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- Dear Google Cloud TPMs I have a phone screen coming up. could a current cloud Technical Program Manager throw some light on preparation and what to expect for just the phone screen ? Please feel free to share your rooftop profile and get paid for your answers and mentoring. other questions: 1. when asked a question li
- Best company to develop eng leadership skills? I have an M2 interview loop scheduled with FB in a month. My goal is to learn and see how far I can stretch to become the best eng leader I can be. What company offers the most supportive environment, i.e. peers willing to mentor, hard problems, autonomy, empowerment, constructive feedback, great t
- vote Am I a rare hire-2-PIP at Google? 2.5 month old Noogler here, L4 TPM in GCP. My experience at G so far: - "Mentor" left on maternity leave after my week 2. - I've been made primary of mentor's program. - I've been made primary of XYZ program that's been in limbo for ~year. Huge backlog with unrealistic promises made by my leadershi
- UX / Product Design Referrals Hi all, I graduated in January 2021 with a Bachelor’s in CS. However, I decided that I wanted to pursue a career in UX. Since graduating, I have been teaching myself UX and have been able to complete 4 projects with the help of my mentor. I just recently completed my portfolio and am ready to dive
- Interview Prep I am senior software architect with 14 years of experience, last 5-6 is mostly system design for distributed systems. I am interested in Facebook, Google and few other companies; mostly looking for engineering management or staff levels. Since I am not coding on daily basis rather helping them from
- how to maximize technical growth ? Dear blinder when you are job hunting how you find the company that provides the best career growth form technical side and impact side. let’s assume my goal is to stay on the IC track and become the CTO of google !!! do you look for brand new projects ? company at very high growth phase like pinte
- Looking for relevant leads ( laid off unfortunately ) HI All, I will really appreciate if someone can help me with relevant leads or referrals. I got laid off due to recent shutdown of a Business unit at Globalfoundries. I am actively seeking career opportunities in the Semiconductor Industry: CAD/ Design Automation/ Physical Design Verification / P
- My univ mates have become L8/9 at G while I am still an IC Happy for them, depressed for me. Looking at their titles change while mine remains the same makes it depressing. By most standards I have everything that makes life relatively comfortable than everyone else in the nation. But an internal voice says I fell short by a lot in my life. Can’t help but
- vote Amazon vs. Google vs. Shopify (offer review + level feedback) Hi all! I am up for a promo at Amazon from L5 to L6 next quarter. I also have offers from Google and Shopify. What are your thoughts? Amazon worth the wait (understanding a promo is not guaranteed)? L4 at Google is a bit of a low ball but might set me up for better success and quicker promo since I
- The city on the hill First day of third round interview for Business Systems Analyst position tomorrow. @Google recruiting staff has put so much effort into this interview, I am floored by it. ONE of my recruiters sent me an email JUST to give me encouragement on day prior... I couldn't believe it. Its such a contrast
- Feel depressed about my current job I am a product designer working at a startup for almost 2 years. I joined it very early before the company got the second round funding. So my base salary is very low when I joined. Base salary: under 90k, after a year under 95k No bonus no equity No good insurance, 10 vocation days in total. No f
- Master New grad looking for FAANGMULA+ referrals / Mentoring : ) Hi all, I'm a Data Science MS new grad (2022 May). I'm looking for referrals to a data science position in any FAANGMULA+ company. I'm interested in DS/DA/BI roles I have 1 DS internship, 1 Market research internship, and 2 + yrs of Research Assistant (published 2 journals, 1 submitted this June, 1
- Positive of Amazon After reading blind and lot of bashing of Amazon, I want to share few things. 1. Is Amazon as bad as Blind says? Yes, 100% 2. Do I live in PIP fear? Yes, 100% 3. Is Amazon cheap? Yes, I am expecting zero increase after promo so I am not pursuing promo aggressively. I will get more money outside. N
- Reapply policy (cool-off period) in hardware/semiconductor companies Interviewing for full-time roles in RTL design, Verification, Firmware design for FPGA, ASIC, CPU, GPU. I would like to request inputs on cool-off period after interview rejection for the following hardware/semiconductor companies, before one may #reapply: 1. #intel 2. #amd 3. #broadcom 4. #med
- My intern is failing I’m mentoring an intern this summer who has been here for around 5 weeks now. They have a great attitude and passion, but not much in the coding skills department :( I really want to help them succeed and get a return offer... This is their first internship. So far, they haven’t made much progress
- How to progress as a SDE I recently joined OCI as new grad SDE 4 months ago. I was assigned to a devops team and I don't find the work that interesting. My problem is I knew how to get till here (Work hard in masters + LC) but I'm now lost on how to succeed from this position to eventually reaching top management. Few gene
- E5 @Meta rampup preparations I am joining in March. Last year I have been mostly focused on leetcode and interview specific preparations and didn’t work on any complex project. I want to be ready so what would you suggest i should prepare before joining as an E5 to meet expectations? Is writing design docs important? Didn’t see
