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- What is the gap between a Microsoft Program Manager's skill set and Product Managers or TPMs in other companies? Trying to figure out what these roles do and am not finding a definitive answers in resources i found online.
- Recommended courses/training for TPM technical knowledge Hey folks, Recently I had my first TPM interview at FAANG. I didn’t clear the first round because I couldn’t answer the system design and architecture questions well. That made me realize that I have a gap in my technical knowledge. So I am wondering if there are any recommended training or online
- Nordstrom to Gap Move - Good or Bad Idea? I heard Gap has reputable training program for inventory planner, but not sure it is a good idea to join them just to get their training. Business wise Nordstrom is doing pretty well and Gap seems a little bit of a sinking ship.
- how to prepare for interview? Don’t you forget? I never done interviews that well but always got in lucky. For example I can automate the things with logic but never was able to learn all programming concepts. This is because I forget it completely after 1 month gap. After 1 week gap the code that I learnt is gone from memory. I kind of feel lazy
- Transition Transitioning from PM to TPM. Lacking tech base in education. Where do I start to fill the gap? Any advice is appreciated! Thx
- Employment Gap How is the gap in employment construed ? My wife has around 3+ years experience on the Business/Program Management side but has a couple of yrs gap due to lack of work authorization. She recently got her EAD but hasn’t been getting any calls lately. I believe it’s due to the current situation but
- How do we get more women in the NFL? There's a massive gender gap and it's not right. I've been working with top experts to help with these diversity programs in the NFL and we aren't making any headway. Any ideas Google?
- Any info on the Meta Bridge Builders Program? I recently had a loop for a Meta Product Design role. The recruiter communicated that it went really well, however there seemed to be a skill gap they want me to close before reapplying. They offered to enroll me into the Meta Bridge Builders program which looks pretty interesting. Wondering if an
- Amazon non tech Program Manager to Microsoft Program manager Did anyone move from Amazon to Microsoft as a non tech program manager? If so, how was the interview process like and how is the experience at Microsoft? Also, how is the pay gap between both the companies for the same role? #amazon #microsoft #programmanager #nontech #tech TC: 120k YOE: 3
- TPM vs SDE Comp Anyone have comp figures for - Technical Product Manager - Technical Program Manager - SDE For FAANG/tech in London? US comparisons are welcome too. Mainly trying to see how much of a gap there is between ther paths especially in base and stock.
- Is a Gap in Employment a disaster? Recruiters and Hiring managers. Is a Gap in Employment a no go if you are in one of the following careers? Developer Program/Project Management Tester Analyst Data Scientist Recruitment Ops What if someone takes a year off to travel? Or for a personal reason? Or from burn out? Or tried another car
- Why don’t recruiters become SWEs? We’ve lowered the bar to include boot camp grads, folks without degrees and folks with long resume gaps through return to work programs. If I was a recruiter giving out offers worth double my comp to folks with weaker pedigrees than my own I would just start interviewing for SWE roles myself. I know
- Returnship programs? Hi everyone! My wife is returning to the workforce after a 7 year break. She was a Product Manager & General Manager at top-tier companies before taking some time off to help support our children. It’s obviously hard to recruit after a long-ish career gap, so we’re looking for programs like Amazon’
- Amazon Returnship Program My wife received email from Amazon recruiter for Amazon Returnship program to schedule 1 hr interview. She has 4 years gap in career and wants to join back. It is for QA internship. Can someone who went through this interview process provide some insights? Are LPs important for Returnship as well?
