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- What new features has Dropbox been working on? Forgive my ignorance, I used Dropbox a long time ago, around like 2012. Back then, it was pretty good — shared folders, gigabytes of free cloud storage, folder organization, etc. I haven’t used it in years and just decided to hop back on my old account, and I don’t really notice anything new? It s
- link Dropbox just revealed some sweet new features, what does the community think? https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/product/new-product-experiences-for-distributed-teams-and-creatives Overall seems like a step in the right direction in terms of being a valuable company long term. #dropbox #startup #cloud TC 183, 3 YOE Currently AWS
- vote Dropbox new releases TC 350k YOE 3 Dropbox today just announced 3 new products, capture, replay, and shop. https://www.pcmag.com/news/dropbox-looks-beyond-cloud-storage-with-capture-replay-shop-features It has been a while for any new feature release in Dropbox, and we are definitely on our way to more of a collaborat
- link Dropbox now what? Dropbox already built, and battle tested the architecture, feature and software stack. Now it can definitely sustain with little maintenance, hence now what is the need of recruiting so many SWE now? You guys must be getting a lot of free time? Also see It might get weird: why Dropbox employees a
- Dropbox is not intuitive anymore in 2020 I used dropbox in the past and it was extremely intuitive and just worked.. like an apple product. I would click on the dropbox icon at the top of the toolbar and I remember it being very intuitive. One single click and it opens up that dropbox folder on my local and I can do whatever I want. Now w
- Dropbox Stock I’m having a tough time deciding whether to buy dropbox stock. On the one hand, looking at box, that stock has definitely surged from when it originally went IPO a few years ago, but it also crashed precipitously before it’s rise. Will dropbox face the same fate? On the other hand dropbox is profita
- BOX vs Dropbox and CloudFlare vs AWS Box and Dropbox will perform almost the same operations ane Cloudflare and AWS have similar features. then why I should invest in Box or Cloudflare. just to understand the big pictures of why investors are investing money in Box or Cloudflare?
- EM Referrals Hi everyone! Looking for EM referrals ~10 years of experience all at FAANG companies doing product & iOS development Tech Lead for the past 7 years on various teams, experienced mentor and shipped many products/features I can def pass EM interviews as I already have EM offers, but looking for mor
- link Top 20 highest paying Tech Companies? (Non Hedge Funds/Firms etc) Theres not an explicit list on Levels.fyi besides best of 2019, so they might need feature request. Anyone know what website has a reputable list? what am i missing? From scouring around best guess is its likely the somewhere along the lines of the following: 1. Facebook 2. Snap 3. Netflix 4. Pint
- Dropbox refreshers math Planning to join Dropbox September end most likely with all this visa transfer bs. Have few questions, 1. Recruiter mentioned I'll get yearly bonus and yearly refreshers in march/April. Is this prorated from the time I join? Meaning if the yearly bonus is 30k and refreshers are 100k, then I will on
- New job sucks need referral ..! Toxic work culture Hey Blinders… I have 8+ yrs of exp . I am currently looking for referrals for PM jobs at FAANG companies or seed level startups. I recently switched companies and my new company sucks. In my previous company where I was very productive and impactful as it was a startup and I had a lot of leverage
- 3 YoE SWE LFR Pretty burnt out of Amazon leaderships, and org has been in an absolute dumpster fire which burned out everyone. As a result, all but 1 of my beloved coworkers who all agreed to quit and are now job hunting together <3 Mainly backend engineer with a hint of frontend. Certainly not TT material, bu
- 3 YoE SWE LFR Pretty burnt out of Amazon leaderships, and org has been in an absolute dumpster fire which burned out everyone. As a result, all but 1 of my beloved coworkers who all agreed to quit and are now job hunting together <3 Mainly backend engineer with a hint of frontend. Certainly not TT material, b
- Product Designer 6+YOE salary expectations @ top tech companies? Currently interviewing at Facebook, Apple, etc and was just asked today. Couldn’t give a good answer and was truthful and said I hadn’t really thought about it yet. I just realized I’m super underpaid and haven’t the clue how I’m supposed to be paid. Was going to ask for 150 TC but checking levels
- Facebook SWE ML Interview Experience Just completed my interviews for SWE ML at Facebook. There were 1 System Design 2 ML Design 1 Behavioral 2 Coding rounds The design rounds went well specially one of the ML Design round and the others being decent. In the first coding round I gave a sub optimal solution for a Medium level questio
- System design interviews when you've never built a distributed system System design interviews stress me out a lot because I'm basically faking them. I don't mind the ones that are more like google doc tech spec designs because I actually do those at work (e.g how would you design the "someone is typing" feature for slack). But the questions about how I'd design youtu
- Which companies should I be applying to in NYC? (Junior to Mid-level SWE) I'm a DS making a switch to SWE. I have ~6 YOE, with a math undergrad from one of (MIT, Stanford). I took a long break from my career for medical reasons, and now I'm trying to get back into the game and make a switch to a backend SWE role. I'd say that my math background and professional experience
- System Design interview pattern Hi Blind Community, I am preparing for interviews in the future and am stressing more on the System Design part. Generally, I get blanked up during interviews if I am not able to figure out anything, and it's affecting the rest of the interview. For those scenarios, I wrote a general structure(after
- Referrals in Tech Hello seasoned Referral-Peoples and fellow Blind Society (braille / text to voice when?), I posted once a week ago but my time has come to drive this forward. I have meditated on the mountains, played 5 rounds of hop-scotch, and have revised my resume more times than I have had coffee. I'm a Produc
- Let's list stereotypical reasons for why each big tech company is bad until we find the best one to work for --FAANG tier-- Facebook: Too political, disorganized, elitist Amazon: 'nuff said. Harsh culture of algorithmic stack ranking, long hours, low pay. Apple: Secrecy breeds siloed culture, top-down tyrannical, cheap about pay. Netflix: ? Don't they do stack-ranking but it's not as bad as in Amazon o
- Are System Design Interviews Broken? Leetcode gets a lot hate but it seems System Design interviews are just as ridiculous sometimes. 1) you need to magically come up with the features and then negotiate with an interviewer what their interpretation of scale is. Gathering requirements is a real skill, but schmoozing your way to get an
- vote Behavioral Interview Questions MEGA LIST For those struggling in behavioral interviews, here are some questions from the top companies: ## General - Why do you want to work for X company? - Why do you want to leave your current/last company? - What are you looking for in your next role? - Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with
- link FB,Google,Amazon,Lyft offers Hi Blinders!! Happy to share my interview experience over the last 3 months. Current Job: Microsoft L62, YOE: 7, TC: ~220K Job Offers: FB E5: 200K base/637K equity/4 years/ 95K sign-on/15% bonus == TC ~ 480K for first year (Signing FB offer letter soon) Google L4: 170K/590K(38%,28,20,14),/0/15% ==
- How to know when to give up on your company TLDR: detailed product org pain points for a friend. Are these common signs among start ups? What are the necessary ingredients for mid-senior ICs to invest time/effort to attempt a change vs cut the loss and leave? Asking the community based on recent conversations with a friend. Perhaps what My f
- Anyone hiring for a new grad SDE? Referral would be greatly appreciated Hello everyone, I'm a new grad (Jan' 2021) with YOE- 2.5 years in India and an internship in the US. I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies. Anyone willing to save me by hiring me? #help #tech #sde #hiring #newgrad #f1visa #opt #bayarea #us #software #engineering #swe #engineering
- How Lyft’s Missteps Killed its Chances of Overtaking Uber Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye
- 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
- 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
- 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.