks for helping set expectations as many jobs advertise
- List of employers that allow to work from anywhere in the world I heard reddit and github are one of those. Just did some research, this list are what I gathered by looking at blind post. (these lists may allow you to work anywhere in the US, but not necessarily in the world). Will be great if some of you can confirmed whether it is in the US/world (or it is
- Anyone heard of orchard? What is the culture like? Is there a strong product team? Is it product led? How is the product different from Zillow? Doing some research for a potential role. Blind tax - TC: 320K (depending 😅)/ YOE: 7 (3.5 in product) #Orchard #startups
- Looking to invest in Atlanta area! We are looking to invest in Atlanta. Based on my research, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Cumming are upcoming areas. Primarily interested in Townhome/Single Family Homes which has high rentability index. Looking for suggestions on neighborhood with good rent index and also realtor referrals. Thanks
- vote How stupid am I for quitting? Hey Blind, I’m a research scientist, 26 y/o and I recently left an industry job to work on my own startup. I still have an academic appointment making just under 100k. I think we have a shot at building something big (https://angel.co/galactictechnologies/syndicate), but I have this nagging feelin
- Thoughts on Blind as a human experience Wanted to share this for a while: a lot of people/research suggest that with anonymity people get more aggressive. However, Blind experience is the exact opposite of that! For the very large part, community is helpful and supportive. Why do you think that's the case? Because of the size of community
- Did I screw myself over throwing out a number on first recruiter call So, I made a mistake on first call with FAANG recruiter and told him that I was okay with the posted salary for a role. (At the time, I was in a state where you legally have to post salary.) I know, it's stupid. Now that I've done more research, it's clear that that number really is on the low e
- vote Amazon RS vs Google DS Expecting to finish PhD this academic year. I like research, but don't have the publication record to get a position in google brain, or something similar, without a post doc. I was wondering Blind thought would lead to a better career trajectory: amazon research scientist or google data scientist.
- link Bay Area population decline Lots of people keep talking on Blind about Bay Area exodus and overall CA population decline. There are official data that proves this information is correct https://www.brookings.edu/research/u-s-population-growth-has-nearly-flatlined-new-census-data-shows/ Majority of population movement is to Te
- Quant Finance chat #6 Hello, we are a private group of about 40 engineers, researchers, and traders on Blind looking for more members to join the discussion. If you have relevant industry experience in quant HF, prop, or sell-side and are interested in actively participating, send me a DM.
- vote Move to Canada? I am another Indian on H-1B who is trying to sort the visa stuff out. I got a job offer of ~$300K CAD and I was pretty happy. The company is willing to do a work permit for me and eventually apply for PR. But then I searched blind and it is just filled with shit about Canada. Reasons to move: - C
- What are some good companies in the Southeast? I live in Research Triangle Park ,NC. A lot of people in blind live on West coast where the TC is high but the CoL is also high. Curious what companies people in the Southeast on Blind work at. Looking to move to get a pay bump.
- Transition from academia I am new to the Blind community, so I apologize if this has already been clearly outlined elsewhere. I am an assistant professor at an R1 research university and am considering a transition to industry. My research (if relevant) is in numerical analysis, stochastic analysis, and theory of deep neur
- Twitch virtual onsite (non-tech) Hey everyone, I have my virtual on-site interview coming up and wanted to know if someone could share their experience. From the research I’ve done I’ll be asked about Twitch’s four principles. TC: 🥜 Thank you! Note: This is a burner blind account I don’t work in education
- How desperate can companies (Tower Research) get? Fake Blind reviews Look at these dates and even similarity in email addresses. In fact, one of Tower hr’s email exactly fits v***** :) From being one of the most sought after firms is this how low they have to stoop after massive losses in employees and recent firings We need to do better to protect each other and B
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- vote Do companies really care about team morale? Hello Blind, I'm working on a graduate research topic involving team health and morale metrics in Agile projects. I think when companies care about something, they measure it. I would appreciate your response. I'm hoping to get at least 200 responses to make this statistically relevant. #engineerin
- Thoughts on Facebook Oculus research team ? I have calls from Oculus Hardware research team and would love hear more about the culture and type of team they have. Its based out of Seattle. Anyone from these teams in Blind who could chime in ?
- Future of ML/deep learning career I'm currently working as an IC. Got a good offer as applied ML engineer. I'm working on distributed systems right now. In my future job I'll be working as applied ML engineer productizing ML research work produced by research team. How do people on blind see the future of this kind of work. Do you
- L4 AWS sales onsite Any Amazonians in the Blind family! Please share some tips on the loop other than the essenti prep of 2-3 stories for each leadership principles + research on your interviewers? Really appreciate your help!
- Machine Learning Teams Hi blind fam, what are some companies/teams doing exciting work in ML? I recently received my Green Card and started actively applying for ML roles. I'm a grad student researching at the intersection of ML + Security. Also have 2 yoe in ML.
