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- Referral for Internships Hi everyone! I am looking for referrals for data science/analytics and supply chain internships. I'm a graduate student at UT Austin pursuing MS in Operations Research. I have two years of work experience in analytics. Any referrals for relevant roles are highly appreciated. Location: US Thank yo
- link Analytics Referrals at Tech/Fintech + FAANGMULA+ Startups in India Request for Analytics Referrals in Tech/Fintech/ + FAANGMULA+ Startup companies in India for any openings at your firm at Senior Manager/Lead Manager/VP/AD levels I'm looking for a way out due to multiple re-orgs/ 4 manager changes which has hampered my growth both on professionally & comp. in last
- DS Referral Hello, I am currently a DS (Operations Research) at Amazon. I am looking to interview with other top companies for a Data Scientist role. Would any fellow Google/Netflix/Meta/Apple/Coinbase colleagues be kind enough to refer me to Data Scientist roles at their company? A bit more about my technical
- Coinbase PM Interview q's Hey! So i know there's plenty of info online about this but I'm interviewing at CB now (round 1, 2x45min sense/execution). I've been hitting the exponent/product alliance prep but I'm curious about these questions and how they're actually graded. My big struggle is that I tend to take time to think
- I low-balled myself. Is there a way out? I recently got a job as an APM at a fintech company in India. I completed my B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from a tier-2 college with an average score(70%). After college, I started up twice and both startups failed. I used my startup experience to get this APM job. I was in a very bad state fin
- Walkthrough of Interview Process for Jr. UX/UI Designer?? Hey all, first post. Im a graphic designer with 10+ years in the printing industry (F/"minority", late 20s). Im self teaching to transition into UX/UI. After years of printing other ppl's work Im really wanting to be more creative! Of course I've been bingeing YT and the web for processes: white boa
- Referrals and tips for clueless PhD astronomy student Hey everyone! As the title says, I'm a soon-to-be PhD in astronomy (graduate in May), and have taught myself ML over the last 5 years to the extent that I now have 4 first-authored, peer-reviewed papers in ML/DL+Astronomy, and a couple of papers in NeurIPS workshops. I am eager to transition out of
- link Site Reliability Engineer III • SRE III (400K - 600K Total Compensation + Benefits) • Location: New York, NY • No Previous Finance or Fintech experience required Hunter&Talent has partnered exclusively with a High-Frequency Trading firm based in New York. The search is for a Site Reliability Engineer to help fully automate thei
- Startup Product / Eng executive next moves. Hi Blind, I’m struggling with my next career move. I’ve been in engineering, product and strategic leadership roles for the last 7 years, and I’m currently at a medium sized startup in a senior management role overseeing both Engineering / Product management and managing other work streams ( res
- vote New Grad Offers: Databricks vs. Scale AI vs. Nuro vs. FB vs. Stripe vs. Robinhood vs. Citadel I've been extremely fortunate to receive offers from some great companies and would love some help from the Blind community on choosing. I'm a new grad (bachelor's) and this would be my first full time job, so I'm pretty naive about the industry overall. Top priorities are: strong team and overall
- Too Early Into New Role to Leave? TL;DR: Not fully satisfied at a big firm, thinking about taking an offer at a promising startup though not sure how leaving my first role so early will impact future job prospects. TC 120k I'm about 1 year out of undergrad and about 6 months into my first full-time job out of school - Analyst in A
- Recall the time when I used to make $20/day (road to 250 tc) TL;DR VERSION: Respect people, everyone is fighting a different battle, I hope you will come out on top. Here is my whole career progression. I started from the absolute bottom where my parents and I used to get dead threats and robbed and how I pulled my self out of it. Now I’m the bread winner of
- link I made it!! From 85k to 350k TC in less than 2 years EDIT1: looks like this post blew up!! Thanks everyone!! I promise I will reply to all of the DMs/comments later tonight! EDIT2: I replied to all of the DMs, but won't be able to reply to any more DMs/comments. It's too much for me to keep up! However, as I mentioned in most of my replies, I am givi
- How do I finally break out of Sales? *Warning, It's a long one* This may spawn a dumpster fire of a thread, but I figured I would give this a shot. I have worked in the banking and finance industry for the past 7 years. I started as a Bank Teller at 19 years old without a college degree and worked my way up to a Senior RM position at a Regional Bank for Private
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
- Looking for a Tech Mentor I am 26 and in early stages of tech career. I am a Software developer but very interested in ML stuff. I am looking for a mentor. Can any one help me or tell me how can I find a mentor
- Biden Win- Tech What does it mean to Tech when Biden wins?
- High TC (>$350K) earner SWEs How often do you produce highly impactful work? Do you feel your glorious TC is well earned? TC - $400K YOE > 10 yrs
- ML models for mining industry Hi Blind buddies, I have an industry related question. What kind of problems can ML solve in mining and using which algorithms? #data #dataanalytics #datascience #machinelearning
- Does your company's 401k plan support Mega Backdoor and individual stock investing? Hi folks in tech, I'm trying to learn about implicit benefits from 401k plan of each companies in the tech industry, since this is not considered in TC but could make huge difference at retire time. I'll really appreciate your inputs. Questions: 1) How much does your company match your 401k deposit