I am a mid career professional 8yoe. People who have a lot of experience and advantage of hindsight, what’s your advice? What to look for in a career. Did you chase those high paying jobs or it just happened as a byproduct?
Hello everyone, I am an analytics professional with 1.5 yrs of experience in SQL, Python, Tableau /Prep. I am looking for a referral at Chase for analytics positions. Your help is greatly appreciated! 🙏 #referral #dataanalytics
I used to be the guy who lit up the room when I entered it and had loads of great friends until I started working in the tech industry. Now I am depressed and I suffer from anxiety and chronic insomnia . Not expecting any pity party but I want to share my experience to educate others of how the tec...Read more
I am 33 y/o male. Single, no serious relationship in sight. Can't even get dates. Doesn't have an ideal body, I'm quite skinny (mentioning because it's not healthy not because I don't feel at peace with my body). Barely got 275k in savings. Working for basically 🥜. Spent my early 20's chasing aft...Read more
What age do you think you will slow down in terms of chasing higher TC and professional growth and be okay with resting and vesting for the remainder of your working career? Also share why at that age, e.g., hit target TC, achieved career goals/accomplishments, life event, etc. For me, I’m actual...Read more
Watching Squid Game reminds me of Blind where human beings are driven into extreme competition for prestigé and TC. Ppl willing to ignore decades-long professional norms and best practices in their chase to be winners, including reneging offers for better ones and asking "TC or GTFO" I love it 😍
Hi all, I’ve been laid off, and with my current visa status with H1B, getting bit nervous about securing a new role in this market. I worked as a sr business analyst in corporate banking side for 2 yrs (total professional experience since graduation is 4 yrs) , and looking for a referral in analyt...Read more
I just finished an interview process with Google. Went up to the last rounds, Hiring manager told I did well and was within the top 3 candidates, however they opted for another candidate with more regional experience. I have been interviewed before by tech companies (including Meta) and I was very ...Read more
Hi everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ and banks / financial boomer companies. YOE: 15 years Profession: IT professional (staff level server admin in the AIX/LINUX space) Please DM me directly, or drop a comment so I can DM you! TC: 130k CAD I'm in Canada, sorry :( #citibank #...Read more
Hi need some suggestions that help me to choose right direction. I am a mom of two little kids. Own a home and my kids are settled in school nearby home. Both me and my husband have a comfortable life both personally and professionally with each of our TC ~185k. I got an offer from Nvidia in bay a...Read more
If there is one advice I can give to y'all professionals from marginalised backgrounds - it is to marry early. Do not follow the lifestyle of your peers. They have privileges - race privilege, money, network, parents who attended college, majoritarian privilege. They are the FAANGs of this world. Y...Read more
I’ve been doing full stack for the past 2-3 years with PHP as a backend. I want to switch over to Java because there’s a lot more jobs available for Java and I like the language. However, I’ve been finding it hard getting the companies I want to work for to give me a chance. For example I passed JP ...Read more
Sup my fellow blinders. What’s the best city to live in for a young professional? I just graduated and I’m working in FAANG, turning 25 this week. Here are some things I care about for the next 5 years. • Networking • Night life (clubs, parties, etc.) • Dating (women in particular) • Career advan...Read more
Assuming I'm chasing an SRE (site reliability engineering) role at the three companies mentioned in the title within the cleared space (GovCloud), which one would be better career-wise for professional growth and development? My plan is to bounce around everywhere, but I want to work for a company ...Read more
TL;DR - worked hard for 10 years only to loose everything in a jiffy. My mistake - I didn’t pause and think where my life was taking me. Sigh. - little over a year left on my H1-B. Yet, have a stellar resume - took a huge pay cut from a stable job to join my current company for wlb and growth. Bot...Read more
Always wondered if you should work where you’re the smartest person on the team or if you should keep jumping to a better place where you may be the dumbest person on your team? Chasing TC is not a concern as I’ve realized you lose sleep over chasing a higher TC all the time. Not worth it for me. ...Read more
I feel like I have no idea how to make friends at work, or create alliances. I’m trying my best but it feels like I’m chasing people and not receiving anything back. I’m not being invited to things, I’m not going up in the corporate ladder in my companies. Whereas I see some people that are so suc...Read more
Does anyone feel hopeless? It’s a never ending cycle of chasing money and the sad part is I am not even making 6 figures yet. I am just disappointed, my direct manager is an Indian who refuses to promote me even after I have consistently told me I wanted to be PM from the very start and followed pu...Read more
Had 2 video interviews with Facebook Product Managers couple of days ago and recruiter reached out saying they have decided to go with other candidates who have stronger experience that match their requirements closely. I honestly thought I had done well in the interviews. I was feeling really good...Read more
Ever since I graduated from college, the quantity and quality of my working hours have been drastically decreasing. I have always struggled with pursuiting long term goals. Losing the carrot on the stick from the education system has been a major challenge. I am fortunate to have professional and t...Read more