- vote Google India L3 take it or leave it? Had all the rounds at Google India and the recruiter reached out telling my packet has been approved by HC. The team matching was done and though the work did not seem great, I went along cuz "Google". My stats: Yoe: 2.2 years Base: 34 LPA Bonus: 2.5 fixed + 6-8 extra (due in January 2022) Total: 4
- Data Scientist (L5) - META: Mock interview recommendations I am in the process of interviewing for the role of Data Scientist, Product Analytics with META (Onsite round in mid Feb) . I have gone through most interview prep material and would like to have a few mock interview sessions to gain actionable feedback based on META’s rubrics. I tried mock intervi
- vote Brand Director in Gaming or Google PM? Despite being able to FATFire, I still work a relatively basic W-2 job because I like working. I'm almost 30 and enjoy the social element as well. I'm leaving my current job and have a few offers. I currently work in video games, on the business side of a marketing team. I have two offers that woul
- Netflix vs Google eng culture Two companies hugely different in many aspects. Looking for someone who worked at either to confirm/deny my assumptions: 1. At Netflix eng are mostly writing code. You won’t mentor other eng (everyone is senior), won’t work on product roadmap much, virtually zero chances of transfering to manageme
- vote Should I leave my company for 2.5x TC? *No offer in hand, so this is purely theoretical. I also no longer work at Google.* Current Company Pros: - 9.8/10 manager. They're a solid mentor for me - Consumer-facing apps Current Company Cons: - 85K TC as an APM in SF - PMs are glorified project managers/product owners - We got acquired two
- thought everyone should learn about amazon Just saw today what licking manager’s arse looks like. A person who barely helps new hires as mentor, gives stupid comments on cr’s with comments like don’t overthink about modulating your code and put everything in one class, was having a “thoughtful” product discussion with manager three levels ab
- link My Prep Plan + AMA (offers at Google, FB) Just got offers at Google and FB (L3/IC5, applied at L4/IC4), thought I'd share what I did to prepare. I definitely went overkill, but I'll share my recommendations at the end. Will try to answer all questions in comments in the upcoming days. I'm not the most qualified, but want to help however I c
- Amazon vs Google I am planning to join Google after working in Amazon for last 7 years. After working 7 out of 10 years of my career in Amazon I am bit anxious how Google would be. Though I know Google is one of the best place to work for an engineer but Amazon has some awesome things which I enjoyed over period of
- My goal next year is to get hire by Facebook even if is as a Janitor My goal has always been to join Facebook at some point during my career. I’m a college dropout with 16 yrs of experience. The funny part is that I’m now part of the University’s board of their business school as a preferred mentor for their mentor program. I started my career with JPMORGAN and stay
- Become a better Engineer I am soon joining Google as an FTE! I want to become a better Engineer. What are the best ways to learn oops? I also want to get better at doing things end to end. For example, if I am designing an app where users can make an account and rate books(a very simple version of Goodreads) How do I get
- No more presentations? I had a job once with 0 presentations/public speaking. My stress levels were so low, my productivity was so high, and my mental health was the best in my adult life. 4 years in Google and L5 now, on a good trajectory career wise. The presos are somewhat easier over time, I guess, but I still get an
- Please help me break into Tech! Hi Everyone, I am interested in breaking in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, and Growth/Marketing Insights Role within Big Tech - and I was wondering if anyone had any advice on technical skills (or even certifications) which I would need to be qualified/competitive for the aforementioned rol
- vote I don't care about promo - how do I set expectations with manager? I don't care about promos or being the best at XYZ. I'm starting at Google in a few months as L4 and was wondering what the best way to frame this to my future manager? To be clear - what I prioritize instead: - WLB, ie working less hours and making sure those hours are most productive - Learning n
- Advice for new Engineering Manager I've been a senior engineer for several years (15+ in the industry). I've recently transitioned into an engineering manager role (SRE team). I think I'm in a really great position to dip my toes into the management realm because a) I have a small team and b) I have an excellent manager/mentor. This
- Manager forced me to change intern feedback, is this normal? I submitted my intern feedback as no rehire. I was the mentor for this intern and know the most about their skillset and flaws. I gave proper feedback with a lot of context, they were a pleasant engineer to work with but ultimately fell short when following Amazons evaluation system. Also, I person
- Thoughts about GPA on a resume?? And looking to network What are everyone’s thoughts on putting GPA on a resume? I just graduated with my Master’s in Data Science from the University of Notre Dame in May. It was a part time program and I was working full time during it and I have a little over 4 years of experience. My GPA in my masters was a 4.0 and GPA
- vote Would you refer someone who stabbed you in the back? I was an intern at another company last year out of 2 interns. They were only going to pick one of us. The other girl/intern drove me to work and was there for me a few times as I was struggling with health issues at the time. However in our last 6 weeks her true colors came out. She made me look ba
- Toxic culture!?!? I have been in the workforce for 6 years now as a SWE. Worked for 1 team in Amazon and 2 teams in Google. Worked with people in a lot of other teams as well. All my teams have been good. Great managers who were transparent about career progression and expectations always, team mates that worked col
- Please help. I am facing a tough time finding work Hey everyone, I am a new grad (student visa) trying to secure full time work. I have a degree in Data Science but my past work experience is in Software Engineering. I received some calls in the past but I wasn't able to crack those interviews because of lack of preparation. Now I am working with a
- Why Google? Interviewed for an L6/L7 manager role with a clear expectation (clarified with recruiter and hiring manager) that the role does not involve coding and that they expect their managers to be technical so they can represent the team, understand the technology, guide/mentor the team etc. Lo and behold
- Python/Data Analyst mentor Hello, I am an Analyst with intermediate Sql skills. I don’t say advanced, because I do need to Google some stuff. Familiar with a bunch of analytics tools. Transitioned to this career from a different industry. I really want to better my data chops: a. Use more Python for analytics automation -
- Invest in upcoming Food & Beverage Startups? Should we start a Rolling Venture Fund? With many of us having years if experience helping Small business and startups build successful business on amazon let’s invest in high potential & upcoming brands. Food and Beverage is an expanding category. We can back cool product that we believe in and support socially responsible startups in n
- Ex:Google,FB. Looking for Referrals Hi Blinders, I am a fresh grad (in India) with past internship experience at Google & Facebook. My job offer (a startup) recently got rescinded. Can you please help me with referrals for new grad positions? Some credentials (if they may help) - I during my internship hunt: I interviewed with Googl
- Looking for Twitter or DoorDash referral Hey blind fam. Looking to make a career switch into a tech company. Any referrals would be greatly appreciated! Targeting Twitter and DoorDash but willing to look at others. I am currently interviewing for m2 roles at Facebook I have over 12 years of senior leadership experience in leadership and
- Advice for New Grad Hi all, I have 1.5 YOE and completed my internship with Amazon Prime Video in the summer. Did get a return offer (found the RSU distribution really weird!), but going on Blind and reading reviews on Amazon just disheartens me, although I found my manager and my mentor to be very very supportive.
- vote Rejected after full interview round, then failed a different online assesment I felt like my interview went really well. Answered all technical problems and vibed well with the interviewers. The assesment was timed and I approached with a poor solution for a long while before having a duh moment, then I explained how I should have solved the problem in the comments (all I ha
- Tech Interviews are a modern day corporate HOT OR NOT <Rant> 1) Given proper guidance and mentorship any BS in CS or Coding Bootcamp new grad can perform a job as an entry level SWE in any industry. 2) Anyone with 5+ years of industry experience as a frontend, backend, data or devOps engineer can translate business requirements to production read
- Google. Math and Induction and Distributed Computing. Non-CS background with a love for Controls, tranforms, linear Algebra and differential equations. I'm working my way through CLRS, Algorithm Design Manual and cranking Leetcode. I've read Clean code and Code complete but all my experience is writing large monolithic 3-layer applications. I want to
- Pathway to NYC Google SDE or Product Design after Business Analytics if you're depressed and lonely? Hi I'm interested in becoming a Google SDE because I want to make more money so I can pay off my student loans and learn a more difficult skill. I'm $130k in debt after business school, so after cost of living and taxes I net basically $0 each month. I'm in my early mid 20s and I am depressed due to
- Cheating on skills? Why is it that every other post on blind is about how to game the interview system, how to pretend you're good at (distributed) system design, and how to get in on the goodies? Are all these folks just posers and lazy asses? Where is the hard work of trying to do things on your own, learn the ropes,
- India Best Software Companies List Compilation Note - This was an old Blind post by someone which no longer exists. I'd the content copied. https://www.teamblind.com/post/india-best-software-companies-list-compilation-QYzFSoX4 Here it goes. - I noticed that conversations about top companies and startups on Blind is mostly US-centric. So dec
- Ambition peaked. Phone it in or take time off? This probably applies to others who have "done well" in their careers, but just sharing my story which happens to take place at @google. When I first started working, I had a lot of passion for my career. I know saying that seems like I drank the koolaid, but it's true and I got lucky with promotion
- Best month to start interviewing if you need H1B? September? Hi folks, I left the US around 7 years ago to build something with a woman in Europe. Didn't work out, so I've already started LCing and preparing for interviews. Remote from the EU I don't think I can go over $150k TC and the lack of mentors/peers is definitely detrimental to my career. Plan is t