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- HSA with an HDHP coverage gap on first of the month, or, worse, coverage gap on December 1 It's very common people ask about health insurance coverage between jobs. The answer: (1) you get a free rider for 60d after separation to purchase #COBRA with retroactive coverage, meaning you only have to pay for it if you actually need it; (2) quit with last day on the first of the month, get
- When does Amazon's compensation overtake Microsoft's? Amazon's TC for new grad SDEs is about $135k while Microsoft's offers seem to be in the range of $160-180k. It's a pretty big gap and it gets even bigger if you take benefits like 401k match and tuition reimbursement into account. However, the consensus seems to be that Microsoft underpays its seni
- Margin loan for housing I am planning to take a margin loan if needed to fund my down payment or appraisal gap if any. I read about IBKR which has low interest rate. Does IBKR pro account has any hidden charges or monthly fee to maintain the account? Are there any other better options for margin loan? PS: To add some cont
- July Nooglers We have lost 15% of equity value which caused big dent on the TC. For some of us,TC is now approx same as in the prev company.. Does Google fix this gap in the next perf cycle? Or at least does Google take this into account in the next refresh?
- Top Paying Sales Jobs 2020 https://compgauge.com/rankings/ GCP apparently wasn’t kidding when they said they are going all in on the cloud. Read an article a couple years ago that they were building out their sales team by poaching tons of veteran salespeople from AWS, IBM, SAP, etc and this ranking explains how they’re doin
- Is it possible to get Bay Area mortgage with offer letter? During Covid I took some time off work for mental health, and I am thinking it will be time to return soon. The problem is that we moved to another state during covid so I need housing in the Bay Area. I’m not willing to rent after experiencing owning my own home. About me - early 30s - 600k after
- Amazon RSU’ - What happens post you sell it ? Edits: As some commented Q wasn’t clear. Dear All I need your help and advice. I am new to Amazon and trying to understand what happens if I sell all my RSUs (eg 5 RSU ) after they have been credited to my account. Amazon says RSU are part of the CTC, hence if I sell my RSU’ ,will Amazon give me
- vote Help — Joining AWS After Being at New Company for 3 Weeks Hello, I have a call with the recruiter tomorrow to discuss offer details for L6 Technical Account Manager. Considering I currently make a base of $125K + 10%, it’s going to be way more than I make now. The issue is I started at a new company on January 10. I applied to AWS on January 1. What’s
- Finances after getting married Married folks of Blind, I’m going to be marrying my girlfriend soon and was wondering how married couples deal with finances. We are both working and earn a good salary, although there is a wide income gap between us (one of us makes ~3x the other). Our combined TC is around 500k. How do you deal w
- What opportunities does GC open? After almost 6 years on H1b, finally got my GC! Feel relief more than happiness. Except standard benefits that USCIS and lawyers notify you, what other opportunities does GC open to you? Primarily interested in financial and wealth building ways, other areas that make life easier and enjoyable are
- Taking 3-6 months between jobs to travel I’m currently 1.5 YOE as a PM at Microsoft (first gig out of college) and I’ve saved more than enough money in my bank account due to no student loans - I’m very lucky in this regard. A significant amount of my stocks vest at 2.5 years, so I’m planning on quitting and joining a startup at that point
- link H1B selection without SEVP update Did anyone hear from their HR/Lawyer about their H1B application being selected in the lottery without seeing any change on their SEVP portal/account? This question is only valid for the H1B applicants whose OPT was ending before 09/30/18. Some details :- “H1B Lottery Selected/ Pending Processing /
- How much you can afford is not related to the selling price of the home I've made this mistake. Ppl here are always being alarmed by the crazy bidding wars and crazy prices. Yup it's true, market is bonkers. But here is something that should help you with your max limit. 2 important factors for your budget, 1. Down payment = 10-20% of the appraisal + appraisal gap. --
