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- vote How many SWE working at top companies? Blind is a bubble of silicon valley people working at FAANG type companies. I would imagine there’s tons of normal (e.g. geico) and small companies without crazy leetcode tests and very high salaries. What percentage of people actually work at top companies? Top companies includes FAANG of course,
- UX/Product Design Internship Referral for Summer 2022 Hi Blind, I'm an HCI graduate student looking for UX/Product Design Internships for Summer 2022 in the United States. Need a referral to break into the industry. Please connect if you can give me a referral to your company. Thanks so much! #referral #dropbox #newyorktimes #tesla #servicenow #log
- vote Amazon offer for L6 position Hello blind folks! I got an offer from Amazon for a Solutions Architect position (L6) working with customers on a job very similar to a pre-sales engineer role at any other big tech company. My current TC at Cisco: 347k (251k + commissions + RSUs) Offered TC at Amazon: 375k (160k + RSUs) That wa
- Referrals Appreciated - Cybersecurity 15+ YoE in cybersecurity. ~20 years overall IT experience. I don't jump ship every often and just found out about Blind. Awesome platform! I held numerous IT-related roles: Programmer, Build Engineer, QA Engineer, Security Analyst (3 years), Security Manager (8 years), Principal Security Consultant
- link Referrals for data scientist role in india Hi blind, Need referral for a friend who is working as a data scientist in jio. YoE : 2 years TC : 20 LPA Location : Bangalore, Hyderabad #referral #india #Walmart #Google #Amazon #Microsoft #Twillio #Cred #OCI #walmart #morganstanley #UBER #adobe #coinbase #razorpay #unacademy #paypal #goldman s
- vote Do you think layoffs wave is coming from startups? Please don’t be afraid but I just need your opinions and experience on this subject. Federal bank 6-7 rate hikes… Stock market tanking… War in Europe… Increasing news about Possible recession… With rate hikes comes less investments in risky businesses/startups… With rate hikes comes less bank loan
- Looking for referrals Hello, My friend Is graduating this May with a masters degree in Computer Engineering. She is currently looking for full-time positions. Please drop a comment here so that I can dm you her info and resume YOE: 4 TC: <15k working as Research Assistant PS: She currently does not have a work email
- New Grad - Need Referrals I got new grad reject from AMZN and few more onsites. I will be graduating soon and not getting calls. I am feeling depressed. I would really appreciate if anyone could refer me at different companies including FAANG, Microsoft and other companies. Leetcode 250+. Blind community - plz plz help Th
- Referral Help Hi Blind, Happy New Year! I’m a retail Manager at Apple. I’ve enjoyed my time at Apple the past 7-years. It is time to move on for me as it’s impacting my metal well-being. I’d appreciate any support in referrals in companies that put focus on employee experience. Not saying Apple doesn’t, I’d just
- vote Cisco career suicide for new grad? I joined as an intern two weeks ago and still do not know what to expect. The mini description of the 2-month project sounded like a LC medium. On probing further my manager gave short duration as the reason and told to wait until dev setup. For that I'm assigned a "mentor" who is not much familiar
- Referral help needed Hi everyone, Requesting people from Blind community for a SWE referral for my brother (office location is flexible across various countries/states) - would be of great help during this pandemic time. Please drop a comment so that we can chat over DM. (Tagging some of the companies if it helps, how
- Seeking referrals! Greatly appreciated I’m a senior at Yale University graduating in the spring just starting to recruit for full-time(design). I’ve previously interned at Amazon and F5. I’m borrowing my boyfriend’s Blind account to seek potential referrals! It’s always difficult to enter the entry-level market (especially in the pandem
- Cadence Intern looking for hardware referrals [Using univ account] Hi Blind community, I am an ECE graduate with 9.3/10 GPA and currently an intern at Cadence Design Systems, India. I have experience with FPGA and Verilog. Also I am interested in other roles related to ASIC design or any other electronics field (digital/analog) suitable to my
- Advices on Facebook contractor hire I have recently introduced to a very strong team of senior engineers who are doing several projects for FB Connectivity Lab via their own company (about 20-25 ppl). I haven't started talking about compensation yet but I wanted to take advices and comments from people here at Blind. I really like th
- Referral request - offer got cancel I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying WFH. After lot of hard work and grinding I landed an offer, for ux / product design role, but my happiness did not retained for long, because my offer got cancel due to covid -19 pandemic. And yet again the fight contunies and I am active interviewing again
- Referrals please! Hi Blind, I am graduating this semester and would appreciate referrals for entry level software engineering positions. I'd appreciate it if you'd be willing to refer, I can DM my resume for your reference :) LC + Algo Expert ~ 220 Grokking the coding interview patterns #swe #engineering #software
- India: SDE referral in product based companies for a New Grad Hi Blind, I was looking to apply for product based companies to join after my graduation to learn and explore new technologies especially at the start of my career. Could someone please give me a referral as I thought that would be more effective way I found out that only Tower Research is hiring
- Is joining Google at an early stage of one's career a good decision? I was suggested by a Senior Google Engineer, that it is better to join Google at later stage of one's career. He made several arguments ranging from lack of possible choices, lack of social life (people in general are old and don't socialize much). I wanted to ask the blind community, whether compa
- How soon can I ask for internal transfer for US team Hi blind, I joined Cisco India Engineering team 2 months ago and I want to know how soon can I ask my manager about for internal transfer within same team at US office. I see lot of opportunities posted under same team for same role in US team . I have 4 years left on my H1B and I don’t need stampi
- Go for PM Manager vs. IC First, I’m grateful for all the generous contributors at Blind, I really learned a lot from you. I’m a G12 senior manager of a SaaS PM team at Cisco. I’ve been approached by AWS, Amazon, FB sourcers but are all for IC PM roles. When I asked to be interviewed for a manager role, I’m not getting gr
- Request for referrals Hello kind people of Blind, I'm looking for referrals to roles in product companies. TC: 120k YoE: 5+ Please drop a comment so I can DM you my details. Thanks! #growth #marketing #hrbp #hr #software #referral #hiring #humanresources #jobhunt #tech #adobe #airbnb #amazon #anaplan #apple #atlassi
- Data Engineering Referrals Hi there, I am a Data Engineer and have 3+ years of experience in building batch and streaming pipelines using Spark and AWS. I am looking for data engineering referrals. Please drop a comment if you are willing to refer or can pass on my resume to the hiring team. I can dm you to share more info
- Referrals New Grad Bay Area Hi Blind, I'm a CS student graduating Dec 2021. I interned with Expedia Group and got a return offer for Seattle, but I prefer the Bay Area. I'm looking for blind community referrals for 2022 New Grad SWE roles for FAANGMULA+ and other tech companies in the Bay Area or remote! LC: 200+ accepted Y
- vote Cisco VS Visa New Grad SWE Hello Blind community, My friend is deciding between two new-grad offers, from Cisco and Visa. They've shared some details about each position, and would like some more input on their decision. As a note, my friend prioritizes self-growth and having less work-related stress over TC. Cisco Cost Cent
- Enterprise IC/Sales Leader Referral Hey Blind community. First Happy Veteran’s day to all the veterans and families of Veterans! The company I started with about 16 months ago was acquired by Cisco and we onboarded 90 days ago. For most people this is exciting, not me. I was recruited by old company to build out new sales division
- Referral for MLE Hi everyone, I am looking for some referrals for machine learning engineer positions. I would prefer FAANGMULA and unicorns. Thanks! Blind tax: 200k + nonliquid equity #machinelearningengineer #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #anaplan #apple #argoai #atlassian #benchling #bettermortgage #binanc
- Please Help. Referral for SE Entry-level Hello All, This is my first post on the blind. I have B.S in Software Engineer from SJSU. Struggled for almost a year to land a job. Solved more than 150 leetcode questions on the main account and about 40 on the shared premium account. I went to a couple of final round interviews at some start-up
- vote Can't Decide Where to Work Based off What People Say Here? I've been reading in blind for a while now and heard that people hate it at the following companies: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, auth0, Dropbox, okta, capital one, jp Morgan, Cisco, Netflix, twilio, Disney, roku, Adobe, indeed, Nvidia, eBay, Intel, amd, LinkedIn, PayPal, Uber, lyft
- link Is Amazon Really That Bad? Or is it exaggerated here on blind?? It has basically gotten to the point where you see polls like this: "Minimum TC increase to join Amazon? (Tech Industry)" https://us.teamblind.com/s/YGhFdMOC (The top result says people would only jump if they got a 50% increase in TC, 2nd place says 200%) So ar
- Need suggestions where to start my career Hi Team Blind Community, I am a recent grad. Looking for some suggestions based on all the offers I currently have on my table. Very recently joined AWS and received other offers right after that. I am looking for some actionable suggestions. So, not just based on total comp or base salary but also
- New Grad looking for Referrals Hi Blind community, I've been struggling in my job hunt these past few months before I graduate in the spring, and would appreciate any assistance from the community. Looking for new grad SWE opportunities in the U.S. at any company really. I've had internships at Amazon and ANSYS. Thanks! #tech
- Seeking referrals! Greatly appreciated I’m a senior at Yale University graduating in the spring just starting to recruit for full-time(design). I’ve previously interned at Amazon and F5. I’m borrowing my boyfriend’s Blind account to seek potential referrals! It’s always difficult to enter the entry-level market (especially in the pandem
- Google, Cisco, Salesforce Interview Hi Fellow Blinders, Just want to say thank you to everyone for all the great tips, tricks, interview advice, negotiation pointers etc. Did 15 interviews for 3 jobs over the last 9 weeks (Google, Cisco, Salesforce) ,got 2 offers and it wouldnt of been possible without blind🍷 I was bummed i got re
- H1B lottery results, company wise tracking From what I can tell, it doesn't matter what your law firm is, if your employer didn't notify them of your result, they can't notify you because this time it's employer side application. From other posts on blind here's what I gathered, the following companies haven't updated their respective law f
- Referral into tech (Product) Hi Blind community, I've been trying to get my foot in the door into big tech, and been interviewing a ton in the last 3 months. Finally landed an offer from AMZ, but definitely feel like they are lowballing me + two steps down in terms of job levelling. Hoping to get some referrals for product man
- Referral Hi Blind Community, Looking referrals for FAANGMULA+ , Unicorns or any product based organisations. LC : ~300 YOE : 5.8 TC : ~15 Expected : 35+ Please drop a comment so that I can DM you my info. #layoffs #engineering #software #swe #software #engineering #swe #tech #newgrad #referral #jobhu
- Referral Hi everyone, I'm a long time veteran of blind and have been really appreciative to be in this community. I'm now looking for referrals for MLE/SWE roles. I've been working as a MLE for about 3.5 years now. I've done 450+ leetcode problems - mostly mediums. If you'd be willing to refer, I can send
- Job Referral - Senior Data Analyst : Product / Marketing / Business Intelligence /Data Science Hi Blind Community, I have 6 years of experience in Product / Business / Marketing analytics and looking for a new switch to a Product Company from Consulting ! Please comment on this post if your company is hiring, I can dm you the details. Relevant experience : E-Commerce, Banking , Retail , Med
- Looking for Referrals Hello Blind Friends! I'm looking to stop making peanuts as a software engineer. I've got 5 YOE and looking to move up in the TC world. TC: 130 🥜 #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #amazon #anaplan #apple #atlassian #benchling #bettermortgage #binance #blend #bloomberg #box #brex #bytedance #c3ai #
- Presales, PM Referrals India / UK Posting for a friend - Hello Blind community, My friend is looking for non-tech Presales, PM roles in India / UK. Has around 3 years of Work experience in Presales role and has done MBA from renowned Institute in India. Interested in roles for Solution consulting, Presales, Product owner, product
- Program Manager seeking Referrals Hello Community! I am looking to take advantage of the job market and hopefully break into bigger tech. Mostly interested in higher TC, learning from top-tiers, and solidifying my experience. Thank you in advance! Blind Tax: YOE: 4 TC: 200k #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #amazon #anaplan #
- vote Pinterest Staff L6 vs LinkedIn Staff Blind community - Request you to assist, 1) How to negotiate higher offer AND 2) Pros/Cons on choosing (relevant to priorities mentioned below) ||||||||||| Top priorities in order: 1) Work and Team culture 2) Domain focused role (Can learn easily) 3) Comp 4) Commute (less from Santa clara is bette
- How does funding work Hi blind, This is just about something I’m curious about and a lot of you are wildly successful so I’d love to learn. 1) When you have a great idea, how “developed” (I know this isn’t a great way of wording it but I can’t think of anything better) does the idea need to be before one can begin to s
- It has been almost 3 months now that I'm struggling to get interview as a data analyst ! Hi Blind community, I've been trying to apply to companies in the field of data analytics but no luck ! I haven't got a single interview call. If anyone is looking for a data analyst, kindly consider. YOE : 7 #faang #datascience #analytics #data #dataanalytics #datascience #dataanalyst #business
- Data Engineering Referrals Hi there, I am a Data Engineer and have 3+ years of experience in building batch and streaming pipelines using Spark and AWS. I am looking for data engineering referrals. Please drop a comment if you are willing to refer or can pass on my resume to the hiring team. I can dm you to share more info
- BI/Data Analyst referral Hey Blind, ~10 years exp in BI/Analytics outside of tech. Attached my resume. Still tweaking some of the bullet points to convey impact, but gives you an idea of background. Looking for referrals for Business Intelligence/Product Analyst/Data Analyst/DS(product/analytics non-ML) REMOTE positions
- I was hired as java developer but I do mostly python and go. I was hired at a local startup (3 months now) that does outsourcing for Cisco. Most of the microservices are written in python and go and few are in java. While I do not have a problem with working with another languages (actually enjoy it) my Java lead (which is not working on the same project with
- India Best Software Companies List Compilation Note - This was an old Blind post by someone which no longer exists. I'd the content copied. https://www.teamblind.com/post/india-best-software-companies-list-compilation-QYzFSoX4 Here it goes. - I noticed that conversations about top companies and startups on Blind is mostly US-centric. So dec
- link Master List of Company Hiring and Layoff Status During #COVID-19 IF YOU'VE BEEN LAID OFF: there's help with referrals available, see the bottom of this post. Companies still hiring: Aetna Amazon American Family Insurance Autolist Bank Of America BetterHelp Capital One Chewy Cisco (Meraki) CVS DataDog Discord Do
- vote FAANG - best WLB with least PIPs? Hi folks, I think the question's title explains it all. I am looking to settle on one company out of FAANG (other companies acceptable if the pay is very similar). Background: I am 6 years YoE working at Amazon since last 1 year and I hate my life here working all the time. Also, have heard enough