- vote Is it normal to build things and lack understanding? Do you have gaps in your knowledge? Is it normal to be able to build things while lacking deep understanding of your domain? Obviously, this depends on your career path but examples of fundamental knowledge can include: - Data structures - Time and space complexity - Object Oriented Programming vs. Functional Programming - Scope, clo
- Do Business Analyst's program? Hello, I am currently working as a Software Developer and looking to switch paths to become a business analyst coz programming is not bringing me any joy. I know that the job of a BA is to bridge the gap between a client and a developer. If I make a switch and start a new career from the entry leve
- Amazon Pathways Ops L6 Vs Tech L6 Salary Folks, I joined Amazon Pathways Ops program (L6) last year. I am surprised by the huge salary differential between Tech and Non Tech at the same level. Any other Pathways here feeling the same (underpaid)? For people who don't know about Amzn Pathways program, most of the folks in this program hav
- Intern vs. Full time at Google My friend who writes a lot of functional programming code for a Data Engineer was recently promoted to Data Engineer II at Amazon. She’s a problem solver and wants to move over to a formal Software Engineer role at Google or Facebook in the next 6 months. She has applied to the Online Masters in Co
- Online MBA. Worth it? Hi Folks, I am interested in online MBA programs. I am currently working as Software Engineering Manager. There are two parts to why I am interested. One is, I am hoping the program will teach me skills to be an effective technical leader. I have been thrust into leadership role without any groomi
- Elements of programming interviews I know my algorithms well for the most part. Have read through cracking the coding interview. And have done tons of leetcode. Yet I failed Google’s phone screen (if you have read my other questions you know I passed Amazon and Facebook). My question is, would the book “Elements of programming interv
- We finally won! Bought our dream home From Seattle. I saw the months when the price kept rising and so did interest rates. Some homes we really liked, but were outbid on almost every front. One thing we were sure of, never to compromise, if we were going to get a home, it would be the one we loved. With time, we realized it quicker. Few
- vote Dropout of College or pursue Startup? Senior in Highschool, 18. I am currently talking to various Venture Capitalist and investors, I have 1 investor already (angel investor). I am the post-MVP stage of product wise but its super unique and have almost 5 people working on the product itself contracted. We are rebuilding it from scrat
- Product/Program Managers Compensation Hi Blinders, There are many posts about software developers' compensations, but there are just one non-tech base salary survey on Blind. There is a huge gap, so let me start a thread to get a sense how much Product/Program managers are paid. This thread may be helpful for developers who are conside
- Dynamic Programming How often do you guys (if ever) get asked dynamic programming problems in interviews? I understand the concept of it, when presented with an application of it to some problem solution, but I can never actually use it to solve a problem myself. I struggle to identify problems as DP problems. I'm pre
- Deloitte Specialist Leader (Senior Manager) in Technology vs Amazon Senior TPM? I recently received an offer from Amazon - L6 Senior TPM. Deloitte is offering Specialist Leader (Senior Manager) Technology as the next level from my current role. I am comfortable in my current profile and work at Deloitte, with an avg of 30 hours per week and focused on custom web development and
- Impossible to get internships Self-taught SWE, did freelance dev work for a number of years. Joined a community college to fill gaps in my knowledge, going for an associate's degree (3 years). The program includes several co-op terms in a row. No matter how many applications I've sent in (50+), I can't seem to get a single pho
- Amazon interview - recycled for TPM from SDE 3 I was just recently passed on for SDE 3 but leveled at L6 TPM. I know this was because I didn't raise the software development bar. I did poorly on my OOD design as this was something I didn't prepare for. I have been doing OOD for over 20 years so I am very comfortable with it, I just did a bad
- vote Finished CTCI + Blind 75. Should I do more LC volume or more mock practice? I will be putting myself back on the market in two months. I'm finishing up Blind 75 soon and want to plan ahead on how I will finish my prep. Should I continue to grind LC and go for volume? I do not think I have all the patterns down pat yet. Or should I prioritize practicing mocks and seal up
- Scrum master maps to what other job titles? Colleague has a Scrum Master role which involves facilitating agile meetings, organizing/tracking 6+ month projects, removing roadblocks, and coordinating with other dev teams when there are dependencies. No technical background, understands tech at high level, present in technical discussions, and
- Google Interview L4 Had my Google on-site recently for the L4 position. 4/5 interviews went well, but 1 was terrible. There was a communication gap and I thought my solution was right but the interviewer wasn't able to understand what I was proposing. Said let me implement and show you, to which he replied "you want to
- Looking for job: spouse lost job on h1b, #covid #lostjob #outofvisastatus Hi, My wife lost her job and she has about 3 weeks left out of the 60 days gap, on her h1b status. She is trying her best to interview but no offers are up due to the covid situation. She is an associate level Program Manager (non tech) with 4 years experience and is open to accepting any oppurtuni
- Resume review - getting into product management Hi Blind community! I've been trying to break into product management in tech and have been having a tough time. Would anyone be willing to take a look at my resume and give advice on skill gaps, content or even other career paths to transition into product? I'm hoping to get into the APM/RPM prog
