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Just accepted my offer at Google and starting in a few weeks (nontech). I’m leaning toward choosing the Macbook Air over Chromebook. Will I get a brand new laptop, or is there a chance I get an older model (ex. 2017 or 2018 Air)? Separately, for the Chromebook option, have people been getting Pixel...Read more
Not comparing with Google, Facebook, Apple, Netflix or pre-IPO Unicorns (we all know what Blind thinks about that) Comparing it with consulting (Accenture, Deloitte, etc), Finance (BoA, ...), manufacturers, energy companies (GE,..), airlines and similar, etc... Asking for engineers and considering...Read more
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/09/18/google-android-renault-nissan-mitsubishi-deal-goog.html?ana=yahoo&yptr=yahoo Self-driving cars loom large on the horizon. By starting with infotainment systems, Google could be setting itself up for deeper computing partnerships with auto manufactu...Read more
Been using Google phones since 2010 Galaxy nexus, nexus 5, pixel 3, and now pixel 6a. I would say somewhere between nexus 5 (5inch) and pixel 3 (5.7inch) is the right screen size. Can use the phone with one hand without any issues. With my pixel 6a, you constantly have to hold it with two hands a...Read more
I am early in my marketing career and work as a digital marketing coordinator at a cpg cosmetics manufacturer in California. I’m looking to transfer into tech marketing and getting out of the beauty industry. Currently applying for an apprenticeship at Google and if anyone can help out with a refer...Read more
Many of my Meta ex-colleagues are starting to leave for this startup called Aeva Technologies Inc. They are established in Mountain View California and people seem happy I have an upcoming interview. Also, the stock looks like is heading to the moon after this news Aeva chosen by @DaimlerTruck a...Read more
I used Nexus 4 and loved it. After that, I bought pixel 6 pro and now 7 pro. The devices are just not what you expect at that price range and from google. They have a range of very common issues like over heating, call quality, lag and stuttering. I got these from google store. Anytime i contact t...Read more
Total exp 10 years all in product owner/manager roles with Infy's fortune 500 client- 5 years at biggest chip manufacturer as a client in USA , 1 year in UK- pharma major client, 4 years in India for a US pharma major and a top US restaurant chain Edu- Engg, MBA Interviewing for Google ( into virt...Read more
Myself and teammate had some discussion on Google maps icon change option where we can change it to three types of vehicles and like to see your views on below query. One who works and knows google, can anticipate that google will accept a feature request such that they will charge car manufa...Read more
Worst case * Google search suffers from decline of revenues due to startups leveraging LLMs and the way people search for info changes * Google ads suffer due to LLM * AWS and Azure win cloud and gcp cant keep up * YouTube revenue stagnant * revenue loss affects budgets for other orgs and products l...Read more
Im interested in getting thoughts on salaries and levels at Microsoft/Amazon/Google/Facebook for marketing roles - Manager, Sr Manager, Lead, Channel Marketing Manager, etc. There is a ton of info on tech roles but I'd like to understand how tge levels snd salaries/TC align for non-tech. How does ...Read more
I have a verbal offer from Samsung for a non-tech role in their mobile phone division in Seattle. Would appreciate any feedback on the offer from Phone manufacturers. Currently, I am a director in my company so this is a step up in title but not salary. Does it seem low for a Senior Director role? ...Read more
Background: HW, EE, PhD + 3.5 yoe, computer chip manufacturer/ semiconductor industry current location: NY desired location: bay area current offers: startup (final offer), medium sized company (final offer), google (initial offer) goal: stay in bay area for ~5-10 years and be able to support famil...Read more
I have an interview being scheduled for Google Cloud PM role. The recruiter gave me a list of domain to select one domain which I want to be interviewed for (total 5 on-site interview, out of which 1 focused on Product (domain) and 1 focused on Technical (domain)). I wanted to know a bit more about...Read more
Two weeks ago, I joined NVIDIA as an IC4 Senior SWE. I'm 20 years old and have 5yoe. Yes, that's right; I was 15 at my first full-time dev role. When I was 18, I joined Bridgewater Associates as a Security Engineer — my TC was 120k. After about 18mos at Bridgewater, I moved to San Francisco to joi...Read more
"Google is trying to prevent another EU fine by pointing to rival business directories" My question is why is this needed? Is Apple expected to show ads for Samsung or other manufacturers when someone visits Apple's site? Or say if you own the most popular nail salon in town, do you need to carry ...Read more
When I joined Google several years ago, one thing that made it clearly a lot better than other megacorps was the integrity of management and the technical competence of pretty much everyone up on your reporting chain. Already then there were several layers of bullshit piling up, still, in the end of...Read more
I'm deciding between two: - Series C startup in medical insurance field, founded in 2020, 150 employees only 60 reviews on App Store. - Series B startup in automobile field(not a car manufacturers), founded in 2016, 50 employees, couple thousands reviews on App Store and Google Play. Second one wa...Read more
Is it really true that performance of android phones diminished after several years (4-5 years) of usage whereas iOS runs smoothly even after such time? Wanted to know what is the root cause behind it? Is it because many android phone manufacturers put their own UI on top stock android? Or it has t...Read more
Bought a car a little over 2 years ago, I've been taking care of it, but it started making weird noises, I Google it, it's a common problem for the model dating 10 years. So anyway for the past 6 months I've been back and forth trying to get it resolved, at least 5 times. I've talked to the manager...Read more