- link What are the benefits & perks at linkedin? Hi, We built http://perks.guide to help job searchers compare perks at different companies. We've been trying to source data for linkedIn(SF + Sunnyvale) but have come up short so we're trying to fill in the gaps from the blind community. Here's what we have so far: Data we have: Compensation Phil
- Why people on LinkedIn stink now a days ? Now a days, my LinkedIn wall is full of - People bragging about getting in FAANG when they just only got in Amazon - Every other Amazon guy is starting his YouTube channel on leetcode questions and explaining the same question which is explained by 100 other Amazonians on youtube - A blue coat gu
- Right time to switch for a Front-end Dev in his first job? I am a front-end developer working with React. I joined my current company in July of last year (Bangalore office) and as of today I'm in the 8th month. Prior to this, I worked at a startup consultancy between Dec '19 to Jun '20 (5.5 months). This brings my current cumulative professional experien
- I am struggling to get Calls because of my caregiving break Posting from my Husband’s blind account I am looking for entry level opportunities in Physical Design, Staic Timing Analysis and Synthesis. Long story in short, I graduated in VLSI with honor for being outstanding performer with GPA 3.9/4. Life happens, I took break to raise my baby. Started looki
- Only way to win in this market is be ruthless I wish I'd learned this 4 months ago. Looking in seattle and have been burned. Seen escalations go from 200k to 400k over asking. Here is your guide if you are looking just now. 1. Figure out your max out of pocket and monthly mortgage number. -- in order to fully leverage yourself, you must know w
- Folks in Toronto, what's kept you from moving to the US other than visa or family I'm wondering what are the reasons to not move to US tech hubs (Bay Area, Seattle, NYC, etc) for tech jobs. Even considering the high CoL in US, after tax and expenses and taking exchange rate into account, I find that you can still save up around 2x each month in US compared to Toronto. This wage g
- Account executive/customer success roles in the bay area Hi everyone, I hope you all are doing well during your WFH time. I’m trying to make a move to the Bay Area and was seeing if anyone had any advice on securing a role. I currently work as a relationship manager at an asset manager, but was looking to move in to tech company in strategy/operations. My
- Help me quit unprofessionally Today's my last day. It's too late to give 2 weeks notice since my next job starts tomorrow. Blind, what are your creative ideas for quitting a job? I don't want to be a total jerk (more than I'm already going to be) but there is some leeway because, unless my current employer really tries, this ca
- Can't get an entry level job, CS degree from 2019, need advice Posting on my friends account. 0 YOE (not counting internships but have done 4 2-3 month internships, 2 of which were at a FAANG company). bad gpa but many places don't ask for it. I graduated in 2019 with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from a top 10 school. Since graduating, I did one internshi
- Freshbooks rejection after verbal offer and in the middle of negotiation Hi Everyone, Here's a story about one more stupid company who doesn't value candidates time. So the interview process started almost 3 months ago back in October. I have been very specific from the beginning that I would be needing visa sponsorship to Canada as I live in US. They have an exhausting
- Can I afford this home? Hi community. I am in the market for a home in the Austin area. The market is red hot and I’m struggling to get an offer accepted. About me: 28yo guy, nearly 5 YOE. Have been at amazon for 8 months now. I am not married and don’t have kids, but plan to have at least 1 in the future. I have a long t
- should I give up trying to compete in software engineering? this week I got rejected after the final rounds of onsite interviews at two top tier companies. At the time I felt really good with the programming questions and behavioral questions too. I spend more than a full work week preparing for these, studying the product of each respective team, brushing
- Laid off for 5 months... Constantly rejected for all design positions 😅 Hey folks, I got laid off back in February. 50% of my job applications are getting rejected (I get 2-3 rejection emails every morning), and the other 50% are ghosted. I've gotten a handful of interviews with Netflix, Amazon and some small private start-ups, but I'm not getting any offers. I have 9
