Before Musk jumped in there was a decent design culture with a lot of talent.
Musk fired most of the design squad and killed the culture.
Team, Building Twitter and serving our customers around the world is important yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Our purpose is existential. During this time of change, it’s critical that we continue to strengthen our work through increased accountability and execution to make Twitter everything it c...Read more
https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-delays-setting-team-budgets-facebook-parent-plans-fresh-round-layoffs-ft-2023-02-11/?taid=63e84120b425700001c50bf7&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter
1.27 billion dollars is their r&d budget why? Can any twitter peeps actually tell me the reason behind such a large budget for relatively small product lineup ? Source https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/TWTR/twitter/research-development-expenses #twitter #twitterstock
What's the travel policy like at Twitter? Is business class allowed after certain distance? Do teams have travel budgets?
Elon is the face of Tesla and wrecked Twitter, model 2 is cheap budget car, all tesla models look alike and teslas are everywhere in major cities. Audi rs7, q7 and bmw x6/x7 like to downshift beside me (I’m at 60-80) and then speed away. Never happen to me when I drive other cars. I have a model 3...Read more
I am looking for a nice neighborhood to move in SF, which is commutable from Twitter HQ. Any suggestions ? Requirement - 1 BHK Budget - 2-2.5K
Hey, anyone in the bay area interested in buying in on the office chairs from Twitter? We need 2 more ppl for the 8 lot. Haven't decided on collective budget yet, PM me if interested https://bid.hgpauction.com/auctions/8421/herita10194?term=knoll+task+chair #sanfrancisco #sf
Doing six onsites, one every other day in the span of two weeks. Im hoping I will get more offers interviewing at the end of the year from managers trying to hire with their leftover budget. I need a Christmas miracle to get a top tier offer lol. Shameless plug: there are still companies such as S...Read more
I think that twitter is unnecessary frugal. I heard some new guy is buying twitter and I wanted to write him about things that I hate about working at twitter and what can be improved. I am particularly pissed off at things below. 1) No one works 8 hours let’s be honest. I think company should ackn...Read more
Started a new contract role back in May after 8 months of job searching(6 offers got rescinded in this process). Today, my position got eliminated due to budget constraints. In spite of actively applying for the past one month(250+ applications) I ended up with zero interview calls. Looking for a n...Read more
I have onsite with Meta soon, and don’t have competing offers. Can anyone give referral for companies that can match or offer higher than Meta and also move fast for the interview process Could be interested in MSFT but only in a group that would have budget for high offers not low balls #engineer...Read more
So something definitely changed with the way Twitter serves ads since the acquisition - it appears that every two posts in my feed is now is a promoted video post from some random advertiser, and before that video post plays an unskippable pre-roll ad from a different advertiser plays. Is it just m...Read more
Hello Blind Community! I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies. I am interested in the following roles: Financial Analyst, Budgeting positions Qualifications: MBA- Strategic Finance YoE: 6 Thanks! #google #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #...Read more
Planning to buy a sfh. Considering these three areas due to budget and inventory. Spouse works in Sunnyvale and I am remote or later to be in san jose. How is eden shores in Hayward? Not concerned about schools just want to rent/sell few years later. Crime and peace of mind is top priority. Onc...Read more
Does any of the companies hiring remotely (permanent remote position, and not "remote until we go back to the office) offer WFH equipment? It's a bummer that office equipment is usually top notch, with expensive chairs, desks, monitors and all of that. But for remote hires it becomes too expensive a...Read more
I had to leave my last job due to personal reasons end of last year. I interviewed at a few companies I found interesting. Here's the summary for few of them: 1. Offer at a well funded startup. Did not join as offer was lower than my expectations. 2. Position got closed midway between interviews. 3...Read more
Hi everyone, Previously I got an offer from a startup. I have accepted the offer and resigned in my current company. Now the new employer has put my offer on hold and saying that they have budget issues. Now again I have started applying to other companies. If your organisation is hiring and has r...Read more
Hi everyone, It's my first time posting on Blind. I have seen some successful stories and decided to give it a try. My contract with msft hasn't been renewed because of budget freezing in my division. This didn't come unexpected bc of the current situation and I have been leetcoding since start of ...Read more
I recently got laid off from a Microsoft contract that was supposed to go on till next year due to COVID budget cuts within the team. It will be great if someone has openings in their team or can refer me for some Data Scientist/ Senior Data Analyst/ BI/ MLE positions, need to get a job before the 9...Read more
Lots of posts about EM interviewing which is great but I have a more pragmatic question. For those of you at tier 1/2 tech as EMs what are your actual responsibilities? What skillets are most important for success? I've been an EM for a bit over a year (not at Groupon) but am at a smaller company....Read more