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- Moving to Vancouver, Canada in 6 months as PR SDE-2 at Amazon Bay Area. Should I stay with Amazon for a smooth transition to Vancouver Canada or look for remote roles elsewhere? Financially what would be a better decision? Tc: 300k USD currently #tech
- vote SWE 24/7 on call for 8 weeks per year TC: 90k YOE: 0.1 I got a SWE job at one of the financial services company. The job description and interview process had nothing related on call support. I was told last week to train for on call support and it is 8 weeks per year, 24/7. This was a surprise for me. This is my first job and I’m only
- vote Should I go half time or take a ‘sabbatical’ to leetcode Remake of another poll. Raytheon pays garbage, is super slow, and the work here has huge overhead. Should I go halftime at work or just quit(sabbatical - dont lose job) to leetcode. Financially I’ll be fine either way. Can’t study at work, and I have to be in the office exactly 40hrs/week (halft
- Circle Financial I have a VO interview coming up with Circle financial. Hard to get details on the content of the interviews. Anyone here willing to share their experience? I’m interviewing for a senior SWE role. #circle YOE 10 TC 240K
- Advice for a New Grad Software Engineer What advice would you give to a new grad SWE? It can be related to anything in general. Life, Career, Financial, Relationships, etc. Anything that you wish you could've realized earlier in life. TC: 174 k YoE: 0
- Advice on fin-tech startup (lending product) Hi, I am a software engineer with no traditional background in finance. I have good knowledge in startups, investments and financial instruments, but not at the level of creating a debt based financial instrument. Can anyone help me out answering my questions or interested in being a cofounder with
- Currently reading Bulls*** jobs by David Graeber, do you think SWE jobs are BS? Graeber claims that for most jobs, salary is inversely related to how useful a job is to society. The main exception being Doctors. He argues that the financial industry, advertisers, corporate lawyers, recruiters etc... are extremely well compensated but provide a net negative on society. Whereas
- How much do you save annually on $400K TC in Bay Area, for a family with 2 kids? The title says it all. Considering moving to the Bay Area. Let's ignore my wife's income, and I spend reasonably to have a comfortable life, no needs for luxury lifestyle, no showing off, no expensive cars. Right now I'm saving ~$80K annually. I want to know if earning more in a more expensive loc
- Zalando Senior Principal TC Berlin Germany What kind of TC can I expect as a Senior Principal? Could not find any references on internet. Wondering if it makes sense financially. Amazon L6 SDE in India. Current Annual TC (converted from INR) Base - 73,800 € RSU - 53,600 € #germany #berlin #tech
- Financial Engineering Jobs I’m getting a financial engineering degree because I love the quant solutions. I’m curious about the jobs I could get into. What finance, fintech or tech roles should I consider? How about roles outside of those realms? what’s the TC package looking like? #Tech #finance #financialengineering ex JP
- How is Ola Financial Services Team? I'm currently working in a no-name company and interviewed for SDE-2 Backend position in Ola Financial Services Team. I'll be receiving an offer from them in the upcoming week. Can anyone please tell how is the work culture and tech stack in the several teams falling under Ola Financial Services? Y
- vote Scope or TC for seniors? Picking between two companies at the moment. By TC, I mean effective hourly pay. Usually when you have more scope, WLB may not be as good. I have no children, but would like to start settling down and have a family in the next few years. I do take care of my family/parents so they are dependent on
- What to ask during interview with co-founders? I have final round interviews with co-founders/co-ceo of a series A startup. What are these interviews like? What questions can i ask them to know about the health/financials/future the company? This is for engineering role, real estate domain. Ill be 20-25th employee. Current TC - 110k, 4yoe #eng
- Seeking referral for software role at Cerner Found a few roles (software engineer) at Cerner in Kansas and seeking referral. 3+ YOE in backend, all in US in Java and Python. Worked at large financial institution and now small SAAS company. LC: 250+ TC: 75K #referral #cerner
- Bloomberg Green Card policy I am going to join the Bloomberg NYC office soon as Sr SWE. I am already on H1b and during the call with immigration personnel, I have got to know that they are willing to apply GC from Day 1, but for which I have to go through some GC seminars and understand the financial aspect of GC rules. Does a
- Moving from Financial tech to FAANG/Tech companies What's the best FAANG or tech giant to move into from a Financial tech company. I feel my SWE skills are not utilized here and TC is way too low. Not looking at other banks. Also any tips on getting interviews? TC : 115k YOE: 8
- Delay joining meta - could they rescind? I have offer from meta with start date June and I want to delay until September or October for financial reasons. I’m worried to make the request in case they rescind the offer since this is quite a delay. Does anyone have any insights on this? It’s for a SWE bootcamp role (team is not yet decided s
