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- It’s a company, not firm Real annoyed by financial folks on Blind using firm in place or company word. Maybe it makes sense for financial institutions, but tech companies are what they are - companies.
- Law firm to tech company I'm at a big law firm in NYC. I'd love an in house position at a tech company, but I've heard Apple, Google, and Facebook only hire from the West Coast law firms. The only lawyer from my firm at those companies went through a coding bootcamp and is now a Google engineer. Amazon is the exception and
- Tech companies and their immigration firms - let's make a list Might not be relevant for everyone, but a good immigration firm is also a criteria for some while switching companies.#workvisa #h1b Updated list - FRAGOMEN Adobe Amazon Cisco Intel Meta/Facebook Nvidia Qualcomm S&P Global Walmart BAL Google LinkedIn Oracle OGLETREE Dell JPMC Oth
- Do tech companies use consulting firms? Do you know if the FAANG and other startups use consulting firms? And if no why not? I know some of the senior guys there are ex consultants.
- Pay to Collection company or actual firm? A collection company sent me a letter to pay off some amount. Seems related to Quest Diagnostic. We may have missed the payment few months back. Should I pay to collections or Quest diagnostics directly. I had hard time paying Quest because they need some reference number which is not there on colle
- What is name of immigration firm of companies Lets use this information for all companies. USA only. Thanks! Company -> Law Firm Qualcomm -> Froagomen
- vote HFT Firms or Tech Companies? what is the best for career? and why do u think that?
- What law firm do your company uses? Fragomen sucks! ^
- 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
- Move from Executive Search Firm to Company Executive/Leadership Recruiting Team Anyone made the move from an executive search firm to a company's internal executive search team? If you've made the transition, are you glad that you did? I've been with executive search firms for a while but have recently been contacted by a few companies hiring for their leadership recruiting t
- how many employees have been confirmed at your firm/company? we had a call on friday and we were told 66 employees were tested positive... not sure if that’s worldwide or just US based.
- Employees in US crypto exchanges/firms, what does your company culture look like? Currently working in compliance at an IA and interested in applying to compliance positions at Gemini, Kraken or Coinbase. I am curious to hear about your interviewing process and then what the company culture/environment looks like. How’s your wlb? Do you like colleagues? Also is it mostly men wor
- Has anyone transitioned from a tech company to a VC firm? It’s extremely difficult to move to VC w/o an IB background. I was wondering if anyone on the forum has successfully transitioned from tech to VC. If so, how were you able to make the move?
- link Job cuts: Famed Silicon Valley VC firm tells companies to think about cutting jobs https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/05/coronavirus-famed-silicon-valley-vc-firm-tells-companies-to-think-about-cutting-jobs
- Can a developer at fin-tech firm in India register a company on his/her name? Asking for a friend working @FactSet (fin-tech firm). She wants to register(LLP or Private Limited) and start a product based company (SaaS product) side by side. Will there be any legal issues from a company? Please share your experiences. YOE: 5.5 TC: 35 LPA #tech #startup #india
- Accepted offer with company but other firm got back to me after 3 months. Curious on their offer as for some reason it’s a more senior level position they think I’m qualified for. It’s a cryptocurrency trading role but I already accepted an offer 3 months ago. Lol I already made the LinkedIn post and am interning with my current accepted offer again right now
- What company/law firm ask to wait until rfe to submit i-693 for i485 application ? I just found out that I could have submitted my medicals with my i485 application, after receiving an RFE for it, my lawyer advised against submitting medicals, I didn't think much of it at the time, but I think there was no harm in submitting with the i485 application. Pretty mad at my lawyers for
- How to land the unicorn/trading firm/FAANG company of your dreams (as a student) This guide applies if you’re a senior looking for a new grad position, or a freshmen/sophomore/junior looking for an internship. Obviously you’re not going to get a internship that pays 6 figures, but you CAN get one that pays 10k a month (which would be 6 figures if it was year-round) Some things
- Stay with small/medium company (80-100 employees) full-time or take an internship at a big trading firm (500 employees)? Hey guys, I'm 20 and in 3rd year of uni (stats/compsci). I currently have a full time job at a medium sized company with salary around $70000 AUD. I also have an internship offer I'm sitting on that is at a much bigger trading firm. The internship will be 7 weeks paid on a equiv of 100k salary. I'
- Should someone go for a contract position with Google and leave current company (top consulting firm) ? Please share, in a fix.
