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- Bloomberg training could you share some light on how onboarding training is for software dev role at bloomberg.? how long is it and whats the nature of training. i have heard that Bloomberg has in house propreitary software and tools. wondering what it will be like. YOE:5 TC: 130k #bloomberg
- Bloomberg New Hire Training Anyone at Bloomberg have information on the new hire training for senior engineers? Wondering what topics they cover, how long is it, and is it useful? Thank you
- I hope Bloomberg trains their interviewers I had my initial phone interview for a SWE role. I had the worst experience probably ever. The problem has different solutions, I used a Data Structure that the interviewer was not expecting, my entire approach is different to the official solution. I solved it and the code is bug free, I took a sc
- Bloomberg Training Program Hi, I am an incoming Bloomberg new grad, I heard that during the first few months of training, if you dont do well they will fire you. I wanted to gauge how hard it ganna be.
- vote Bloomberg vs. Microsoft sales I have two offers for entry level sales positions: 1) Microsoft (Germany) - solution sales 2) Bloomberg (UK, London) - Analytics and Sales, I start in customer support (mostly over chat), get trained in finance, asset classes etc. and can then switch to Sales after 12-18 months Compensation is very
- Accept two offers at the same time I am new grad in 2021 on OPT. Can I accept Facebook return offer to start in mid April and accept another bloomberg offer to start in September? My concern is if I dislike my job at Facebook, I can quit and join Bloomberg in September. Would Bloomberg find out during background check that I alrea
- vote Bloomberg green card policy I'm a new grad (with Master's degree) who will be joining Bloomberg soon on OPT, although I did get picked in the H-1B lottery. Given the necessary (manager) approvals, will Bloomberg start the green card (PERM) process:
- Does / will Bloomberg have a vaccine mandate? What is Bloomberg doing regarding vaccines? Are they mandated? Or can we opt in to get tested every week. If vaccination is not mandated, do you see it happening in the future? What is the company culture like, regarding this? Interviewing with Bloomberg atm. TC : 94k
- Oracle vs Bloomberg for fresh grad The Oracle offer is in Redwood Shores, CA and Bloomberg offer is in NY. Compensation is comparable. In Oracle, the team is Data Integration Cloud, while the team will be decided later in Bloomberg after training. Which of the two companies is a good fit for a fresh graduate based on work and career
- Great teams to work for at Bloomberg for career development in software engineering? 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
- 71k -> 170k tc in 6 months Not much else to say just that Cognizant is a horrible company, but the training was kind of decent. I only joined 6 months ago to have income while interviewing at actual companies. Just accepted a Bloomberg offer for 150k base + 20k bonus. Spent a lot of time lurking on Blind, thanks for the motiv
- vote Microsoft vs Bloomberg new grad Currently have the following offers as new grad; M's deadline coming up tomorrow. Microsoft (Redmond, team: C+T Outlook) Base: 110,000 Stock: 120,000 (3.5 years vesting) Sign-on: 50,000 (split over two years, after negotiation) Annual bonus: ~10% Bloomberg (NYC, team tbd after training) Base: 145,
- Feeling very worried and depressed on choosing 1 offer over another I had 2 offers that I was particularly confused about, 1 from bloomberg and other from LinkedIn. Bloomberg offer NYC- 220k base + 50k annual bonus + 60k signon- 330k year 1, 270k year 2 Linkedin offer Sunnyvale- 160k base + 15% bonus + 200k rsu+ 40k sign on- 284k year 1 and 234k year 2. I genuinel
- PSA: Save your yourself from joining the dystopia that is Bloomberg Save yourself the trouble with a scoop from an insider: The tech is a catastrophically broken legacy mess. You will have to maintain crap from the 80s. Management plays mind game to lowball your TC and nepotism is rampant (but this is probably everywhere, just blatant here at Bloomberg) The cultu
- vote Google vs. Bloomberg New Grad I have two SWE new grad offers and I’m struggling to decide which to take. Background: Bachelor’s from T30 public university 2 no-name internships, TA experience and freelance work Google (L3): Location: Seattle, WA Base: 127k (negotiated from 106k) RSU: 90k, 33/33/22/12 vesting Signing: 0 Bonus:
- I AM LOST... Hi all, I am in a tough situation with my visa. I need to be employed in 2 months for my visa to not expire (F-1 OPT). I am seeking referrals for quantitative analyst/ researcher/data science roles at JPMorgan Chase and Co, Goldman Sachs Millennium, Coinbase, Neuberger Berman, UBS, Citi, Barclays,
- vote Amazon vs Bloomberg (New Grad) Really torn on making decision between Amazon vs Bloomberg (both in NYC). Amazon: ~ 166k TC + 7k reloc Bloomberg: 170k TC + 40k sign bonus (paid in first yr, will have to pay back prorated if leave before 2 yrs) + 10k relocation Both have pros and cons based on browsing here and common knowledge:
- New Grad Product Designer on OPT looking for referrals Hello, I recently graduated in 2021 currently on OPT. I tried applying to Full-Time roles through traditional routes but it hasn't got me anywhere. I have already interviewed at Google but I have been stuck in team match forever. So now I am desperately looking for referrals in other places. I would
- Good teams in Bloomberg My friend will join Bloomberg in the first week of February. The recruiter told him that there are no training sessions in feb, so he has to pre-train in some team. My friend told the recruiter that he wants to work in ML/NLP/Big Data team, but the recruiter told him that ML/NLP/Big Data teams won't
- Referrals Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any company which sponsors H1B. I'm in F1 OPT atm. YOE: 4 yrs (excluding masters in CS) CTC: 125k (FL) Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #golang #swe #engineering #software #backend #referral #hiring #jobhunt #engineering #microso
- Bloomberg or SAP So, I am an intern at SAP at one of their offices in San Diego and they offered me a full time position starting January 2019 with a TC of 100k (90+10). I accepted their offer at the time because it looked unlikely that I would get anywhere else as I had no interviews lined up or any promising leads
- vote new grad amazon vs bloomberg hi guys! finally wrapped up with my interviews. didn't go that well since the job market seems to be hot this year but i only ended up with two offers :( anyways, with the two offers i currently have, if you were to pick, which one would you go for?any idea of the amazon teams in the cupertino offi
- Beware - Don't Join Bloomberg Below is a message from internal Bloomberg thread. Now, you have been warned. TC : peanut ――――――――― Subject: Covid for Christmas Gather round, Bloomfriends Our department (ENG) pressured us into an all-hands in-person event when cases were surging last week. Someone attending was Covid positive
- Companies that accept TN visa and have ok WLB? Hi folks, I’m on the pip train and looking for a new job before I get out ~12 weeks I believe ( I want to pass my plan but timeframe is unrealistic for the tasks) While job searching I found out not all companies hire TN workers So far I’m gonna apply to Microsoft Google Bloomberg Visa Capital o
- Bloomberg New Grad Virtual Onsite Hello guys, I had a Bloomberg virtual onsite today. I was originally scheduled for two rounds but later had an HR round after my second technical. My first technical was alright, I solved the questions and maybe fudged up answers to follow up questions. The second round went pretty great and I did
- Help 🙏 Hello Blind community, I graduated from California state university- San Marcos and received my EAD (work authorization) and I have less than 20 days left in my OPT unemployment period. I am posting as I am in a desperate need of a job and would appreciate a lot if I can get your support. I am look
- vote Amazon vs Bloomberg for a junior developer Hi y’all, I’m currently facing the situation of having to choose between Amazon and Bloomberg as a fairly junior developer. (1.5 yoe) Amazon would be for an L5 position, have flexibility in terms of teams I wanna join. Currently I have narrowed it down to AWS Marketplace, AWS Control Tower, Kindle
- Linux migration project I’m new grad FSD and it seems to me Bloomberg is now crazily migrating to Linux from IBM machine, thus many teams big plan is simply Linux nigration, say, redesign the service thats Linux compatible. So is it a good choice to join such teams for new FSD? This certainly doesnt sound fancy as other b
- Unexpectedly removed from the company. Need referrals. In a very bad situation due to visa issues. Hi, I got removed from the company around 6 days ago. Looking for a job ASAP and referrals. This situation happened at the worst time possible. I was waiting for my STEM OPT to get approved, which I applied 63 days before(05/11/2021).It is still in pending status. I talked with the lawyers and they
- vote Amazon vs Bloomberg (new grad) I currently have full-time offers from Amazon (in AWS) and from Bloomberg, both for new-grad Software Engineering positions. Here are all the pros and cons I've gathered so far, both from my perspective and from browsing through here: Amazon: 108k base + 44k signing (over 2 years) + 70k RSUs(5/15/4
- What to write in my new grad Resume? Hi everyone. A recruiter reached out to me recently for a firm I REALLY want to work for. They asked me for my updated Resume. I joined Bloomberg straight out of school last year and spent the first 6 months on a 'provisional' team and a lot of training. I have been with my current team for 6 mont
- Will anyone please provide me a referral?[Had a return offer from Apple but they decided to cancel at the last hour] I interned at Apple and was given a verbal return offer but after waiting so long I was recently notified that they won’t be able to take me in because of headcount issues. I am an international student and my OPT date has just started. I recently had an onsite with Uber and previously had online i
- Referrals Hi everyone, I am looking for any entry SWE jobs YOE: 0 years (1 summer internship) I was a fullstack intern at a startup company. Did from backend to the frontend, AWS and database management. (Skills: Python, c++, react.js, graphql, sql, aws ..) I am graduating this semester and looking for fu
- vote New Grad Offers (Bloomberg, Twitter, Zoom, Meta, Indeed) It's been a crazy year for me. Last year I was a non-CS Master's student and made it to ZERO on-sites when I was applying to jobs. I decided last minute to switch to SWE path so I stayed an extra year to pursue a CS degree and was lucky enough to end up with a SWE internship in the summer. Fast forw
- New grad DA/DS Referral I am looking for referrals for any new grad level DA/DS positions for a friend. Data science masters graduate looking for DA/DS jobs preferably in bay area. Skills: Python, SQL, Tableau, Data structures, ML, Jupyter Have referrals for Amazon/Uber/Microsoft. Looking for other places, really appre
- vote Offer Comparison: Dell EMC or Bloomberg Poll for my friend Offer1: SDE2 @ Dell @ Seattle TC: Base: 120K Bonus: 5% Sign-on: 8k Pros: 1) Will be in a team doing storage tech, and dell has a good position w.r.t. the market share 2) Seattle, better for hiking, lower live expense, more geat IT firms here 3)Better WLB? Cons: 1) Low
- Help 🙏 Hello Blind community, I graduated from CSUSM and received my EAD (work authorization) and I have 13 days left in my OPT unemployment period. I am posting as I am in a desperate need of a job and would appreciate a lot if I can get your support. I am looking for immediate full-time opportunities in
- WFH/Hybrid/Back to office companies Master thread Creating a master thread so can track which companies are WFH vs hybrid vs old school back to office. This is what I have so far. Update in comments about any company you know and I will update the list or correct this list if you work for any of these. Amazon is mostly appearing to be hybrid or
- Beware - Don't Join Bloomberg (see this from internal thread) Below is a message from internal Bloomberg thread. Now, you have been warned. TC : peanut ――――――――― Subject: Covid for Christmas Gather round, Bloomfriends Our department (ENG) pressured us into an all-hands in-person event when cases were surging last week. Someone attending was Covid positive
- vote Would grad school lead to down-levelling? Hi, this is for all internationals and others who have heard of this experience before. I'm a SWE with 3 YoE on F1 visa OPT currently with CS bachelor's, and have exhausted my 3 H1B attempts. My dilemma here is for the next step: whether or not to do a full time masters or try Day1 CPT route (part
- ML engineer job hunt takeaways I interviewed at Bloomberg, FB, Stripe, TikTok for MLE positions. Went to onsite for three of them, failed one after the first round. It was a demoralizing and at times random process. There seems to be no standardized interview process since every company has their own product focusing on different
- vote Bloomberg Sales or JP Morgan MO Guys and gals I’m a fresh grad and i got two offers on hand, really can’t decide between the two jobs so i need some inputs from you! 1) Bloomberg Sales and analytics offer: $79k All-in comp. Work at Analytics for 1 years then move to Sales mostly. Great financial knowledge and terminal training. N
- Need a Data/Business Analyst Job (Urgent) Hello everyone - Am currently pursuing my masters in Data Analytics and will be graduating this May and I hardly have 3 months of time to get a job since my opt will start in July. Am looking for a full Time opportunity in Data/Business Analyst/Business Intelligence Engineering/ Data Science role. R
- Urgent Data Analyst Referral I am working at BCBS on F1 STEM OPT and have 5+ years of experience as a Data Analyst. Proficient in SQL, Advanced Excel, Tableau, Power BI, ETL, SSIS and SSRS, R. I have a master's degree in Computer Science with inclination towards Data Analysis. I am looking for referrals for data analyst posi
- FAANGMULA referral; Currently interviewing with Amazon and Microsoft Hello everyone, I am looking for referrals at FAANGMULA+. I am currently interviewing with Amazon and Microsoft. I have my Amazon onsite next month and I am on the OTA for Microsoft Event. I am looking to change jobs as I feel undervalued at my current employer. I will be happy to DM you my linked
- Uber offer rescinded seeking for advice and referral Hi, I am a new grad master student and did an internship at UberATG. I was informed that my return offer was rescinded and started to look for a new position as a software/ML engineer. My OPT will start soon because I planned to join uber directly after graduation, so now I only have until August b
- How should Bloomberg software engineer plan career path? 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
- Best month to start interviewing if you need H1B? September? Hi folks, I left the US around 7 years ago to build something with a woman in Europe. Didn't work out, so I've already started LCing and preparing for interviews. Remote from the EU I don't think I can go over $150k TC and the lack of mentors/peers is definitely detrimental to my career. Plan is t
- HELP: Looking for job/referral | Laid off Hello, I’ve been interning at Millipore Sigma since June 2019 as a Database Developer and recently got laid off due to COVID. I graduated in May this year with a MS in CS from SUNY Binghamton. I’ve been applying a lot for Data/Business Analyst roles but haven’t been receiving any callbacks. If anyo
- Failed Google Onsite I'm bored. Just want to vent it out. I prepared so hard for my Google onsite and failed miserably. It was 4 coding and 1 behavioral. I just absolutely hated the way interviewers conducted the interviews. All companies I interviewed at would give me a decent hint at least at the 15-20 min mark if I w