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- vote What's the way forward? Asking for a friend, DBA with 7 years experience. How do you see the future of DBAs given that most companies will adopt managed services in the cloud? How to pivot? What technologies would you learn and change role/domain? Goal is to get in to a tier 1 company, maximize TC. Some potential pivots:
- Does India have their own version of an H1B visa program? I work in the Oracle database area. I'd like to move up the ladder and eventually become a senior Oracle DBA. If I wanted to move to India and work as a junior DBA for an outsourcing company to get some experience, is there a work visa program India has that would allow this?
- Production deployments in Companies Hi All, I was just curious about how the deployment process looks like in these modern days companies. We follow a process where the developer raises a CR(Change Request) for application changes or Data layer changes and after approvals from Manager, QA manager, Change management and 4 Eyes someone
- I am currently in QA manual role want to switch to development Currently a Manual tester but want to be developer in Java , have built few micro services out of my interest. did udemy Java certification core Java courses. As a fresher have also been a DBA. Currently preparing for FAANG with leetcode. My career is not in one place. What role would I be fit in FA
- Which engineering path gets you the most tc? I have about 7 years of experience as a Full stack engineer. Spent the first 6 years in startups, so learnt a lot on the entire spectrum: front end, backend, data, dba, devops and even a little bit of ML. But now that i am moving over to more established companies, i realized that the roles are more
- Future of database engineering roles / DBAs With the advent of cloud providers like AWS, Google, Microsoft providing managed db services and several other successful companies offering cloud based services - snowflake , confluent, databricks etc , what do you guys think the future will be for traditional job roles like database engineering/ D
- Is being a DBA a bad career choice in 2020? I'm curious the thoughts on this. I had a few years experience as a web developer, then sql developer, before making the move to becoming a sql server database administrator for on-prem servers. I've been at my current company, a large fortune 10, but not faang, for two years. I mostly like my job,
- vote Which area of IT is the way to go? I’m curious what people who’ve moved around in roles Network engineering, Security, DBA or even software specific roles, think of the Pros and Cons that these different job functions come with. I’m currently in my first IT job as a systems engineer at a smaller company and am good jack of all master
- Laid off, looking for referral Experience : Data Analyst (Financial company) DBA/Data Engineer (Healthcare company) Database Consultant (Microsoft), laid off. YoE: 8+ Education: Masters in CS Skills: SQL, Python, Tableau LeetCode: 600+ Recent interviews: Capital One, Onsite at Amazon, Google, for SDE roles (career-shift). No of
- Career/Tech Suggestions for Oracle DBAs to work for FB,Aws, Google etc Experts, I am one among the several Oracle DBAs looking to be part of Top companies like FB,AWS,Google,Apple,MS etc. Please share your suggestions on various Technologies to learn on top of database knowledge and experience. I know there are many Technologies like cloud, docker,kubernetis etc., wi
- FAANG dream but suddenly losing motivation I worked as QA, DBA and like eight months back I badly wanted to move to development prepared little bit and last month moved to development within my company for a new project. But being new developer I want to finish my tasks on time and busy with my toddler after daycare and also chores. HAve don
- Part time jobs? I want to start exploring options for a part time job. Is that even an option? My company is starting to move towards coming back on-site and I’m realizing I just don’t want to work full time anymore. I have a background in data engineering. Are there companies that hire for part time work? Like 3 d
- Preparation daily schedule Hey folks, My background is IT/DBA/Data Engineering and in mid 40s. Would like to work a few years in a FAANG company. I have dabbled in solving leetcode problems but got side tracked after doing 20 or so easy problems. If I wanted to interview with FANGS in March 2021, what should my daily sched
- Is it ok to email the interviewer a day after the interview with further answers? Yesterday I had a tech interview with a company. There were two interviewers, who were asking questions from their respective fields. One of them was DBA and she asked me for examples of DB automation activities I had done. Since DB is not my primary field, I could think of only 2 minor examples and
- Looking for referrals Dear Blind folks, Hope you all had a great weekend! Currently Database Architect at Oracle. TC: 140k. Yoe 12. I am looking for Cloud Solutions /Cloud Engineer/ Oracle Database Specialist roles /Project Manager roles and would really appreciate your help or referral. Experienced in DBA, Automation
- Bogus Startups burning VC money! I got a call from a recruiter to interview for a role at a startup company. Upon arriving in the office I saw that the office is extremely swanky. Free breakfast tacos. Fridges full of soda. Beer taps. Everyone with latest Apple hardware. I could compare this office to something from a more establis
- Looking for Carrer Change Suggestion Have 13+ exp , working in mid scale companies.. I’m kind of in career change confusion.. I was developer initial career.. last few years working as TPM .. from project kick off to prod look over enter delivery.. involve in every aspect of tech thing if there is an issue like load balance, hardware s
- link Ask for a raise or look for new role? I am a data engineer that works doing a lot of etl, performance tuning, stored procedure dev, general sql data management, and dba work. In my current role I have been taking on additional work in C#/ asp.net and other more software development type tasks. The problem I am having is I am now doing
- I am on H1B and got laid off today @ Oracle I am let go from Cloud SaaS group today after working for so many years for the group, most disturbing part is that I have been top performer in the team .... just that was not going along well with my immediate boss (for no fault of my own, just that he can’t work with more skilled and smarter memb
- Junior Dev Destined for Failure I’m a Junior Software Developer who currently works for a real estate company who is not a tech company. There is no DBA, Project Manager, Architect, Strategist, Designer, etc. We are full stack developers who wear several hats and this is severely unorganized. Prior to joining I was a PM and then a
- How to move into a manager role? My kids are finally old enough so that I can get back to concentrating on my career. I want to create a plan on how to get into a management role where I’m compensated well (ie manager at a FAANG or equivalent). I keep hearing I need to be a Director at another company before I can even apply for a
- How can i get into these 150K/250K high paying jobs ? Hi All, May be i am being too ambitious,but i am wondering how can i get into those high salary jobs like in Google/FB/Microsoft/Netflix etc.. I feel that my career path is not in the right way.My technical background and professional timelibes is shown below. YOE : Total 6 years. 3 years in Ind
- Do any of the major cloud companies have REAL SRE / Devops job? I am an SRE on the oracle cloud. Job sucks. Its just script kiddie and look at logs BS. Manager can't code. Manager does not want to look at code on calls. All automation is pushed back to developers. Most of my team can't code and are happy being script kiddies. No raises at all. Cause who gives ra
- Full time SWE: should I complete my MS? I’m a career changer and am currently working full time as a SWE. I got the job as an intern and transitioned to full time because I’m earning my masters degree in CS part time. I have a bachelor’s in an unrelated field and I took courses at the college level in order to get into my masters program
- How do you deal with a career AND kids? Posting this in the women in tech section not because I️ think this is a woman only responsibility but because I️ want to know how women deal with it. I’m trying to rise in my career but I️ feel like I’m being held back by my kids and home life. I️ come home from work fully ready to grab a snack, do
- need some guidance blinders Kind of a lengthy read but I’m lost 15 yrs of exp Total comp 160k, no bonus, no stock, no sign on, dc area I’ve spent the vast majority of my career in the SAP space primarily, in a now depricated solution that SAP no longer promotes, doing massive implementations. I’m not a developer and the pa
- *** Need Advise for Job Career **** Am new to this forum. I have 14 YOE. From the last 7 years working as TPM (technical project manager) in a mid-size company. I don’t have aggressive coding exp. However I look after overall customized product delivery for customers from inception to production. Last 7 years I have been coordinating
- A Guide To Start Your Company on H1B/H4 EAD Since this question keeps popping up, I thought I will share some details to help folks with H4 EAD. 1) Can an H1B VISA holder start a company? Absolutely yes. Myth is H1B holders can't start their business. Truth is H1B holders can start their business and invest in it as long as they hire someone
- vote Technical incompetence at Wayfair -- is there anything worse?? Is there anything worse than Wayfair at this scale in terms of sheer technical incompetence and poor engineering practices? Wayfair's codebase and infrastructure are stuck in a pathetic, sorry state. The PHP repo, the databases (which are all mirrors in some way), the vertical scaling -- it needs t
- 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.
- How rx6800xt can beat rtx3080? Nvidia invested 2.8 bils in while AMD spent 0.5bils in R&D? 🤷🏻♂️ Should I buy AMD stock instead? Engineers at AMD are so much more efficient?
- 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
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- 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
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- 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
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening