Work-life balance; nice culture, decent people; can find something mildly interesting to do
No cutting edge stuff, fair share of weird legacy if you're unlucky with the team A lot of people just coasting, including management, resulting in a lack of things being done TC seems to be mostly based on the tenure; don't hope to get any decent increases for the first couple of years regardless of how much you work, unless on the new-grad position
#facebook #bloomberg #offer #tech 1. title: B is senior, F is E4. Both are software engineer roles. 2. total comp: almost the same. B: base 191k, bonus 39k, sign-on 40k, relo 10k. F: base 160k, RSU 260k/4 yr, sign-on 50k, target bonus 10%. B is 280k first year, 240k with 5-15% increase after, F i...Read more
Can someone let me know why every Bloomberg software engineer job on there career page is senior level in nyc, yet I see people with 1-2 years of experience posting that they got a job. Is this due to internal jobs and referrals? Would love to apply but all the jobs on their site require 4-5 yoe and...Read more
Hi Team, I currently have an offer from BBG as SSE and wondering what’s the career path looks like to end up at HFTs firms from BBG. Looks like on LinkedIn, many ex-BBGs have moved to HFTs. How soon you should start applying to these HFTs after u join BBG? Currently my team at BBG primarily uses ...Read more
Considering relocate to NYC for BBG. Major reason I’m curious in fintech, which possibly expand my horizon. So how likely BBG engineers can end up with hedge fund like Citadel or two sigma? Another concern is, would it be easier to transform to non-tech roles in finance? I always assume finance has...Read more
Got an offer from Bloomberg London for analytics team. I am wondering if I should join the team, they are rebuilding there services on newer tech. Whats the growth like in terms of comp? How does the work compare to big tech like G/F? Does moving to London make sense? My goal is to maximize TC and l...Read more
I’ll join Bloomberg soon as new grad software engineer (Didn’t get Google return). But actually from very beginning I’m super inclined to join BBG because this opportunity to open door to finance/Wall St for me, and I like quantitative a lot. I’ll try my best be great financial software engineer. B...Read more
Feel Bloomberg tech is so outdated with lots of legacy. Techs like Rapid, comdb I think are useless for future career growth. So what open-source tech or skills I should learn to keep myself competitive? Like Kafka? Really hope to listen to comments from those who has left Bloomberg to pure tech. T...Read more
Hi, I just received entry-level software engineer offer at Bloomberg. One big reason I like BB is I assume they deal with lots of financial data, and actually I do have experiences and passion for data analysis and machine learning. So I'm wondering about the possibility of data-oriented the caree...Read more
To the existing employees at Bloomberg or somebody who knows enough to comment, what are some great teams to work for at Bloomberg for a new software engineer for career development? Recently got a software engineer offer at Bloomberg which includes trainings and an opportunity to work for a team o...Read more
I have an offer deadline from the startup with compensation TC:$280k ($145k, 15000 stock units, $20K joining bonus). I interviewed for Bloomberg(NYC) and am pretty sure would get the offer. So, what should I expect the compensation from Bloomberg to be and which option should I go for considering my...Read more
Title says it all. Yoe - 2 #bloomberg
0: Google, Facebook, Netflix 1: Uber, Airbnb, Apple, LinkedIn 2. Dropbox, Lyft, Square 3: Microsoft, Amazon, Pinterest, Twitter, Slack, Stripe 4: Salesforce, Yelp, Bloomberg, Adobe, Box, Tesla, Indeed, Splunk 5: Zillow, Oracle, IBM, VMWare, SAP, Twilio, Tableau, Glassdoor, Walmart Labs 6: Everything...Read more
Thoughts? I'm not surprised that Bloomberg ranked well, but surprised that it topped the rankings. (I'm also wondering how many companies were polled in this survey, which seems to include most of the big names in tech.) https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/best-companies-survey-happiest-employees...Read more
Currently, having two offers from Expedia and Bloomberg: Expedia: TC 165k (base 143k, stock 42k/4years after first year, 22 sign-on) Chicago, SDE II Bloomberg: TC 210k (still verbal) NYC, Senior Engineer Things I am looking for: - career growth - have one last chance for h1b TC: 90k in no name, 3...Read more
I have a senior data scientist offer from Walmart (total comp ~$200K), Bloomberg (~$160K), and am going through final rounds for a BIE role at Amazon. 1) which offer would you take? 2) should I even go through the BIE interviews? Not sure if BIE is a useful role if I want to pursue a data science c...Read more
Received an offer from Bloomberg for nyc office. Need opinion on what would be a better choice. I am currently sd2 at Amazon. Is 290k cash($233 k base + 57k bonus). Is 290k good amount to live with family and commute to nyc. How will be Bloomberg as a career choice: growth, wlb, benefits. How is Bl...Read more
Hey folks Does Bloomberg still hire for Senior software engineers for London location ? I don't see any openings in their career page Bloomberg folks, can you shed some light here. TIA TC : 62k #bloomberg #jobs #london #referral
My team is actively hiring for SSE at Bloomberg NY. DM me your resume/LinkedIn profile #career #tech #bloomberg
I received bbg offer couple weeks back around 270+30tc. Was a bit overwhelmed and accepted without negotiation. Amazon offer came in late, my intention was to use it as backup anyway, because it’s amazon. Though I got matched to a pretty interesting team with decent manager (someone in my network p...Read more
ServiceNow CEO mentioned no layoff again. Reference: https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/2023/06/16/servicenow-interview/ #servicenow #sap #salesforce #microsoft #google #amazon #goldmansachs #atlassian #workday #splunk #snowflake #ibm #accenture #deloitte #ey #kpmg #morganstanley #adobe #github...Read more