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Engineering Residency
- AI residency - How to get in? I was hoping to get into AI residency at any of the big tech firms (ideally Google AI residency but one can only dream) as I was interested in researching and furthering the field of AI. Note: I am a final year student in Australia. How should I prepare? Ive won a few data science competitions in
- Financial advice for 35yo normie Average TC, average net worth. Breakdown: TC 200k YoE 10ish (non SWE) Unmarried, 0 kids, 0 debt 275k retail (50/50 split between cash/equity) 225k retirement 500k Net Worth, rent primary residence Looking to start increasing NW more rapidly. What would you do in this situation?
- vote Offer Considerations I have offers from 3 companies, Google, Amazon, Delta Google’s offer for cloud residency program offered 85k in Austin/Atlanta Delta as a Data Engineer position at 90k in Atlanta Amazon as Cloud Support Engineer at 95k in Dallas My current job is for 82k in Orlando Not sure what path to take o
- Offer at Lucid Motors I got an offer at Lucid. Pondering it at the moment. I wanted to get the community’s impression. Offer: Title: Senior Embedded SW Engineer, AD platform Base 145k RSU 100k over 4 years, 25% vest first year. 5k bonus 14k reloc Current situation : Senior Embedded SW Engineer, TC 112k Yoe: 6 in auto
- Choosing offers Hello, I have an offer at a startup in sf with 120k cash + 30k pre-ipo shares (currently at $.1 each)/ year. The startup raised 4mil in seed funding. I may also get an offer for Resident Enginnering position at Google which is a fixed one-year program with very high conversion rate to full time soft
- SSE Offer in Vancouver. Is it good? Senior Software Engineer Base: 163K Stock:12k units (current value in grey market is 13 USD) I am not sure of the benefits yet. YOE: 10 I am already a Senior Software Engineer in my current role and I am told this offer is at the higher end of the spectrum for the company’s SSE’s. I don’t current
- Recommendation on part time job Currently working as SDE-1 at Amazon and trying to figure out some sources of side income ( as part time developer on hourly basis) Does anyone know or has tried and can may be help with some recommendations? TC : 175K YOE : 1.5 yes Immigration status: permenant resident #tech
- Relocation to the US - Li ion Battery Hi everyone, I’m looking to relocate to the US. I’m currently residing in Singapore. I have a PhD in chemical engineering with a focus on electrochemistry and I’m experienced in both experimental and simulation techniques with respect to electrochemical systems, in particular Li-ion Batteries. I’d
- vote Naturalization - employer based green card My naturalization time is coming up and I will be eligible to file in a few months. Not sure if I should hire a lawyer just to be safe. The only thing that worries me is that I switched fields from civil engineering to software engineering 3 years after getting the green card. For context I was la
- WFH as a Microsoft SWE on a Redmond-based Team from Canada Hi all. I just started working as a SWE at Microsoft and relocated to Redmond, WA after graduating from undergrad. But I’m still working from home in Redmond and my manager says we won’t be going back to working in-person anytime soon. I also came to the US as an international student on an F-1 visa
- Immigrant vs Resident goals I have talked to lot of immigrants in last 7 years or so. Many of them have shared their goals with me. All of them seems to want more and not satisfied. They mention following: - i want to be a CEO/excecutive/director - i want to open a software company - i want to be in board of directors. - i wa
- How’s Google Tokyo? Left Japan after 8 years at the end of 2020 to check out FAANG and London. Not super happy, recruiter from G reached out and said Tokyo is an option (I have permanent residency so can fly back afaik despite covid). How’s the office? Interesting projects? I’d be interviewing for a Lead Eng/ML. How
- Referral asking for a friend Hi, I have an engineer friend who is actively looking for a job. He has +8 years of experience (with a computer science degree). Also he has an experience leading teams and shipped multiple products across b2b & b2c. He is US resident and does not need visa support (for just in the case it matters)
- google denied 😢? Google just said, "Although the interviews went well, unfortunately, we are now winding down our hiring for the current Engineering Residency cohort and won’t be able to move forward with your application for this role." I applied in September, but they got back to me in mid November and I interview
- Apple AI/ML Siri Rotational Program?? Got an email for this 12-month program out there and was wondering what people knew of it. Does anyone know how well it compensates or how high the quality of participants are? It seems similar to some of the Google/Facebook residencies, but I'm not sure if it's as good... #apple #siri #ai #mle
- Discrepancy in residence address on Microsoft offer letter Hi Blinders, I recently received my offer letter from MSFT and it has my previous residence address. However, I have moved to a new city now. Do you think I should get that updated to my new address and then sign? Or is it fine signing it with old address as well? Just wanted to know if there are a
- WFH policy at Flexport? I will be joining Flexport in Q122. Can anyone shed some light on their WFH policy in light of Omicron? Recruiter had mentioned that they will have a hybrid model in 2022, however, that conversation was pre omicron. Reason I asking this question is to gather some data points as I have started looki
- Best cities/metro areas for a SWE What are the best places in the US for an SWE to settle down in early in their career? I'm mainly talking from a TC perspective and the number of opportunities. The latter because if I want to try and find a different, high quality job, I will be able to find one in the city/metro area I already res
- link Meta RAISE Program https://www.linkedin.com/posts/metaai_rotational-ai-science-engineering-raise-activity-6906724267350978560-2481 Any idea what would be the compensation for it. And is it worth trying for it if I already have a job offer as an AI engineer ? I've heard bad about wlb of meta, and the recent stocks ma
- Tech opportunities for radiologists with CS background I am a radiology resident physician in a Canadian program with the possibility of going to the States for fellowships and jobs. I have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, love coding but went to medical school right after graduation from CS so only worked for a few months as a software engineer
- Tech companies in Singapore to relocate from silicon valley I'm a SWE, and have mostly worker at FANG companies in the Bay area. Frustrated with the wait for green cards, I'm planning to relocate to Singapore (as high income earners can easily get permanent residence in Singapore). What are some good companies that hire developers in Singapore? Most FANG lik
- Test Engineer willing to move to USA from Sweden in a year Hello All, My friend who is currently working in sweden as a Test Engineer (manager) is willing to move to USA. But during in pandemic we are just not sure which companies would be hiring non US residents. If you guys can comment in name of companies that would sponsor or willing to give referral
- Referrals for PM (LA Area/Remote) Hi everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies for project or program manager roles. Currently a PM at a health-tech start-up HQ'd internationally and looking to make a switch! YOE: 3-4; Female; residing in Los Angeles. Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #
- I’ve received PR in UK after 3 years of living via global talent visa. AMA I know lots of folks here are stuck on L1/H1-B visas in US waiting years for their green card. After I moved to UK I found that receiving a “talent” visa here is much easier than O-1 in US and basically any senior software engineer can get it by building a good case with a good lawyer. Global Talen
- Possibility of joining Space Industry as SWE (NASA, SpaceX and etc)) Just wanted to know joining the space industry as a permanent resident (green card holder) for 2 years in the US. A little info: From central Asia, graduated from Harvard (BSc, MSCSE). Overall, over 3 years of work experience in initially Amazon, then Google as SWE. I am kinda super crazy and sick
- Facebook or Google?? Hello Friends, I need help to make a decision. I received an offer from Facebook London and Google Zurich for an SWE role. Due to the covid-19 situation, I cannot get a work visa to Zurich because the consulate is closed till further notice. Facebook however has offered to allow me work from my curr
- Offer from Google and a startup in California Asking this on behalf of a friend:- Google isn’t sponsoring while the startup(full-time) is sponsoring for the H1b. This position with Google is for an year (not full time) under the resident engineer program while the startup is full time. He has “three” chances for H1b lottery but “one” would be w
- Meta Onsite, Should I ask for Feedback? Hey Blind, I had my onsite with Meta for an iOS engineer position last Wednesday. It's now been 8 days (or 6 business days) since my onsite and no communication so far. My interview was for LATAM candidates to relocate to Canada, so I'd assume it'd take longer to get a feedback for it? I guess I h
- Google Interview Limits I know there is a rumor (or truth) that the max number of chances you get to interview with Google is 3. If this is true, does it count if you didn't pass the online assignment or the phone interview round, or is it only for the onsite attempts? My YOE is <1 and I failed the OA for theNew Grad SW
- Need referrals please. Company Layoffs. Hello all, I got laid off from my company today after being here for close to 5 years. I just don't want to sulk over it. The company had its reasons to do it I guess. Will really appreciate referrals if your team is currently hiring. I have 5 years of experience working in the backend stack. I a
- Why doesn’t everyone get a CS degree? I know a lot of people go to college for pre med and different engineering fields for the reason that medicine and engineering have historically been the safest and best paying fields. Things have changed now and I have friends that work as civil engineers for many years making 110k and doctors with
- Google CTR vs Amazon SDE (New grad) Wanted to know what the career path looks like if you start as a TSE at google or even as a solution consultant? Basically deciding if I should take a residency program at Google that translates into these roles. Also have a offer from amazon sde -1, just a little scared about work life balance. G
- Moving to Canada UK citizen,l living in US, thinking about moving. 2 kids, just bought a house, wife doesn't work atm. We both have masters degrees. Eng with 10+ yrs. Early 30s. What are the pros, cons, challenges to moving? How hard is it to get a work permit or residency for someone in my position? What is the te
- Doctor spouse (F) and Software Engineer (M) WLB? For Doctor-Engineer couples out there, I really want to understand your WLB. I am a male SE and I am talking to a girl in India who will pursue her residency in the US. I have heard this a lot "Doctors marry Doctors" can someone explain to me the challenges that you people are facing so that I can b