- AWS 2 years plan I'm in a European country, have been doing mostly contract work as Architect/technical PM for last few years. Feeling the need to become much more knowledgable in the cloud + devops as the old on-prem world will be significantly reduced in 10 years time and I want to keep a level of relevancy in thi
- link I've started my FIRE journey in India! (Part 1: Intro and Net Worth) There's no shortage of posts here on Blind where people ask how much one needs to FIRE in India and then responders throwing around random numbers that range from practical to downright stupid. There however are hardly any first-person accounts of folks that have truly retired early. Nobody seems to
- vote [New-Grad advice] Snap vs Google I am using my friend's account to post this. I recently received offers from Snap (TC: approx 190) and Google (TC: approx 160). I believe both offers are standard offers for my location (The location is the same). I did not negotiate with Google because I did not want to share the screenshot of an
- Bring down FAANG - similar to Hedge Funds This is not a post against any of the founders, but on all the bad practices that’s done in Silicon Valley, but we, the people, need to stand up!! - just like we did with $GME. As you all know Citadel Capital was brought to its knees, but we know it was just a blow, they will easily rise back up. B
- A good story about Microsoft Blind is full of horror stories and negativity. I admit I joined myself upon a colleague relating such bad but true thread about a person we both knew. So I have recently learned a happy ending story, I thought I 'd share some positivity here. Names, teams are not shared in respect to people s anony
- Why I Wear A Suit When I was a kid I dreamed of wearing a suit - like the men I saw on television. At the time I had no idea what these guys did for a living, but I wanted it all. You can't blame a guy for dreaming big, right? This was the 60's - before #Fortnight #DowntonAbbey and #StormyDaniels I took an accountin
- Why I Wear a Suit When I was a kid I dreamed of wearing a suit - like the men I saw on television. At the time I had no idea what these guys did for a living, but I wanted it all - buzzing my secretary, asking her to bring me a cocktail and sit on my lap while she took dictation. You can't blame a guy for dreaming bi
- quitting and studying LC - another one Hi Blind. About me: mid 20s, single, no plan for kids in the next 5 years and trying to optimize TC/career growth. I had no financial cushion right out of college but I have some decent amount saved up now. Also learned investing along the way and really want to make the most financially out of my
- FB lessons summary from Blind So I scanned through all advice on fb from blind and posting it here. Would love to get comments if they are still relevant. But, I did that as a prep to join the company and be prepared. This is my giving back to this wonderful and disgusting community of blind. Facebook lessons (from blind) Summ
- link Giving back - how I cleared L6 System Design - Part 1 Long term prep strategy Part 1 is out: https://www.teamblind.com/post/YA2RKEqY Coding Part 1 is out : https://www.teamblind.com/post/ikvVrRXa Part 3 is out : https://www.teamblind.com/post/qubF6fS2 Part 2 is out : https://www.teamblind.com/post/rBrt5bV8 Edit 6: I will be posting the rest/comment
- Full explanation of the GME, RH, and Citadel debacle Alright ladies, listen up. I just spent the whole day going down the rabbit hole of this whole GME / RH / Citadel debacle. This is going to be long, so you might want to lie down and suck on your pacifier because this one would take quite awhile. Let me start off by saying that I have a smooth brai
- How “refreshers” work at Amazon Last updated: 7/21/2019 TL;DR: If you sign with Amazon, expect only paltry base raises and no new stock grants until the 5th year even if you get promoted. If you don’t, your TC will actually drop to the bottom of band so that’s a cliff in its own way. What you see in the offer letter is all you’re
- link Giving back - long-term interview preparation strategy - Part 1 I'm back. Who am I? Check 1. Intro here: https://www.teamblind.com/post/Giving-back---how-I-cleared-L6-System-Design---Part-1-4yufM3RY This time we're going to some heavy lifting. Sit tight, grab a cup of coffee and read carefully. So from the intro I referenced above you should already know that
- 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
- How Lyft’s Missteps Killed its Chances of Overtaking Uber Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away