I’ve been a FTE SWE for my whole career. I was recently laid off and accepted a contract position in the meantime while searching for a new FTE job. The contract position is for a pretty reputable fintech company. Will having this on my resume repel recruiters from reaching out about FTE opportuniti...Read more
I am actively looking for new opportunities. Being the first generation in the USA (parents from India), I applied to a bunch of small to medium sized companies but I guess considering my last name, the recruiters may think I do need visa sponsorship. Recently one of the recruiters followed up on m...Read more
Hi I’ve worked at a Tier-1 automotive parts supplier for 3yrs and looking to make my first career change (hopefully aerospace industry but not sure if possible since im not a citizen). Anyways, I just joined blind and people seem to use an alphabet and number to describe the level of positions but ...Read more
Hi all, first time asking for a referral here. I have worked in DevOps, SRE, Infra Automation, Test Automation roles. Started career in startups, last several years worked in large tech enterprises. Most recently @ VMware and now @ Broadcom. Reason for changing. Job stagnation. No new opportunities...Read more
35 year old, architect-level experience in web/cloud dev, some ML experience (in finance). First half of the career spent outside of the US. In the US couple of startups and a job as a developer in a financial institution. US citizen. Looking for general advice on how to go about connecting into the...Read more
Hello folks, I got 2 offers: one is Amazon L5 DE in London UK, TC 93k USD . This other is Google TSE L3 offer in Waterloo Canada, TC 150k USD. Google TSE TC is more attractive and seems like WLB is better in Google. And I want to be SWE of Google in the long-term so maybe good to be an insider fir...Read more
Hi, Just finished my university course in Computer Science last year. Been working a bit in SWE and would like to apply to work in the US (as a graduate or junior or anything else). I am not too sure of the process and whether I just apply on a US company's careers page first or need to complete an...Read more
I have 15+ years of experience, in my late 30. I am just very anxious about layoffs. I always feel that I would be the first person to be laid off. Have very low self confidence. I keep on thinking that I am the dumbest. Have been here only for like 10 months so have not gotten any rating as yet. Be...Read more
Role: SDE Criteria: TC - extremely important. Give me that 💰💰💰 WLB - not very important. I’m ok with 40-60 hours a week. Skills - I’m looking for a place that lets me continue to leverage my AWS skills and certifications. Impact - I’m looking for a place that gives me good career growth and ...Read more
I am currently Working in London as a Front-end Engineer making £60k. I have a little over 2 YOE. I really want to move to the USA so I can make more money. I'm also a European citizen so hopefully that'll make the move easier. What do you guys recommend as the best pathway to moving to the USA fr...Read more
I want to continue doing data science out of personal love for statistics and curiosity toward open world, research-oriented questions. (Undergrad-level math background, but no graduate degree - so academic/RS job is out of the question.) 1. Is this sustainable for career growth on SWE ladder (to r...Read more
Have a SWE offer from a top hedge fund and at the onsite stage for a few others HFTs/Prop shops. While the offer almost doubles my current TC, I'm worried that going into the finance/HFT sector as a SWE could be a potentially career-ending move. At FANG for example, it seems SWEs can at least make i...Read more
Hi, I'm a BASc electrical engineering student graduating in May '22. I'm grateful to have an Amazon new grad offer (blind tax in Canadian pesos: 112/111/32 first year/34 2nd year), but not sure if I want to go down the software career path vs. hardware. I'm currently looking for new grad referrals ...Read more
Hi Blind folks 🙋, Unfortunately, I did not win the H1b lottery this year and I am still on OPT (first year, will extend to STEM OPT this upcoming weeks). Prior to Qualcomm, I was a contractor and started the process for Eb2 (National Interest Waiver) but since I work for Qualcomm, I have not subm...Read more
Got an offer for AWS SDE 2 in Vancouver. Currently a VP at a bank which I think would equate to SDE 3. It was my fault, I didn't ask for an SDE 3 interview loop. Doesn't seem possible now. The offer is right at the top of the band so no real TC growth unless I get promoted I would assume. It equate...Read more
I don’t think I want to live in the United States anymore. I have a Green Card, bought a house a month ago, little savings that can last 3-5 years, but zero motivation to keep continuing. My father is ailing and for the first time, I felt like I needed to spend more time with my family instead of fo...Read more
I am currently working in one of the FAANG’s with a TC ~525+. So far it’s going pretty well from career perspective and I am expecting a level bump by 2022. I have been approached by founders of a startup to join them as their first employee with ~170K salary and 5% equity. These founder have over 1...Read more
I am a Software Engineer contractor at Meta. In my career (4.5 YOE), I mostly worked in average startups and was just lucky enough to find this opportunity (my first big company), and go through a pretty easy interview process as they were looking for someone who had experience in working on a spec...Read more
Old TC: 150k CAD (laid off) New TC: 0 I currently have offers from two different Canadian companies: first one is 85k CAD (data analyst) the other is 95k CAD (data engineer). Overall these seem pretty safe and I wouldn’t worry about any future layoffs while I’m at these companies. Another point ...Read more
Imagine if you were a politician who has the Eagle Act in front of him and need to decide to vote. What would you choose? If you vote Yes for Eagle Act- Pros- It sounds fair. Cons- You make your voter base (a lot of Americans who think that Indians are taking their jobs) mad and the right wing me...Read more