- Employer’s law firm doesn’t share I-140 approval notice, can I still switch company after 180 days of I485? Filed I-485 earlier this year after my priority date becomes current. Today law firms says they cannot share the hard copy, only the scanned copy. Can I still switch company after 180 days of 485 filing?
- If you leave to a competing firm how many days does your current company keep you on for? Does this vary for senior/junior analyst
- I'm sketched out about taking an offer at a company bought out by a private equity investment firm. Should I be? I just got a sub par offer from a company that was bought out by a private equity investment firm. I'm sketched out. Should I be? Why or why not?
- High paying firms in Portland, Oregon. Please post in following sequence: Company, TC, YOE, HW/SW, Highest Degree #intel #nike #hardware #software #airbnb #workday #apple #maximintegrated #skyworkssolutions #walmart #vacasa #microsoft #amperecomputing #amazon #daimler #nike #dropbox #portland #oregon
- Do major finance companies revoke I-140 if the immigrant employee leaves the firm ( within an year of filing that is)? I’m wondering if I should start my Green Card filing process with BlackRock because I have an approved I-140 from a previous employer ( who won’t/ can’t revoke the I-140 anymore ) since BlackRock makes you sign the repayment clause ?
- Any tips to negotiate salary after an offer from a company that was pretty firm on their base pay upon recruiting me? Basically, the title. When I first talked with the recruiter for a job I was recently offered, they were firm on their base pay…. but want to negotiate comp anyway. Any one been in this situation? Any advice would be appreciated. Non-ENG YOE - 6 Current TC - $155K New offer TC - $200K #negotiatio
- link Case interviewing is classist and sexist Companies require case interviews if they want to hire more white guys. Discuss. Case interviews seem more like an elitist gatekeeping practice than any real assessment of strategic ability and creative thinking. https://hbr.org/2020/01/what-top-consulting-firms-gets-wrong-about-hiring
- Why all the trading firm headhunters? Every day I got a new message on LinkedIn “we help people move from FANG to top trading firms like Jane Street”. All the same, and always some random headhunting company, and not the firms themselves. Wtf? Is it worth engaging or are they just time wasters trying to get commission? I have no issues
- Value of Title in Tech Industry Do Tech companies value the title (Director/ VP of Engineering or Product) at smaller firms or just consider the total relevant YOE? In other words does taking up a Director or VP role at a smaller firm or startup increase your chances of getting into top tech companies at a higher level eventually
- Future of HFT and Quant firms? Will high frequency trading companies and quant firms always be around? Will they last through a recession? TC: 175k
- Fragomen H1B results. Do you know after how many days/hours they will notify with the case number etc? I read reviews about fragomen that they are slow to respond. Edit 1: Fragomen emailed me. Note: Fragomen is a law firm that our company hired. If your company also hired fragomen, you will get access to the portal.
- Has anyone gone from FAANG to a bottom tier company? If you’re a solid engineer at an elite tech company, what’s it like to switch to a boring no name enterprise software or IT firm? I’m imagining something like Initech from the movie Office Space. Do you become a God to your coworkers, a 2x engineer among 0.2x engineers? Or is everything so mind nu
- is anyone actually going back to the office this sept? looks like the date is firm. is the majority of the company going back?! [SF] #lyft #wfh #returntoffice #rto #hashtag #returntooffice
- Coasting at Atlassian/Microsoft/Twitter/Salesforce/ I am a Data Scientist Currently Based out in US. Does Atlassian or other companies mentioned above have a stress free culture similar to Microsoft/Salesforce? I am not a slacker, but I would prefer to work at a firm where I coast over there and survive by doing bare minimum? I am looking for a firm
- PWD and PERM Timeline Reasonable? My company just started the PERM process for me, and the law firm gave us a timeline of preparation before filing PERM: - 8-9 months prevailing wage determination with DOL - 3 months preparation in the firm ~ which makes it a total of about a year before even filing PERM Does that sound reasonable?
