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- Is joining google out of college a bad idea? Tell me if reading blind just has pickled my brain or if I shouldn’t take a job at google right out of college. Reading these posts makes it seem like you never get promoted, never work, and don’t get paid as much as other places. Is this just blind propaganda or is this actually how it is? Would it
- Google or Self-Employed Out of College? Hi Blind Community, I’m writing this post to hopefully get some perspective from people that are further along in the careers. TLDR: Graduating college in a few months with an offer from Google (technical role in Cloud, but not SWE) for ~115k/yr while working for myself making on average $200k/yr
- link Google, Apple ditching college degree requirements *How will this affect software engineering tech salaries?* Hi Blind Community, CNBC reported "More than a dozen companies, including Google, Apple and IBM, are no longer requiring applicants to have college degrees" (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/15-companies-that-no-longer-require-employees-to-
- Getting Google referral from college alumnus? I have applied for internship roles at Google before but never heard back from them. I got connected with a college alumnus who works at Google and is willing to refer me. Right now I'm still in college but will be graduating soon. I've read a random post from 2018 on Blind saying that going throug
- Did google asked for your college transcript after onsite? Recruiter asked me for my transcript.
- Want Referral for mechanical/product/manufacturing College Grad/Internship at Facebook/Google/Microsoft I am a recent graduate with Master's in Mechanical Engineering. I wanna start my new career in AR/VR technology. Work Experience: Process and Mechanical Engineering Intern - 1 year Manufacturing Engineer Internship at Scania Automative - 6 months Operations Management Intern - 3 months Design Engi
- Should I reach out to College Alums during Host-matching phase for Google I haven’t received any host matching interviews for Google Fall Internship. Should I reach out to alums from my university who work at Google for a potential match? Also any tips for internship questionnaire to get a match ?
- Do you have to teach in college once you are accepted at Google Munich/Germany? A friend of mine said he rejected an offer at Google because he didn't want to teach. Google in Munich /Germany
- Never got a single interview call from Google. Not for internship, not for Recent college grads and now not Senior SE I am not sure what is it that is wrong with my resume. I have tried multiple times in Google and never got a call not even phone round or any coding challenge. Even when I applied via referrals. During my degree I could see all of my class mates got the coding challenge at least. I didn't get it.
- Where are IITB CS grads going since Google became tier-2? Google is majorly being filled by folks from tier-2 colleges (including me). Google is not the place for raw brilliance of IITB grads anymore. Where are they all going? What is the new tier-1? TC: 32L (google new grad) #tech #iit #india #jee #google
- Lecturer Part-Time Anyone try to be a lecturer at some community college while working at Apple or Google? Is this against company policy ?
- SpaceX asking for GPA for Senior role? Over the the last six years, I’ve worked as a tech recruiter for a staffing agency, Google, and now Microsoft. Three weeks ago, I declined a low-ball offer from Meta. SpaceX posted a job recently for a senior opening that looked like a good match for my skillset so I decided to fill out an applicat
- I just landed Google L5 with “3.5yoe” AMA Came from local state school, mediocre GPA, worked at startups all 4.5 years in college. Combine that with the 3.5yoe and I have 8yoe. Any recruiter or person in industry I ask says work during your college years doesn’t count, I’m happy to be the counter example 1 year after graduation I promoted
- Are there a lot of slackers at google New grad coming into Google, and throughout college, I've always hated slackers (people who don't pull their own weight) in my group projects. I'm scared of the fact that Google has a lot of "rest and vest" individuals. My question is, are there a lot of slackers/people that don't contribute much th
- vote Why does Google down levels to L3? When I was in school/college and even in my early 2-3 years of working as SE, Google was my absolute dream company. 4 months ago I interviewed with them got L3, whereas other companies like Microsoft, Amazon all offered me one level up, and most offered better TC than Google. Recently a friend als
- What has your TC progression looked like YoY? Year 1 out of college: $45k TC. $32k base Year 2: $60k TC. $45k base Year 3: $80k TC. $70k base Year 4: $150k TC. $100k base All new jobs each year. Probably not leaving Google anytime soon though.
- Putting ex-Apple, ex-Google, ex-Airbnb in headline I see software engineers/product managers on LinkedIn that have ex-Apple (previously Mac Geniuses), xoogler (account managers), and ex-Airbnb (hosts) in their tag lines after switching careers. Does it actually help in career? I was a Google campus ambassador in college, would putting Xoogler hurt
- Choosing college for CS Incoming undergrad student in CS I was wondering how important career fairs were in getting into large tech companies. (Using to evaluate various college options) Would you recommend going to a college town with a strong cs program in a college town and good career fairs (Texas A&M) or a college i
- vote Stanford I passed by Stanford and couldn’t ignore the huge sign asking their students to pledge not working for Google or FB. Stanford itself looks like a paradox: privileged young people all talking like they will feed someone in Africa doing and AI startup. The University benefits a lot from scams like the
- Google Recruiting Query Heard that Google no longer requires a college degree to apply. Does this mean they no longer ask for transcripts for recent college grads?
- Google offer too low After getting rejected twice from Google(once for an internship and once from college) I finally got an offer. However, it is much lower than what I am getting at my current position I thought Google was the best company, etc. but why would they lowball me like this? Especially after studying so h
- Requesting Resume Review I'm currently a sophomore in college. Can someone help review my resume? Thanks! #tech #google #facebook #apple #microsoft #amazon
- Am I doing well? I graduated college in 2018, completed MS 2020. Have about a year and half of work ex since then as a data scientist. Have an offer from Google for $170k TC L3. I feel like Blinders make a lot more on average with same profile as me. Do you think I’m doing well so far? Or could I have done better? #
- Good Work Quality Companies India Which companies in India offer good work quality ( interested in full stack/core software development) with avg/good WLB? Want to develop solid skills in initial years of my career. Have experience with Android, Nodejs in internships/ college projects. Tier 1 college Yoe < 1 year #google #ju
- How are people getting into Google in India? :/ Ever since I was in college, I used to keep a lookout in the career page and almost all the postings where for 5 year exp or 3 year exp. Every year they post 1 posting for new graduate position in India. With such low number, I can see almost a lot of people posting that they got in to google, when
- AMA: Data Analyst at Google Joined Google after competing my master's in Information Systems Management from a tier 2 college. Have an undergrad in Electrical engineering as well. Have been fighting spam on YouTube for the last 5 years. Got promoted once and hopefully will be promoted next quarter as well. Almost doubled my
- link The tech wage bubble has popped... https://www.inc.com/justin-bariso/google-plan-disrupt-college-degree-university-higher-education-certificate-project-management-data-analyst.html
- vote How many months of full time leetcoding to pass the Google L3 coding interviews? If an average CS college grad that has never heard about leetcode before starts grinding leetcode full time today, how long do you think it would take him to get good enough to get a Google L3 offer? Please only vote if you actually work at Google as a SWE :) #engineering #software #swe #google #f
- Do L3s get to be part of the interview loop at Google? Do have have to get to L4 before you can start interviewing college students? #Google #interviewing
- Becoming a tech recruiter was the best decision I ever made. After college, I landed a job at an animal hospital as a vet tech with dreams of going to vet school. Two weeks later, I was fired because I failed the drug test (weed). Anyway, I was desperate for a job and my friend’s friend’s company, a staffing agency, was hiring entry level tech recruiters. No
- Is it harder to get into Google,MSFT, Facebook in INDIA compared to other countries (USA,UK, GERMANY)? Note: i am a third year undergraduate cs student in tier 3 college. Asking this question because ... 1) I noticed that people from my college and other colleges (in india) who didn't even get good internships or jobs(or got jobs in tier 3 companies), after completing master in USA, they got job
- vote TC evaluation India -> AM I Underpaid? YOE: 5 TC: 45LPA(27 fixed + 4 bonus + 54/4 ~= 14 RSU) Level: SDE -2 equivalent college: tier-1 #amazon #microsoft #adobe #google #gs #apple #fb
- For people who joined Google in 2013-14 as fresh grad(L3) and are now L6, how much is your TC? ^This. Figuring out how big of a mistake I made by not joining Google after college. Approx. ideas welcome. L5 are also welcome to share(show off)! #tech #salaries #salary #salarycomparison
- College Sophmore I’m a college student studying CS, trying to go into AI/ML what’s the best thing to do while in college to help setup for best success to join Companies like Google or Apple after Graduation?
