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- Electronic Arts job offer, redwood YOE 6 Masters degree Base: 175k RSU: 110k vested over 3 years Annual Bonus: 20% #offer #tech
- Experience w/ internal job application at Electronic Arts? Considering applying for a position as an internal candidate. EA policy dictates you must notify your current manager if submitting your application; obviously if it doesn't work out it is not a great situation. Does anyone have experience going through this process and how did you handle it? #elec
- How Stable are jobs at companies like EA/Blizzard/Nintendo? Wondering what job stability is like for developers at these companies...Does you staying at the company depend on performance of the game a lot?7
- MSFT vs EA I have just received 2 offers for SE2. One for MS Azure and other for EADP Ecomm & Identity. MS in Redmond and EA in Redwood City. The confusion is that I want to work for MS. I personally love the work and have no idea what and how EA is doing. But, EA is ready to pay an extra ~60k per annum in TC
- Career growth, Internal transfers or relocations within EA Software Engineering, is it an option? Hi there, I'm wondering, is there an option to get internal transfers or relocations at software engineering 3 levels at EA? I have a job offer from EA, and I was wondering if internal transfers are as common as bigger companies. For reference, I'm in a console game development team in British Colu
- Should I move to EA? Currently considering a position at EA and wondering if it'll be a step above current job at Valve. I don't really have any issues in terms of compensation but some part of Valve culture is a little challenging for me related to supposedly "flat" structures that aren't always so. What's culture
- Electronic Arts referral Was wondering if someone at EA can provide a referral. It's a finance job in Redwood City. Thanks.
- Technical Project Manager - EA Recruiter reached out about a Technical Project Manager role at Electronic Arts. Anyone have any insight on what the role is? How much power do they have to actually do their job? Room for growth? Salary expectations? Making video games has always been a “dream” but I’d always heard the industry
- Referrals Looking for referrals for Data Engineer/Analytics jobs in Austin. Thanks in advance! Currently interviewing with Facebook and scheduled for virtual onsite loop. YOE: 7 #Apple #Google #Paypal #Expedia #oracle #EA #eBay #Cisco #Walmart #dell
- Do companies that want 2-3+ YOE consider candidates with less experience? Wondering if companies still give interview opportunities to people who have less than the required years of experience, and has anyone gotten a job after interviewing? Field: Product TC: 115k YOE: <1 #InstaCart #Udemy #EA #Scopely #productmanager #pm #product #salesforce #bigfishgames #glumobi
- Advice: PM Offer From EA, need to delay offer for Netflix interviews Hey Blinders, Recently got an offer from EA for a senior PM position as follows: Base: 160k Bonus: 15% RSU’s: 110k over 3 years TC: 220k Old manager at Netflix wants me to join team, says process will take until end of January. TC would be much higher and product sounds interesting. Pros of EA:
- EA onsite for a devops/infrastructure engineer I have an onsite next week with EA for a job in Orlando FL. I'm super excited and I'm curious what I need to do to prepare and the job seems to be working with the game studios to configure the servers that runs the tools that helps the game studios. I don't know how I feel about going back to devop
- Commute options to Redwood Shores from South Bay My wife got a job in EA - located in Redwood Shores near San Carlos Caltrain station. Are there any shuttles to that place from South Bay? Is Caltrain the best commute option? We live around 15 mins drive time from Caltrain station.
- Executive assistant/ business admin roles Hello everyone im trying to help my sister break into tech, she has an AA and over 8 years of experience in EA and office administrator roles, she will earn her bachelors this summer as well. Any job ids of referrals for anything of this nature or even entry level recruiting roles. Thanks
- Dana Marineau and Colleen McCready from EA - thoughts? Dana joined CK as VP of Brand and 10+ people have quit under her new leadership. Colleen joined as our new Chief People Officer by her referral. What's the opinion of these two leaders in EA? Should we be even more scared? Should everyone be looking for new jobs?
- Laid off from Airbnb Hi everyone I hope all is well! Unfortunately this past week I was laid off from Airbnb with the massive cuts they had to make. Although very devastating I am trying to be proactive and start my job search. I was hoping to possibly get a referral for Spotify, Microsoft or Electronic Arts. I apprecia
- Is the gaming industry getting even less stable? I know that EA, Blizzard used to be the most stable companies in the gaming industry -- almost like the government job of gaming. With the layoffs at Blizzard this year and all the drama happening -- Do you think that the gaming industry is becoming less stable? What factors do you think are affecti
- C-suite Executive Assistant Compensation? I had a recruiter reach out to me regarding a C-suite EA role (it's one of the Alphabet companies, their comp/benefit structure is on part with FAANG) . Another one at AWS supporting a VP and some directors. I work for a mid-sized company now, previously used to work for a one of global tech conglom
- Referrals in Austin Girlfriend got a new job in Austin and I’m hoping to follow her down there in a few months. I have 3 years of dev experience, mostly in python and c++. Also open to product roles. Looking for referrals to #dell #visa #ea #sparkcognition #atlassian #homedepot #vmware #ebay #paypal #roku #facebook #a
- Airbnb Layoffs Hi everyone I hope all is well! Unfortunately this past week I was laid off from Airbnb with the massive cuts they had to make. Although very devastating I am trying to be proactive and start my job search. I was hoping to possibly get a referral for Spotify, Microsoft or Electronic Arts. I apprecia
- vote Need help with offer evaluation Hi, I am working as a contractor Data Analyst at Facebook. I recently received two job offers: 1. 2500 employee size - SaaS company (construction management software) Base: $117000 Stocks: $52k over 4 years Sign on: $5k Title: Senior Analyst 2. Electronic Arts Base: $110000 Stocks: $37k over 3 ye
