If you’re competent and ambitious, you will be identified and can grow and get promoted.
Zero communication of annual or quarterly goals. Projects and priorities change weekly. Layoffs every month for the last year.
I am currently interviewing with FB for a contract position and their hourly rate is much higher than my current position. However, the team here at Uber is converting me to full time. It isn’t a guarantee that FB will offer a full time position after the contract ends, but if they do, I’m sure the...Read more
I interviewed for a Data Scientist/Data Engineer (VP) role for Finance. But the formal offer letter just mentioned it as VP in the Administration division. Wondering if Finance comes under Administration division? Any thoughts on the offer? Base: Negotiated from 170 to 200k Bonus: No guaranteed bon...Read more
Having interviewed at many places and many times, I have compiled my personal statistics on success rate given interviewer demographic. Recently received Google offer and have also cracked Apple, MSFT, etc Huge tip is if you see all or close to all of your interviewers being overseas Indian (Linked...Read more
I thought others might find these stats interesting/helpful. During the 2019 job search, I had 2+ YoE, and I had just been through a layoff, so I took the first offer that I received. During the 2021 job search, I had 4+ YoE, and I was employed while looking, so I was able to turn down a job offer...Read more
Assuming compensation gap is up to ~20-40k with Amazon offering more, which would you go for? I am currently L4 Amazon with guaranteed promo in next few months, and am rated TT. My pros & cons: G: Pro: - Top of band compensation for low expectation L3 - Great team (work & WLB) - Brand name Con: -...Read more
rate my leetcode strategy for google on a scale 1-5 1 is shit and guaranteed to fail 5 is amazing and will likely pass here is my strategy: - do 5-10 medium problems in each category until comfortable (about 100) - do top liked questions (50) - do top interview questions (100) - do top ...Read more
Meta TC: 470k + 100k signon (E5) Jump TC: 450k (guaranteed) + 150k signon (core dev) Meta Pros: - Unprecedented upside opportunity at a public company with all-time low stock and great offer for my YOE. With stacking refreshers the guaranteed comp here is rock solid - Large networking opportunity...Read more
I just got an offer from Amazon for SDE1 in NYC for 160k base, 40k sign on, 125k RSU so first 4 years of comp are roughly 186k, 198k, 210k, 210k. Currently I’m making around 150k with around 3 YoE, was hoping their offer would be for SDE2. One option is to stay at C1 and the pros for that is: - I k...Read more
When Google downlevels you from a level, it's because their hiring bar for that level is higher compared to other companies. The higher you go, the more stacked they are with long tenured engineers. All of this is from years of reputation as one of the best places to work with high pay and great WLB...Read more
Old TC: $300k L4, 260k after stock drop. New TC: $310k base, ~$350k TC US citizen I was laid off from Google on 1/20. I had already actively applying for about a month prior to my layoff, I saw some signs that indicated Google was no so safe anymore and decided to go preemptively look apply to have...Read more
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for those that get through it. I believe there is a lot of useful TC info as well. Based in Los Angeles… 1st Job for 1.5 years – Analyst, Finance and Corporate Development in TV Production Industry, closed 6 M&A deals. TC 50k Laid off…didn’t work for 8 months. Covid ...Read more
obligatory yoe - 17 in java, includes 10 in android, 13 on dual-intent work-visa. obligatory tc - $90 per hour contractor. Edit - Clover verbal offer updates android contractor hourly rates aren't lucrative, particularly on work-visa, at $65, at most $75 an hour, for 1880 work-hours in a year ( un...Read more
Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie...Read more
Hi Blind friends! I recently cleared the L5 loop and got a verbal and an email confirmation of it. The recruiter is trying to schedule a negotiation call soon. I am currently living in Singapore and will have to relocate to Canada. I just needed some advice on a few things: 1) what compensation s...Read more
Finding a job can be a rough ride. But hey, don't keep banging your head against the same wall. The game changes with every downturn and tech wave. It's all about catching the new tide, instead of sticking to the old tricks that everyone's now onto. If the job hunt's been a ghost chase, maybe it's t...Read more
by Jack Kelly The holiday season, leading into the New Year, is traditionally a time to get serious about your job and career. After all the festivities subside and reality sets in, you’re back to your old daily grind. You’re forced to figure out what you want to do with your life. People start th...Read more
27 YO, B.Eng. +2 YOE + MS in CS. TC: 125k $, NW: 0$ Annual saving rate: 35k $ to 60k $ depending on lifestyle. European citizen. Recently finished my MS and started working as a dev in a non faang company in Europe. I'm wondering if I should save some money and then do a master in the US. Reasons...Read more
I graduated from a Russell Group university in 2017 and joined one of the best performing quantitative trading firms in NYC as a Software Engineer. Before that, I spent a summer interning as a Trader at a smaller shop. Let's get the obvious question out of the way: my first year comp was 250k and ha...Read more
Hey community, I have had a weird week. I recently applied for an internal Data job at my company and have been told I got it. This should be great news! However, some of the details around it have changed dramatically. Here is the timeline of information: - I saw the job in an internal board and...Read more
12 week minimum + 14 week + 1 week for each year of service. + vacation pay this equates to 6-7 months of pay. instead of paying 6 months of pay wouldn't it be more appealing to get the work from them and make their life miserable so they resign? most people prefer not to seek any legal support fo...Read more