- Robinhood valuation What do you guy think about Robinhood valuation in the future and the vision ? I feel it will take over traditional brokerage firm just like Amazon did with brick and mortar companies ?
- Fin-tech $ I’ve seen some comments suggesting that some FinTech firms pay better than big tech companies like FANG. Is this true? Which firms and how much more?
- PEO/EOR Process Hi Guys, I have been recently offered a Position by a US firm with base Location as Singapore. The offer will be executed via PEO firm Velocity Global. But when i asked for the official offer letter from the Hiring firm, they affirm the offer will be given only from the PEO company with agreed upo
- 500k+ for 4 yoe What companies other than quant firms pay 500k for 4 yoe? Even first year is fine, it can be recurring 450. I’m aiming for L5 offers. I think Snap and Uber can get up there, not sure if I’m missing any obvious others. TC: 360 yoe: 2.5
- vote Joining a well-established quant shop versus a new one if I wanted to start my own company in 7-10 years?? The question says it all. I have two choices between 1) joining a well-established (top tier if you wish - think of it as one of the few firms at Citadel/Two Sigma level.) shop versus 2) joining a relatively new one (tier2 if you will), both in NY. If I wanted to start my company down the road in 10
- Jpmc work from home culture Hi guys I will be switching to jpmc soon wanted to check what the company offers for wfh for hyderabad location. As I will be submtting my laptop to the current firm do the firm has budget?
- Companies sponsoring green card who don’t use Fragomen Been screwed by fragomen a few times. Looking for other companies who use other outside law firms. If you can let me know the name of company and law firm I really appreciate it. (Especially if you had a good experience with them) TC: 300k YOE: 4
- Companies about to get acquired. Any lists around here for companies to be acquired by any public listed firms such as @Google @amazon @facebook @twitter @spotify @salesforce @apple @microsoft ...resulting in liquidity event to acquired firms' employees? For instance, @LinkedIn acquired Glint in Q4 2018. guesses are fine as well.
- Stop victim blaming Indian consultants The Indian tech consulting firms are the result of the broken immigration system, not the reason. Every business mode exists for a reason. The Indian consulting firms exist because of the broken immigration system. For American companies, these firms help them hire foreign skilled workers without w
- Visa type Come across this VC firm claiming they take care visas for founders. Wondering how are they handling, typically founders are not allowed to sponsor work visas from their own companies at least there are several rules. Do these guys(vc firm) file visa on-behalf of their VC firm and have the founders
- Leaving the company - Fidelity Investments Hi all, It’s been only 8 month since I joined the firm but due to some personal reasons I’m planning to quit the company. I would like to understand the process for that and what would be the notice period. I feel awkward to communicate this information to my manager and how unpleasant would the pr
- Is it appropriate to ask recruiter this? Recruiters reach out all the time. When they are a head hunter or recruiting agency they always say “psssst hey we got a really cool job with high impact and more TC” but they never disclose which company or firm it is in the initial email. Is it rude to just reply and ask them to name the company
- vote Top company to join as new grad? Nuro vs Figma, Plaid, Brex, Ramp, Databricks, Scale, Rippling, Deepmind, Google, Meta What’s the top non-quant firm company to join as a new grad SWE for career growth? Not including Stripe because they rejected me :/. Have offer from Nuro and interviewing at some of the others. Sorry if you saw this before, had to delete and repost since I accidentally biased one of the answers. #
- Has anyone had success with recruiting firms? I put my LinkedIn profile to open to work and so far I've only gotten messages from recruiting firms claiming to work with clients and not recruiters directly from companies. Has anyone had success with these firms? It just feels sketchy but maybe I'm uninformed about their success? #tech
- Better.com CTO resigns Financial-technology firm Better said Chief Technology Officer Diane Yu is leaving her role, a day after the company offered a voluntary separation plan to employees who belong to a division she helped grow. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-07/better-cto-yu-leaves-role-after-company-