- vote Uber vs Amazon vs VMware vs Bloomberg Uber: Position: Software Engineer - New Grad Location: Palo Alto Compensation: Base - 110k, Bonus - 15k, RSU worth 89k Team: New Mobility (Jump bikes and Scooters) Pros: Innovative Cons: Less compensation Amazon: Position: Software Development Engineer I Location: Seattle Compensation: Base - 120k,
- Toyota Research Institute - Bay Area Hello, How is TRI in Bay Area? I’m currently interviewing for a contract position in Engineering. How does TRI treat contract employees? Please also comment about WLB and its current financial situation during the pandemic times? What should be may target compensation with MS + 5.5 years of relevan
- Google India L6 SWE refreshers Joining Google India as L5 SWE. Interested in knowing the annual refreshers for L6 SWEs in India to do financial planning for next 5 years Current MS TC: 61L Google L5 TC: 1.2 Cr #Google #tech #GoogleIndia YoE: 8. All at MSFT. Level 64
- Meta Remote to Office Assuming I cleared E5 - is it worth it to take a remote E5? Can I switch to office later on easily? I enjoy remote work but would prefer a 2/day/week remote and some office time to spend with coworkers etc. Currently in CA - recruiter mentioned offer would be the same. #engineering Current TC - 60
- FAANG opportunities for someone who switched careers in 30s I switched career from Video Content Production to Software Engineering in my early 30s due to financial reasons. I am a senior engineer today and appreciate the fact that there is constant grind and learning in this field, and honestly, I enjoy it. Do FAANG company recruiters and teams consider ca
- vote Should I consider Amazon L6? I joined Google last year as L4 SWE with a high initial stock grant ($500k) in Seattle. My projected average TC for the next 3 years is $380k at the current stock price, assuming average performance and no promotion. Amazon is pinging me to consider L6 SWE role which is a promotion in terms of scop
- Google compensation expectations Applying for a SWE/Embedded systems position. Just passed HC. Recruiter is asking what are my compensation expectations. In my mind, base above 140K should be enough. But I have 3 kids and don't want to struggle financially. Any ideas? 13 years of experience as an embedded software engineer. Bachel
- vote How do you respond to recruiters who contact you about jobs way above your pay grade? Currently a senior engineer at Dropbox. I just had a recruiter reach out to me about heading a department at a major financial company. I have no idea how they decided I was right for this, but I'm pretty sure I'm not qualified at all. Do I just roll with it and talk to the guy as though I'm actua
- How to resign (Amazon to meta) I am sde2 at Amazon India and have meta London e4 offer I want to resign and wondering how can pitch this to the manager. I got promoted in q4 21. Some points i want to say is, overall perks are better, faster career, Better pay in long term pay I want to work for a startup ultimately but i want
- Request for referrals to C/C++/Go SWE remote roles Hello 👋 SWE based in India. YoE: 3 TC: 55k $ ~ 42L ₹ LC Solved: ~350. Hold Offer from a well established Financial Services company in EU office. TC Offered: 95k € ~ 115k $ ~ 87L ₹ This is a pretty decent offer. But I’m considering remote roles. Want to stick to Systems Programming. Kindly he
- Offer Evaluation - Amazon, London vs. Cohesity, Bangalore Hi community, I would like to seek some help to evaluate a couple of offers. The details are as follows:- College - Tier 2 in India YOE - 16.5 years Current Position - Staff Engineer in one of the leaders in EDA industry Current Comp - 55 lpa Amazon London Position - SDE2 (L5) Base - 80k GBP Signo
- Recruiters aren’t familiar with titles In the SWE space, financial institutions (and others) can have different titles for what could be seen as Software Engineering. For example, a senior engineer might be called consultant or even senior consultant or sometimes a team lead could even be an architect. It seems FAANG recruiters are quick
- What is the biggest career mistake you did? Trying to analyse and learn because I’m reaching around 35 and nowhere near good career path/designation. Resulting in dwindling financial conditions. For me it was not leaving the within 6 months after joining when I had an opportunity. Sde:2 Tc: 41L. #tech #career
- Planet Labs - work environment, comp, prospects? I’m an eng manager at Facebook. I’ve got a call scheduled with a recruiter at Planet, and I’d like to get a read on whether it’s a waste of time, or if Planet is a serious contender in their domain. Is Planet a healthy place to work? How is the compensation for L7+ engineers/managers? Is the compan
- vote Help me choose New grad software developer position Chatham financial (Kennett square,Pennsylvania): TC : 80 (base) + 7 (signing) + variable bonus + 5% (401k match) Goldman Sachs (Salt Lake City, Utah): TC: 80 (base) + 20 (signing) + variable bonus + 6% (401k match) If you have supporting reasons, please comme
- Advice for a 24 year old Indian SDE Title says it all. Folks, who are in tech for more than 6-7 years, what are the REALISTIC, PRACTICAL,RAW and UNFILTERED NO-BULLSHIT tips/advice you would like to drop. Please don't give feel-good advices. It could be life advice, career advice, relationship advice, financial advice, fitness advice e
- Need to get out of my current job soon. Any referrals I recently got my I140 and finally can change companies. Does anyone have any recommendations for Sr. SWE roles and any referrals. Looking to move our if financial tech into a FAANG+ companies. 8 yoe TC 120k