- vote How's your experience with people transitioned from TPM to SDM If you have been a direct report of someone who has transitioned from TPM To SDM. How's your experience has been? I am in this situation for the second time now, and I'am already planning to switch the team or company. Same as what I did the first time. I don't have problem with deadline tracking
- vote OMSCS vs UCI (in campus) So I got admission into two masters of computer science programs that I'm thinking of pursing one of them while working full-time a. At the University of California, Irvine (UCI) --> planning to attend as a part-time student in campus. b. Online through Georgia Tech OMSCS My objective from the d
- vote Do tons of internships vs full time for a year I deferred my master programs till next fall (honestly, not even sure I will go) so I have a gap year. Did CS undergrad in mid tier school. I already did 4 internships, 2 at Big N (think Salesforce, Nvidia, Cisco) 1 at big pharma, 1 at medium size hardware company all in ML. Should I do a bunch of
- What $$$ to aim for in my next job? The bad: Spent a long time in academia. Got 3 years of experience, now 30 years old, and in MSFT at lvl 61. The good: Hardcore into computer science and programming since 12. Internationally *very* successful at competitive programming. Got a pile national & international awards. Have a very high "
- Delay Google start date for grad school? Hello Blinders, After many failures over the years, I finally am in the fortunate position of having a SDE 2 offer from Amazon and passing the HC for Google. Currently in team matching process for Google. Here's where this gets tricky. I've thought about going to medical school for a long time now
- Where To Start I have very very little experience in tech/programming, other than introductory level basics. I have a degree in a non-related field and feel my current career trajectory is a dead end. I think my talents could be honed toward tech. I've tried various online courses (CS50, CodeAcademy, etc.) but th
- Roomie talks in his native language and I feel like the odd one out Roommate talks in native language despite me pointing out several times about these language gaps. Be it dinner, outings,partying,casual late night group talks,boozing,studies, programming.... He starts talking in his native language and everyone ends up joining him. But when he needs something he
- What am I missing? And how can I fill in the gaps? I'm a career-shifter and a unicorn hired me as an SWE trainee despite having zero coding background (except for some minor Python stuff in college, I was a Chemical Engineering major). They will train me for 6 months before I will be given actual work. Naturally, it will cover only the technical sk
- Facebook rotational engineer advice Hey everyone, I am trying my best to get into a big N and I noticed a posting for Facebook's rotation program. I have a non traditional background of EE turned software engineer after doing a bootcamp. A recruiter reached out to me for the intially screening and I'm starting to get excited for the
- facebook / out of work for over a year Hi everyone, I have been unemployed since the beginning of covid, and I just found out about Facebook's return to work program. To be eligible, you have to have been out of work for 2 years (and I'm getting pretty close to that mark). Is anyone here familiar with the program and how it works? I di
- Help !! Need Referrals. Posting in multiple threads !!! Hi Blind - I was able to finally land a role after numerous applications, the lack of interview calls due to gap in employment (lack of work authorization). However, I'm nearing the end of my contract role. My manager and the leadership wanted to convert me but HR ci
- Referral needed for first job in the US Hi folks, My spouse worked in consulting for 6 years with Accenture, Capgemini in India. She moved to US and got her H4 EAD in December 2021. While all the major clients she worked for in these 6 years were from NA region, but some recruiters told her to start from associate level as her previous wo
- vote Is A/B testing experience required to apply for DS in tech? Looking to switch to my first role at a tech company. I've been in analytics for 5 years now. Extensive experience in Tableau/SQL/Alteryx, some Python/R. I have a M.S. in Data Analytics with some basic statistical/ML experience. But I've never performed any A/B experiments at all. The opportunity
- Bombed Amazon OA I don't know what to do or think of myself. 6 months back I had applied to Amazon, bombed round 1. Though I'd say that was partly luck that the communication gap just could not be resolved. However today was different. Both the questions in the OA were solvable. First one was easy and solved. Secon
- HR Career choice question Hi , I am looking for an experienced career advice here , I have to kick start my career in Human Resources after a GAP of 8 yrs .Although I have in total experience of 13 yrs which includes Managerial HR and startup operations . Can anyone guide me where to start ,it will be my first job in Unite
- Interview call from Google I want to apply at Google in next 6 months or so. - I am from tier-3 college in India - I am not a competitive Programmer - I have never been to any programming olympiads/ ACM ICPC regionals or anything similar. - I have never done GSOC. Experience - 1 year TC - 18 Lakhs (All base) - Talked to
- FB TPM Offer IC5 Current TC: 147K+110K (+15% bonus) @ L4 12+YOE. Going up for promo in the upcoming cycle at G. Little over 115K stocks will vest in the next 12 months, without considering promo related increments, and will have the annual increase in January. Recruiter confirmed that HC cleared the packet for IC5.
- vote Favorite IT role (poll) If money is not a concern, let's say you already have enough money to live until you die, which software role would you choose? It can be based on what you are good at/ what you enjoy the most etc # junior developer (only technical work, no additional responsibilities) # senior developer ( i love