- Amazon India Applied Scientist Interview Hi Blind team, Can someone share the screening test and interview structure for Amazon India Applied Scientist I/II? What are some of the good research oriented teams (which are bearable in terma of WLB) within Amazon India? TC: 22L #datascience #machinelearning
- What is the best way to get a job offer outside India Hi blind, I see there are lot of opportunities out of india to get paid in $ rather than Rs. So how could I get placed in a company outside India? How do I apply for it? #career#india #softwareengineer #salarycomparison #compensation
- vote How to prepare for MBB Been working in tech consulting for a while now and looking to move to Management consulting. I’ve been researching how I can prepare for MBB interviews and I found 2 resources - caseinterview.com and igotanoffer.com Any recommendations on which website is more comprehensive and has the best mater
- Apple TC expectations Had a very positive interview. Trying to gage, what to expect in terms of TC? Recruiter had asked me about my expectations. I asked for time to do some research. Any help is appreciated. ~5 years of experience ~Masters Degree Location - San Diego Role - HW Design Update: Asked for 140/60/20 last
- link Microsoft Vancouver Senior Engineer Comp Range Could anyone help me figure out the TC range of a L64 at MSFT in Vancouver? I'm researching some answers around levels.fyi and blind and found something around: CAD 220K - 320K. Does that seem relatively accurate? I heard that MSFT usually pays less than AMZN but some answers here in blind are ma
- Where can you find average salaries? Hey guys, I've been reading a lot about salaries, but Blind is more US focused and I'm located in Canada. I've read that Glassdoor is on the low end and people recommend doing research but what other resources do you use?
- Real estate/farm land in Florida for remote work I want to go remote in Florida. House with lots of acreage and grow stuff myself. Any suggestions from blind family if anyone has researched where you can try to self sustain away from concrete jungle. Danke #remote #remotereality #wfh
- Lab or company for cancer drug development I am a research bioinformatcian having 30-year experience in computer programming. I got PhD in bioinformatics in Germany. However, I have only worked in research environments so have no industry knowledge. Since my life goal is to develop a perfect solution for cancers so that it could reduce the
- Applied Data Scientists, what's your YoE and TC? Most of the TC on here is posted by Software Engineers, who I assume are paid a lot more than Data Scientists. I'm looking to see how Applied Scientists earn here on Blind (not research scientists or product analysts). TC: 230K YoE: 7 Edit: By research scientists, I mean those work in teams like G
- link Could anyone help refer a DS/DA job? Hi Friends at Blind, I have been looking for a DS/DA job for a few months after I graduated from a DS bootcamp. I had seven years of research and data analysis, statistical modeling experience as senior research and data analyst. My linkedin is : https://www.linkedin.com/in/daihong-chen-872538194/
- Looking for UX Research Leadership Referrals Greetings Blind community! I was wondering if anyone was willing to refer me for UX Research leadership roles? I could really use your help. I've been applying for manager and director positions, but have mostly gotten either no responses, or have been contacted by eager HR reps only to have them gh
- Need referrals for Apple, Adobe, Tiktok, Deepmind,Udemy, Intel, Quora, Nvidia, Samsung, Huawei Hi Everyone, I'm helping my friend getting into the bigger companies, she is based in Europe, and is looking for intern/graduate role in ML and Research oriented roles (She is a masters student currently so no blind account, hence I'm posting behalf of her). We have been able to refer her to Google,
- Help roommate get remote entry level job at AMZN Hi Blind, My roommate is looking for a super entry-level remote role at Amazon or AWS as an ops specialist or admin. Basic English. He’s got a masters degree in finance and science, he is excellent at IT support, troubleshooting, customer care, customer support, IT support, working on spreadsheets,
- Meta FAIAR Talking with a recruiter and he is selling me on a Research Engineering team lead role. Does TL imply E6? He describes this as a horizontal applied research group that basically embed themselves into other teams across the company to solve ML problems. I read a couple older things on Blind where pe
- Facebook referrals Happy Thursday blind! This is my third and last FB referral give away for the year. Have 20 referrals left, will give it to the first 20 people pinging me. Higher preference for SWE/HW/PE/research scientist roles in case of clash. Great time to apply now in case you're targeting E4/E5 TC: 500k a
- Do you count PhD research assistant job in YOE? When you people say your YOE in blind, how do you count it? 1) Do you count research jobs during PhD or masters in EE/CS if research is relevant? I'm assuming non relevant PhDs do not count, (or do they?). Also grad school jobs are half time jobs (20 hour per week), so if counted, do you divide yea
- Numerical Modeling PhD (NOT a SWE). Any teams at FAANG in need someone mathy to tackle tough modeling problems? Hey Blind. PhD with strong numerical modeling background here. Have largely worked in computational mechanics but am absolutely qualified for roles that extend beyond that. Think strong in numerical formulations and solutions with ODEs, PDEs, integral equations, probability, stats, etc. I code