benefit, brand, above average salary, free food, good people in general
promo super slow, do not reward high performers, encourage coaster
My hot take: Google does not have one single visionary leader. Not a one. From the C-suite to the SVPs to the VPs, they are all profoundly boring and glassy-eyed. Google has not launched one single successful executive-driven thing in years. Sometimes, VPs try to decree "we need a new chat app or A...Read more
Pretty happy, L6 offer. Base: 222k, bonus 20%, sign on $50k, GSU $900k (541k first year TC, 491k subsequent) LinkedIn current TC (Sr staff, promoted in recent past): Base 210k, bonus 20%, RSU (vesting in 1yr): 225k TC@ LinkedIn: 477k YoE 15 Joining GCP org in Bay Area Yeah, not A HUGE jump (esp...Read more
I am applying at Google, and they have similar roles at both Senior Staff and Staff levels. I fit for the Senior Staff criteria, but I have never worked at Google, so I don't know what their expectations are for these roles. My question is if I do well in the interview but not quite meet the Senior ...Read more
Two offers: google senior and twitter staff. both tc are same. 450k. twitter can go slightly higher. which one would you pick? I’m inclined towards Twitter for career progression. But not sure about growth and quality. Any comments from experienced people? current tc: 650k, 10 yoe (but Stripe su...Read more
Here's a LinkedIn page for a Staff Software Engineer at Google in Mountain View https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3835885769/ Lists salary as 185K-283K. Really? What's the TC like including everything? I thought staff level at Google made 1M+ in the bay.
A Google India recruiter has reached out for the staff ML role in India. I have no bandwidth to practice leetcode. Should I proceed with the recruitment process? Also, for how long is the Google offer valid, in case it comes?
Can blind community share some insights and resources on what it takes to Crack the Google Staff, Sr Staff engineer? Time to prep: 90-120 days. Been a few years since I spent time on LC. I can at most spend 1-2 hours/ day if at all (day job at Amazon is demanding and so are wife and kids at home) No...Read more
I have an offer for a staff engineer at Google and am wondering how much to go about negotiation. My current total comp is 450k. What would be a conservative and an aggressive figure? Would 550k be too high for staff-level at Google?
Current #Google Sr #Staff eng thinking about moving to #Databricks. Curious to hear firsthand experiences comparing the two. Everyone at DB seems very smart and gung-ho. Google, in my estimation, can be a bit sleepier ("rest-and-vest") or just insular (too many lifers). However, I wonder: - How m...Read more
What is the starting salary for a senior staff engineer L7 at google MTV? I'm being told the range Inc 1st year rsu's and bonus is around $425k. Does that would reasonable? What negotiating room do I have and what should I ask for?
What an asshole... How about we ask Sundar why he has managed the company so poorly over the years and how he has been an irresponsible CEO by allowing such rampant overhiring? https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/17/sundar-pichai-warns-google-staff-more-layoffs-are-coming/ #google
Interviewing for Sr Staff DS manager at Google, and some unknown level at Apple, although I am told it's a manager of managers role. Info I have on the upcoming loops - Apple said no tech rounds for the onsite! That's interesting? 2 panel interviews... Panel interviews?? Google recruiter said the ...Read more
I am extremely baffled that Google lowball the offer so much. It took over a year from time of first contact with recruiter till having an offer but they are giving me 635K TC (including sign on). That is even lower than my current comp so it would not make any sense to move now given that they are ...Read more
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/more-google-deepmind-staff-depart-to-launch-an-ai-startup #google #deepmind #ai
New L6 SDE in Amazon. 7yoe. How feasible it is if want to interview Google staff engineer (L6 too). What’s loop and requirements. Look for insights. TC: 340k
Is Principal level pay at MS better than Google Staff level? Saw some interesting roles at MS at the Principal level, but levels.fyi shows pay would be lower than Staff at Google. Can anyone confirm? 450k TC
I’m currently at Oracle seattle working in their cloud infrastructure team. My cliff is coming up and my TC drops to around 390k. I have brought this up to my manager and he said this is expected. I have a L6 Google offer for 450k in Seattle. Should I take it or should I try and have Oracle to matc...Read more
I came to know from my friend that one of his friends had got Staff SWE offer from Google. He had 5 years of experience at a mid sized org and 4 years at Amazon (he started as an SDE1 and currently an SDE2 at Amazon). Is it possible to get Staff role with 9YOE (the job openings says so but I am not...Read more
For a staff engineer at other companies (Twitter in my case). How do I prepare and pass interview at Google or Facebook for staff level engineer? What are the expectations of the interview performance?
For an LLM related staff software engineer position, what are some of the interview questions I will be asked? What level Leetcode should I expect (easy, medium, hard)? How does the hiring is being decided, do you need to ace all or some? #engineering #llms #google