Good pay and benefits , nice work/life balance; smart colleagues, free lunch
The old culture of Google where employees are encouraged to speak up is gone. Lots of yes men and the morale and work suffers for it
Hi My h1b is ending within 2 years and I am trying to transition to o-1a visa with an agent. Since I am not doing this through an employer but my own agent, I thought I did not have to get a sign off from Google. But my lawyer tells me I need to. Has anyone done this before? What does this proces...Read more
2-3% seller commission in the Bay Area!! I need to sell one overpriced shack every 2 months to make the same TC I'm making now.
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I am giving a second thought If in the long run is it worth being a PM at FAANG or become a real estate agent ? I like real estate overall
In November 2016, Google recruiter reaches out to me for a ML Soft Eng position in London. I politely explain I want to move to the US and I think I qualify for an #o1 visa. She tells me that Google does not do O1s except if I’m some important researcher. I explain I am a PhD student but I have done...Read more
With the gen AI Era, I expect Google's dominant position will be threatened even with the help from deepmind due to default gen AI agents on each platforms. For example, if you can just ask agent questions and can get quite decent quality answers from the default agent on Samsumg phones, why would y...Read more
We had viewed a house in a Boston suburb during a open house past weekend. Our agent asked the sellers agent when are offers due . He said Tuesday 10 am. So my agent called him this morning and asked if he had any offers he said no. My agent told the seller agent we are interested but just checking...Read more
Does anyone have experience with Plus Relocation getting the Home Sale Reimbursement? It says it covers "normal and customary closing costs up to $X." Does that include the commissions paid to both the seller's agent and buyer's agent? #google #relocation #googlerelocation
Edit: shopprop.com found. What are the reviews for this, is it reliable? What's the online showing booking company that had 1% buyer agent fee in Seattle area? I saw it here couple of years back but google search is not bringing it up. Maybe should try the copilot #housing
Was looking for a real estate in Vallejo CA. Apparently the real estate agent informed us google is moving to mare island, ca. Is this true?
Hi, I am searching my first house in Bay Area from last 2 weeks. I'm working with a buyer agent in these 2 weeks. The agent showed me couple of houses (~3 hrs in one weekend). I found one house of redfin which I really liked. I shared the house with the agent and he/she made an offer (around my max...Read more
If you have one, what is it? I have friends at google who are real estate agents, multi family landlord, app creators, YouTuber. I even know of an investment manager with 25mm aum
“Real estate agents point to San Francisco, Silicon Valley and certain parts of the East Bay, with short commute times and good public schools, as sweet spots in the market. A scarcity of single-family homes in San Francisco and the strength of Google and other technology companies are propping up t...Read more
The backend and AI models are indistinguishable between GPT4 and Gemini now, users will choose whichever has better mobile app. Smoother interfaces and integrations with others apps and agents, fancier UIs. Looks like Google will win 🏆. Gmail, Google docs, google sheets, google map, Google drive,...Read more
https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Jose/6564-Rainbow-Dr-95129/home/1355922 my agent told me this stupid home got 18 offers, is that real? google just laid 12k, i tend to not believe this kind of bullshxt.. if you all think this is real, tell me why a house in sanjose could sell for that much.....
Came across this community in Lynnwood. Did anyone recently consider buying a home in the community? Since these are builder homes, planning to do independent inception and buy without an agent (using shop prop). Would appreciate any insights about the community or the whole process in general :-) ...Read more
I'm a SQL guy, so ETL (Extract Transform Load) for me a bunch of SSIS packages with FTP batch scripts, T-SQL SPs, and overnight Agent jobs. But the 'modern' pipeline is probably different. Any pointers or links to engineering blogs on what ETL looks like in your company ? #interview #facebook #ama...Read more
How flexible is google’s relocation package? I have been asked to choose options out of a list. Each option has a cost. For example - renting a car for 15 days is 2 points. And I am allowed a max of 60 points. The relocation agent told me that package points are based on Level. I am L4. Can I ask go...Read more
I am a technical leader in one of Googles large ML team. I am likely becoming a free agent next week! Wondering if there are good startups to join with exciting work and long term financial upsides.
With MBD there are two options: 1. Convert after tax 401k contributions to Roth 401k (Can opt in to automatic conversion on Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.) 2. Convert after tax 401k contributions to Roth IRA (Manual process by calling agent on Fidelity, Vanguard, etc.) Which of these do you do and why?...Read more