- Flink berlin startup software engineer Hi folks, Anyone heard of the start-up called flink based out of Berlin. They are valued at 2.8 billion dollars within just 10 months. This is crazy. Heard they will be hiring a lot in 2022. Any one of you giving interviews there for software engineer role? How much do they pay? Also, does German r
- How to spend money in meaningful ways? SWE works are demanding and require concentrations from me. After work, I found myself spending little, given the Covid situation. Hoarding money but not consuming causes depression for me. Spending without purpose leads to voidness. This gets me questioning for the meaningful purpose of money. I s
- vote Marrying to increase net worth vs marrying for love I'm a software engineer working for the Big 4 for some time now and looking to have a good career trajectory. I'm 28 and pretty chill in my life right now . I'll float a question that's been bothering me for some time now. I feel love is very transitory and I could teach myself to love any girl, i
- vote Change my mind - More immigration is good for TC US citizen here. I personally think that in the long term more immigration will keep wages higher in the states for tech. But the current work visa system is seriously flawed and can have the opposite effect. Companies hire wherever the talent is… and if the supply of skilled engineers runs out in
- Clueless about fair TC moving to SoCal I'm currently interviewing with a few companies in LA for HWE positions (rocket startup, defense startup) and have no clue what range of TC to expect. Current industry: Defense Current residence: Huntsville, AL TC: 85k Yoe: 2 Companies interviewing: Relativity Space - Long Beach Anduril Industrie
- link Should I (a doctor) have become a software engineer instead? Me: 31yo m TC: 70k. Although next year I’ll be making 350k which will be stable for the rest of my career working about 50 hours a week. It’s stressful work (every ten minutes making a decision about a person that could potential harm or heal them). I’ve had a couple of people interested in medica
- Internal transfer at Google I am confused about joining Google as a Cloud Technical Resident as a new graduate master's student. Which after a year translates to TSE or Cloud Consultant Role of Customer Engineering. I was wondering how hard it is to grow in these roles or how long does it take to switch into APM or SWE roles?
- Apple AI/ML residency / Siri rotational program Both of these positions are super appealing to me and I want to learn more about them / if it seems like I’m a good fit but could be wrong. I can’t find anyone from apple who knows anything about the former. I am in the midst of my MS in ML and I have a bachelors in computational neuroscience, and
- Meta: Hours / digital nomad? Does Meta have any policies about travel while working (aka digital nomad) ? What about general hours — is it ok to do 4h overlap, like 4am-noon Pacific? I'm just talking about 2-6 weeks in a place, not residency. Asking as a very senior SWE. I've done this in the past elsewhere and would love to d
- Best country to work in for Tech Jobs, other than US and India? Indian in US. No longer want to be in limbo of H1 visa and want to live good life with these things: 1. Decent SDE opportunities and high salary (High in that country such that you save quite a bit like US/India in local currency there, after taxes). 2. Good WLB, targetting companies like Google for
- vote I really want to be a surgeon I love the idea saving lives and being top dog at a hospital as a neuro/cardio surgeon. It would give me such an incredible high. I crave it. I want to truly devote myself to my craft. The ambition and competitiveness typically associated with surgeons exactly describes me. I want the emotional rol
- Having a quarter-life crisis I'm 25 and wondering how to achieve the great life some here and on reddit post about having. Started making 140k base with 10k towards masters (studying tech management). Benefits are good with great WLB but no RSU and it had me wondering if I'm missing out. Also stuck in an unhappy relationship a
- vote What path would you go? 🇨🇭vs 🇺🇸 I’ve been living in Switzerland for 4 years in the summer (completed 2 bachelor degrees). If you have lived in Switzerland for 5 continuous years, you get a permanent residence permit C that nobody can take away from you anymore. That is why I have a little incentive to stay in Switzerland for a Mas
- Living in Toronto but want to work remote for US companies I know this is probably a silly question and I will get replies with 'why don't I search it up', but does companies in us allow remote workers from Canada in the EST time and willing to not pay peanuts like we are used to in here? How does the situation change if someone has canadian permanent resid
- Uber US SSE offer but looking for a role in Canada I recently accepted a Senior Software Engineer Backend (5A) position at Uber in US. However, during the onboarding process, the recruiter realized that they cannot sponsor my visa, given I have only a few months remaining on my current visa (I'm currently on F1 visa and have only one last attempt at
- Anyone looking for SWE referrals at midsized company? Like most companies in tech, we're making a big hiring push across engineering and they're bumping up the referral bonuses so I figured I'd try to snag some of them dollars! Haha. We're not FAANG but super chill wlb and solid comp for the Chicago market (legit unlimited PTO, most of us in engineeri