- Requested medical LOA and might get fired I'm an EA to the CEO of my company and have been having persistent health issues resulting in sick days. Long story short I've discovered a serious disease and when I spoke with my boss it seemed like my job was on the line because of having to take time off to deal with this. If I keep pushing with
- vote EA Offer: Go remote or not? Hi Blind community, I have an offer from EA working either in the UK (Guildford office) or remote within the EU. I don't want to give too many details about the TC to not dox myself but I'm happy with what I'm getting as it's a solid increase from my current job, especially after tax. Now the ques
- Best company to rest I feel weird even asking this but here we go. I'm software engineer. I'm working on my own product right now but I'd like to take a job where I can work 1-2 hrs/day and still be useful to the company. So I searched for roles like "architect" or low level positions like Data Engineer. What companies
- Stagnant and lazy career Hello all, Little bit of context , a very close friend of mine recently got a job at Amazon as an EA and convinced me to apply for the database consultant job at Amazon. They think I may come in as L5 .My background is database administration and I currently love where I work but feel like it’s beco
- Do companies usually wait for 6-7 months to wait for a student to graduate before one starts out? I'm finishing a graduate degree (MSc in CS, Canada), and I think I did really well in a few interviews for some companies (namely, EA and a few startups). Do you think companies would usually wait for one to graduate before hiring them? I will be able to legally work full time only from May. I know
- Asking for a raise, as a contractor, WFH, on my six month mark What do you think about my asking for a raise at my six month mark? I pay for my phone and internet, my two monitors, my work chair, all used to perform my job WFH. I get no reimbursement. Plus, my day-to-day costs of electricity, sewer, gas, food, water, coffee, have all gone up. I’m also working m
- Looking for Data Science referrals Hey Folks, This is my first time posting on Blind. I am currently working as SDE on ML applications in the Payments domain and I am looking to switch to Data Science roles. I have been in the current role for close to a year and have worked with designing data pipeline, feature engineering along wi
- My boss doesnt seem to understand boundaries. I WFH and if she calls me and I dont answer, she will FaceTime me! She doesn’t get it that perhaps I am in the bathroom or brushing my teeth, or dressing. It’s as though she owns every minute of every hour. I am not able to eat breakfast, lunch, take a break, go to the bathroom, or anything. I need
- Help Finding Job to Relocate to Orlando TC $140k YOE 7 Currently a Business Data Analyst in NYC. Spent career doing BA, Project Manager, Data Analyst work for banks and Bloomberg, mostly supporting middle and back office. My wife and I are looking to relocate to Orlando for family reasons. I would like to continue working in finance if
- Chief of Staff - TC and growth expectations? Interviewing for a CoS position at a fintech, and from what I can glean so far it seems to be much more of a strategic role than a glorified EA role (although I'll vet this in the interview process). Anyone have any insight on what to potentially expect from a TC perspective? The job spec is looking
- Chase an L1 VISA, or a higher TC To give some background, I'm from a middle-class family from India, and I couldn't afford US education for my Master's, and I'm finishing a Master's in ML in a top uni in Canada on a free ride. I'm graduating soon, and I have an offer at EA as an SDE 2, albeit with a low TC (105 CAD TC). I am conf
- Looking for Referrals in Vancouver (Or Canada) As the title suggests I'm looking for Referrals for jobs in Canada. I'm an SDE2 working at one of the Amazon Vancouver offices. Fell in dev plan currently. The deadline was in late March. Last week I heard from my manager that the deadline was extended to early May since I was meeting the bar and m
- Admin Compensation Google I am wondering what compensation is like for EAs/ABPs at tech companies (facebook, google, twitter) for 3-5 years of experience? Upon getting a job offer, is it ok to negotiate? Do they ever give sign on bonuses? Thanks!!
- vote Nvidia offer eval (and novel) tl;dr Been interviewing for 4 months, finally got a good offer. Old TC -> 134k Offer TC -> IC4 205/324/15 (Remote, Atlanta) -> 286kTC YOE 12 I'm going to accept, since this is top-of-band for IC4 outside of the Bay or NYC. Pushed for IC5 and was gently denied. The rest of my search is bel
- Referrals for Data Engineering / BI jobs in Europe or Canada Hi All, I am hoping to get some contacts or referrals for Data Engineering / BI job opportunities in Europe or Canada. I am currently working in United States but willing to move out, either in Canada or Europe ( Netherlands/Germany/Switzerland/Norway ), essentially English speaking positions. H
- vote Is it worthwhile to jump ship even for 2x TC? When to startup? I'm a hard worker (80h/week for months without burnout easily) and I want to deliver value to humanity. Fix a lot of things that I see missing everywhere, mistakes, problems. I can build product as well as distribution strategy. The easiest way to know you're sustainbly delivering value is getting p
- Product Manager - laid-off and looking for referrals TL;DR: Got laid off in 6 months because CEO decided he doesn't want to build new products anymore. Looking for referrals for product roles (Austin/remote). --- I joined a small B2B SaaS company in Austin 6 months back as a sr product manager to help build new B2C products. I worked with the CXOs to
- How many YOE do I have? My career so far has been on the ops side of tech - Networking, Linux, Cloud (AWS primarily but with some GCP, Azure, Openstack, VMware + proprietary private cloud exp), Security, “DevOps”/SRE. I’m applying for my first SDE role. I got contacted by an Amazon recruiter. The email asks how many years
- List of companies hiring now . Not only Tech Companies from industries spanning from technology to retail are hiring to meet increased demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Below is a regularly updated list of companies hiring right now. Instacart says it’s looking to hire 300,000 contract workers over the next three months. Amazon says
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch