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- vote Is grokking system design enough for sde2 system design interview? I want to interview for sde2 in other FAANG or unicorn companies. (Not now, probably wait for a year to reach 2 YOE) Not sure how to study for system design. Is grokking the system design course enough? YOE: 1 TC: 140k cad
- Jealousy towards Google and Meta is funny It’s so funny to see those with other company names talking 💩 about Meta’s hiring freeze and Google’s new perf system. To me, both are good news. Meta’s hiring freeze will increase the stock and focus more on current employees Google’s new perf system will raise the high performers’ salary (stat
- Companies that only ask Behavioral Interview Questions for PMs? Which companies only ask behavioral / experience type interview questions. Really not trying to master case study/system design rounds. Let’s make a running list #pm #product #productmanager #interviewstreet
- Is systems software a neglected discipline, or becoming obsolete? Does it pay much less than web/cloud, and if so why? What companies pay well for systems software? Besides the obvious NVIDIA and AMD? Systems software meaning kernel, embedded, upper layer networking software, something backend interfaces to that is homegrown, etc
- Green Card per Country Caps FTW (For Now) Considering the number of Indian consultancy companies that abuse the H1B system, many GC applicants should not even be in the pipeline. Until the H1B abuse is fixed, I support the green card caps per country. Feel free to educate me, I’m here to learn.
- Suck at coding but excellent at system design I joined right after college and I was really good at coding back then. Last 2 years I became part of the team which was in the process of creating a new service that serves millions of people today. I actively contributed to the design of it and while doing that, I read many many system design bo
- Why the fuck do people prioritize learning? 🙄🙄🙄🙄 I keep hearing. Go to Amazon to learn. Go to x,y,z company and prioritize learning. But why ? When people are trying to switch jobs the only things that get asked anyway are leetcode and system design. Any clown can grind leetcode and system design for 6 months and get multiple offers. Companies o
- Does Airbnb have the potential to be the new Google alternative? I feel, the old Google doesn't exist anymore. The new GRAD system confirms it. I just don't like the forced underperforming quota of 8%, and any company doing it doesn't go well in my books. I am searching for the next good companies to switch to. Is Airbnb any good ? I see they are pushing the en
- vote Why do companies make up their own levels? There have been major companies with established leveling systems for decades. Why does every company make their own levels? Why embrace chaos? P10, L7, L66; non tech TC $300
- Does Google ask System Design questions in L3/L4 SWE interviews? I know that some companies don't ask System Design questions unless it's an interview for Senior+ roles, but not sure about Google. YoE: 3 TC: 160k #google #engineering #software #swe #interviews #systemsdesign #l3 #l4
- What are the best tier 2 companies relative to interview difficulty? Lots of companies that pay more than peanuts but $100k less than faang seem to still have relatively difficult leetcode/system design interviews. What are the easiest tier 2+ interviews? Note faang asks leetcode mediums and grokking so it needs to be easier than that. Tc 100k
- Does medical device systems engineering involve any innovation? Is it intellectually stimulating I’m looking at medical device companies like Abbott, Medtronic, BD, GE Health etc. Is systems engineering challenging ? Context: I have a PhD and have consistently applied for patents and love the innovation aspect of my job. Any intellectual reward motivated me. In this context, does systems engin
- How do you prep for a frontend system design interview? I’m in final rounds for a Senior Frontend role at a “tier 1” company. They say I need to complete a frontend system design interview and that it’s really important. Does anyone have experience with frontend system design interviews? What type of questions do they ask and what do I need to do to pr
- Question about system software interviews Companies such as Apple, Amazon, Intel, Google, Samsung, Nvidia, etc hire people to work on system software such as device drivers, compilers, linkers, OS, etc besides hiring for regular product teams. IMU, these system roles typically do not require knowledge of traditional system design concepts
- It's quite hard to switch 😒😒😒😒 Everyone knows how hard it is to switch. Months of pointless grind in leetcode and system design and unfortunately everything boils down to a fucking onsite interview where you are stacked against other people to decide who will get the offer. Contrary to what people think, switching is actually q
- vote Which companies have you seen consistently give the best technical advice on Blind? Whether it’s about the best leetcode sources, system design articles, how to improve at your job, or how to climb to senior dev, which company on Blind have you seen people give the best advice? Made a poll, please don’t vote Google, we know it’s a good company already. Tc 100k
- Systems/Infra programming in Rust What are the best companies or teams doing systems, infrastructure, or distributed systems work in Rust?
- Advice for DoorDash E6 Backend onsite loop Hey E6+ folks at DoorDash, I have an onsite soon and would appreciate any and all advice you have for me. I'm doing the usual Leetcode and system design preparation (DDIA, System Design Primer) but given all companies have their own expectations and flair, I'd like to be as best prepared as I can be
- Is it safe to LC on Company laptop? Has anyone run into trouble for LC on company systems? I always use company system. #softwareengineer #faang #tech
- Can I get a list of companies pay above 200TC? I’ll apply all by TC order. I did 600+ LC and am prepared for system designs. Could you leave a company if your company pays well? Thanks in advance! TC: 200k YOE: 6 #engineering #software #swe
- Automotive companies in California Can someone let me know how to get hold of all the automotive companies in California ? What are the good companies to apply and can expect a good growth for a systems engineer or requirements engineer position ? #auto #interview #california
- Offer update and suggestions I have got an offer as Automotive system engineer with Sonatus, Gotion and Ford ( similar roles with little different roles and responsibilities) I am looking at work life balance as my first priority along with interesting work. Any suggestions on these companies, what is the best company to work f
- Oncall needs to end, or at least be heavily compensated TC around 350, >15 YOE. When did we engineers start accepting 24/7 availability as a reasonable job requirement, even periodically? Did no one ever push back? Whenever unions get mentioned, there's always a pushback along the lines of "I can negotiate a better deal myself" - well, anyone actually
- System design questioms Hi I am aware of common system design questions. But I wanted to see if people who might have interviews recently can tell some of the system design questions they faced in following companies: LinkedIn Uber Facebook Amazon Mongodb Doordash
- Which companies don’t have coding interviews for EMs? I know many FAANG companies have coding rounds for EM role interviews, e.g., Meta, Google. Which well known companies don’t have coding rounds for EM roles? I know one: Uber but not sure about others. tl;dr: considering switching, and okay with any kind of interviews like system design, behavioural
- What system design questions have you been asked? Post the system design questions you've been asked while interviewing for a company, the name of the company and the level you had applied for. Let this thread be a system design log for us all. Let's help each other, blinders🍻 I'll go first! 1. design twitter clone 2. Company: Microsoft 3. Level
- Musk’s potential Twitter takeover is a prime example of why the workers should own the company Allowing a billionaire, a Saudi Prince, and Vanguard to decide what happens to a company while the actual tech workers have essentially no say even with all of their combined stock shows how convicted and fucked up our current system is. #tech #capitalism #socialism
- EM interviews without coding What are some of the high paying companies which does not test coding but test with system design, behavioral and leadership skills?#engineering #software
- No leetcode, top offer 550K TC: 450K YOE: 10 Edit: just got my comp conversation for 2021 so TC: 580K, YOE: 11. Power of compound RSU refresher. Not meant to flex, but I recently went through a job search. Decided not to do leetcode because fuck it and I have family. Here are the offers: - Design startup (e.g Figma, Invision,
- vote People who work super hard at companies with high bars and bad wlb: what have you gotten out of it? If you’ve ever ended up on a team at a good tech company with terrible wlb, what did you get out of it? - did you learn transferable skills that wouldn’t have been learned through good wlb + studying? - did you get better at interviews because of it at all? (E.g. lots of extra system design, leade
- How do people change companies like this? Been at Google for 9 years. Ever since graduation. I don’t mind interviewing and switching companies. I just interviewed with Coinbase/robinhood. I saw a guy like, 2 years at Airbnb 2 at instacart 2 at Coinbase 3 at stripe Isn’t this a stressful life? Do you constantly keep doing leetcode and s
- vote Can you pass a system design interview with little to no experience? This is probably for top tier companies. Have you passed a system design interview with little to no experience? TC 140k #systemdesign
- Mega Pre IPO $500K+ Thread 10+ YOE What are the best Pre-IPO companies to join in 2022? Role: Staff Software Engineer YOE: 10+ Domain: Distributed Systems, ML/AI Databricks Stripe Instacart Plaid Brex FlexPort Discord Airtable Carta Chime Figma Reddit Lacework Do you guys think joining above companies would make us $3M+ after IP
- 1 year of LeetCode The plan is to become pretty good at solving interview questions within a year and wanted some feedback on my plan: Time: 2-2.5 hours M-F everyday after work 4-6+ hours Sat-Sun Problems: - Blind 75 - Top interview problems on LC - Company Specific Problems on LC Courses: - Grokking the Object Ori
- companies hiring Rust engineers Wondering which companies are actively investing in using Rust for their systems. I know that Dropbox has moved a bunch of their core systems over. Anyone else?
- Looking for referrals Looking for referrals for companies that hire without a system design round and complete remote. Senior front end roles to be specific. TC: 120K + bonus YOE: 11 #referral
- Referral for Waymo or Cruise Hey friends, I'm looking for some referrals for some specific SWE/DS positions at these companies. 12 YOE with a background in ML Controls and Decision systems. Thanks!
- Google, Meta, DoorDash, Microsoft Offers I recently went through an extensive interview cycle with many big tech companies. My goal was to land an exciting senior SWE job with top tier pay. In the end I signed with Meta due to best TC, exciting teams, collocation of office, and desire for a faster work environment. ————————- Final Offers
- Companies without stack ranking performance review? Is there a list of companies (not small startups) without a stacked ranking perf review system? I know it’s pretty much the standard in most mid size/big tech companies around the Bay Area today, but there must be some companies with other performance review systems.
- vote Experienced engineer interviews shouldn’t even have a coding round Senior roles (requiring 5+ yoe) should focus on grilling your system design depth, object oriented design depth and leadership skills. 2-3 system design rounds 1 object oriented design round 1-2 leadership rounds and resume grilling Leetcode round completely useless here as coding is a very small
- AMA: Co-founding CTO at a Silicon Valley startup I am a co-founder and CTO at a travel and expense management company in Silicon Valley with more than a decade of experience in systems architecture and software design and development. Previously, I ran my own consultancy in D.C. and worked for a company to build a social media monitoring tool tha
- Why system design for new grads? Why do companies ask new grads system design? I recently graduated from college and have never really worked on a large scale system of any sort. Now I have interviews at some companies scheduled and they all have a system design round. What do I even prepare? Can just brainstorming the idea and no
- Bay Area: Water softener for home Homeowners in Bay Area: Have you installed water softeners at your property? If so which brand/company do you trust and is reasonably priced to install? I talked to big companies Life Source and De Anza Waters and both quoted $7-8k to install salt-based systems. So wondering if there are cheaper sm
- FB engineer looking for referrals Hi I’m looking for referrals to companies with remote positions. I’m a mid level engineer working on distributed systems, big data, etc etc. Slide in my DMs!
- vote Are design patterns expected for senior levels at any FAANG interviews? If yes, which companies do this? Is it expected/helpful to talk about design patterns in either low level design or system design for senior engineering positions? If yes, please mention company in comments.
- link DDIA book vs Jordan Has No Life System Design playlist for system design interview prep I am preparing for system design interviews for some companies (square, discord mainly) and I am wondering which of these two is the better resource. For those of you who don't know, there is a youtube channel called Jordan Has No Life where he talks about the concepts needed for system design: http
- System Design Interview for new-grad SWE Is educative's Grokking the System Design Interview enough for system design round at most companies for new-grad SWEs #engineering #software #swe #systemdesign #interview
- vote FB - E4 system design difficulty How hard is the system design round for e4s compared to other companies? Infra system design only TC: 190 (not counting stock appreciation) Yoe: 2
- vote Salesforce vs VMware vs Microsoft Hi, I am holding offers from these 3 companies. Really confused what to choose ? Providing the team information below. Please feel free to suggest. Salesforce(SMTS): Sustainability cloud or Media cloud. I might be randomly assigned to a team. (Java, JS, LWC etc.) - fullstack a
- Yelp Android New Grad onsite interview Looking for any advice on the system design portion of the on site interview at yelp. Recruiter mentioned two behavioral and two technical (coding/system design) How do companies normally evaluate new grad system design interviews?