- Google new hire TC Seattle? What is the average comp for a college hire at Google for SWE 1 in Seattle?
- vote No degree vs degree Who would you hire? A) BS in CS from Stanford, 5 years experience at Google with great reviews working on BigTable B) No college started working straight out of highschool, 5 years experience at Google with great reviews working on BigTable Both candidates work on the exact same thing and both ar
- Best place to learn C++ Joining a team at google that uses C++, haven’t touched it in awhile since a class junior year of college. Any suggestions of best resources to learn it? TC: 260k YOE: 1
- Move from Microsoft to Google Currently a program manager at Microsoft. Planning to move to Google. I have 3 years work experience. Joined Microsoft as a college hire and currently a PM 2. What level should I expect at Google if I get accepted? How long does it generally take a college hire at Google to reach L4? Will it be bet
- Sometimes, you achieve wealth without chasing it I see a lot of people on Blind and the Internet who say: “In order to achieve greater wealth, you need to chase money and prioritize money.” That’s not always true. I know someone (male) who is studying civil engineering in college. He has been with his girlfriend since they were 15 years old. She’
- vote Will/Have you hit a net worth of $1M by age 30? Just did some Excel calculations with ~Google salaries and California tax rates assuming a cost of living of 4.5k a month gradually rising to around 5k a month (living frugrally without going traveling -> only working, saving, and living in a 3k/month single apartment): If you do that, and join
- Good resume but bad at leetcoding? Hi there, I have a good resume (as a college student) but I am terrible at leetcoding for full-time roles. I have interned at Google, Apple, Facebook (2x) and have a return internship offer from Google this summer but I feel like I'd rather interview with other companies than be boxed into Google j
- vote Why very less people leave Google? Many Googlers have work experience of only working at Google. Most of the folks higher in the stack all spent last 10+ years at google stright out of college. What is the reason ? ** pay wise it is not the leader anymore
- TC for Unviersity Undergrad Just got a Google offer for SWE out of college (undergrad). Wondering if $150 TC is low high or average?
- Is Google not making enough money from Ads or is Google photos too good? Google recently announced that Google photos will be paid from summer 2021. Have they seen a decline in Ad revenue or is google photos in an incredible position where people would rather pay than move to some other service? What do you guys think is going on? TC: 0 (still in college)
- I want to get hired in Google I am in Data Analysis. Did MBA from a mediocre college in India. Looking for some interview tips or strategies to get hired in Google. TC 170k Yoe 12
- Rubrik referal Hi can you give referal for rubrik or any high paying companies Background Amazon SDE 1 18 TC Tier 1 college Yoe : 7 months #tech #rubrik #amazon #google
- Why doesn’t big tech hire interns in second year in India? There’s without a doubt a significant presence of big tech companies in India but unlike USA or Europe they don’t even consider an applicant for an internship unless they are in their penultimate year of their degree. Programs like Google STEP interns are different as they only hire 2nd year girls
- link Google won’t raise pay to match inflation I guess this expected as people here would blindly accept google over any other company regardless of the pay. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/09/google-execs-tell-employees-they-wont-raise-pay-to-match-inflation.html Edit: I interned at Intel this summer. I’m still in college
- vote Google L3 vs Microsoft L60 Hey guys, Joined Microsoft in 2020 as L59 shortly after college. Currently I am L60. Have Google L3. Should I take it? YOE: 1.5 (1 year and 6 months) Current: Microsoft (L60), Redmond, WA: - Salary: $132K/year - Stock: $140k/4 years - 10% target bonus - Bonus: 45k signon Total: $228k first year
- Two Sigma or Google New Grad? I have opportunities from both places. Currently a college senior. My three biggest questions: 1. Which company will I be able to grow my technical skills better at? I was thinking at two sigma I would have more ownership since Google is so large. Is that correct or not? 2. Which company will allo