- Startup offer and potential financial payoff for an experienced engineer Experienced engineer (>12+ years) in tech, been with Amazon for 7+ years, 350k in total comp. Received an offer from a startup (currently valued in $100-300mil range). While the base is just a tad better than Amazon (as Amazon has 160K limit), the stock options given would theoretically provide a
- Taking a year-long sabbatical Ive been working as an SWE in-industry for 9 years since graduation, 5 in startups and 4 in FAANG. Currently in good standing. I'm thinking of taking a year-long sabbatical. I have multiple years of expenses saved so I'm not worried financially. But will I have a hard time reentering the field after
- Views on epiFi? Also known as fi.money It's founders are ex Google Pay guys. They headed it from product till engineering. Now they have started this to improve the banking and financials of an individual. More like a neobank etc. They are hiring currently it seems and I am thinking of applying. TC: 30L YoE: 3 #epifi #fi #softwareengi
- Facebook London E4 salary vs Current India salary I interviewed late last year for E5 but was recommended for E4. I am waiting for an E4 offer, the recruiter said I will get an update sometime in Feb or March, as the waitlist for E4 is long. My wife and I make around 40-45 LPA combined in India, so my questions are : 1. What would be the equivalen
- vote Quant Dev (hedge fund) vs. SWE (Facebook) I'm trying to evaluate two new grad offers: Hedge fund - Position: Quantitative Developer (in research team) TC: $170k base + performance bonus Facebook - Position: E3 (entry-level) software engineer TC: $124k base + $40k stock + bonus What are the career progressions like for quant dev? If I d
- Got rejected by a FANG girl because of salary I went on a date with a girl who works at FB and after a couple of dates she rejected me because she was looking for a staff engineer or higher. Her reason was something about financial stability and maturity but she isn't looking for people above 29. This is absolutely ridiculous. I'm 27 and and L
- Good time to join Abnormal Security? E5 at Meta, thinking about trying for ML eng at Abnormal. For someone who has never worked at early stage startup, I’m trying to understand the pros and cons of leaving Meta RSUs to join Abnormal or a similar stage company that gives ISOs. If anyone in Abnormal from a public trading company woul
- Software Engineer to ML Engineer shift Currently working as SE2 at Microsoft. YOE - Little less than 2 years I'm thinking to do a Master's from US to shift my career to machine learning field. Will come back to India after education. Want to work in India only. Do ML engineers/ research scientists make more than software engineers? Doe
- Why not work in LCOL with pay cut? My TC is 400K in the Bay Area. Base, RSU, Bonus — 189K, 200K, 11K I have been thinking about how much is the pay cut in LCOL areas? 20% or more? I’m trying to understand, why to live in CA from a financial stand point if after pay cut I still make 320K? It’s reasonable money to make in LCOL place
- Do other companies offer compensation competitive to one at Google/Apple/FB? Do startups, financial institutions and such really offer compensation on the level with big technology companies? Recruiters often reach out to me but I am skeptical and do not want to waste mine (and their) time. I.e. $400k+ as a senior SWE - what companies will pay outside the big tech?
- Referrals? Whole department got laid off today + baby on the way Hi! I’m a SWE with 3yoe (plus 2yoe as an electrical engineer) currently working in San Francisco…until Friday. My company (not the one in my title - I currently work for another SF-based ‚startup’) laid off my entire team of 20+ engineers today for financial reasons. Wow. My wife is pregnant so I
- Marine Officer Changing Careers. Tech / Finance / Defense? Curious to hear The Communities Thoughts On Best Fit Leaving Active Duty. Highlights -Able To Leave Active Duty 06/2023 -10 Years Active Duty Infantry Officer, 2 Deployments -Undergraduate Double Major CS / IT -Masters In Modeling, Virtual Environments, Simulation. Focus On Operations Research + VR
- MFST Offer eval L62 Non-SDE but still a tech role Base: 150k RSU: 108 over 4 years 10% perf bonus TC: 192k (150 + 27k RSU + 15k perf bonus) Location: Canada Would love to hear about other financial perks at MFST YOE: 4.5 yrs #tech #Microsoft #salarynegotiation #salary
- Moving from Engineering Manager to Staff Engineer Does anyone have experience with this? I know I will have to leave the company I am at and I know my skills will be a bit rusty, but wondering how other people did this. My biggest concerns are that the roles are different and I want to move to tech industry instead of financials.#engineering #softw
- Story of my life! Indian guy, grew up - I would say barely made it - in lower middle class family of 4 (parents, elder sister and I), I still remeber living in a chawl 10x10 living room, 8x8 kitchen, with tin roof shed overhead, no toilet in house. Always a makeshift bathroom (did not have 4 walls) using just piece
- Morgan Stanley Java developer Hi blinders, I have an interview scheduled for Java Developer role at Morgan Stanley (Obviously I don't have the offer right now). How much can I expect from compensation point of view. Currently working as an SDE at McAfee. Do you recommend switching from a PBC to a Financial Org. Current TC: 10 L