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- Amazon pay question. What’s standard pay for L4 CSA in premium support at Amazon? Same question for L4 TAM. I don’t care about the RSUs yet. I’m too new to have more than a handful and I’m not staying long enough for them to vest. I’ve heard consistently that, once you have two years experience, you have to leave to get
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- How long did you take to prepare for GCP Customer Engineer project? Hi guys, I advanced to on site stage for #GCP #CE role to present a project. I have 5 years of #Azure hands on experience and 3 out of them as #CSA at @Microsoft. Reading here and I see some folks take up to 2-3 months to prepare for on site SWE interview which of course is a different role. @Goog
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- Recruited by Amazon I’m an L65 CSA at Microsoft and being recruited by Amazon. I haven’t interviewed yet but I’m considering. I’ve got a good 25 years experience in software and solutions dev and architecture with a lot of breadth. Questions for those at Amazon or Microsofties that moved: What level would that be eq
- Applying for TN visa as Engineer with B.Sc Hey, Went to apply for my TN-1 visa this morning as a Computer Systems Analyst, got denied because I answered yes to “will your job involve programming”, and programmer is not part of their interpretation of the role for CSA and is a different position that is not under NAFTA stuff. My actual role
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- Interview feedback from Msft Guys .. need some help here. Was recently interviewed by Microsoft for a CSA position in San Francisco ( I live on the East Coast) . Had a phone interview followed by a half day in person interview which I felt that I aced . Reached out to recruiter after 2 weeks and was told that the feedback was
- Any future for Cloud support associate at AWS? I graduated with CS degree, got a job as csa @ aws outta school, have been doing for couple months. While I enjoy learning new technology, I don’t like to interact w outside cx on daily basis. Pretty burned out at the moment, been working hard last couple of months, and I would like to know what wou
- Microsoft Cloud Solution Architect: Incentive components of compensation? In compensation discussions for a Cloud Solutions Architect role at Microsoft. Aspects of the compensation structure are a bit new to me, as there is a sales component. Basically there is a 77/23 split between base/incentive components. Incentive is made up of sales quota (basically cloud consumptio
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- Career Advice Hi all, I am working in presales (sales engineer) at an ERP reseller/partner. I have 12 yoe with ~5 in presales. I am contemplating a change (out of dissatisfaction with current role than TC although increase in TC would be welcome) and identified 2 options: 1. Presales in "adjacent" enterprise sol
- 20 YOE: Need Referrals for Senior SWE/Cloud Solutions Architect Hello, I am a Senior Cloud Solutions Architect at Banner Health looking for referrals to all technology-focused companies for SWE/CSA senior level roles. YOE: 20 Past Companies: Microsoft, Honeywell, Capgemini, Broadridge Financial #ARM #Adobe #Airbnb #Alphonso #Anduril #Ansatz #AppDynamics #Ap
- Atlassian SRE - which path to take? I'm about to graduate end of the year and I'm not too sure what direction take. What I know is that really enjoy role of a site reliability engineer reading from books and resources online. I enjoy both operations and development particularly automation and scripting. I really dig the atlassian cult
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- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
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- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
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- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
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- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
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- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
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