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IBM Promotion
- AWS or IBM for career dev, work/life balance, raise/promotion Guys, if you had two offers with similar compensaton packages, would you go with IBM or AWS? I want a company where I can learn and grow but I also have a family so I dont want to be working weekends, for example. Something tells me that life at IBM (likely under B9) will be much easier than at AWS.
- Is it too late to leave IBM? I am a product manager in cloud. Today my manager told me that unless I can turn around the IBM cloud business, I won't get a promotion (I am not a manager and am not asking to be promoted to one) I think it's time for me to leave. Is it too late to leave IBM? Will other companies decline my applic
- vote Quant at Wells Fargo, or SWE at IBM? I’m a new grad (Master’s in Computer Science) set to graduate in May. I’ve been having a hard time deciding between the following two opportunities. I’d be really grateful if people could offer any advice and help me make the right career decision before it's too late. 1. Quantitative Analytics Spe
- vote Help me decide IBM or Elastic Hi everyone, my first post here on Blind. I'm really struggling to decide if I should jump ship from my current company (IBM) to Elastic. I graduated in April from a state university and had only been working in IBM for about six months. Just last week I got an offer from Elastic (the company behind
- vote AWS L7 Products vs IBM Executive as Director of Products What would you pick, I have an offer for AWS L7 PM Tech and a promotion as a director at IBM. The big pro for aws is salary which I don't think IBM will be able to match. On the downside the work at AWS is something that I have already done and in IBM it is in a new area (of course plus politics) a
- link IBM uses A.I to find employees who are about to quit with 95% accuracy https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/ibm-ai-can-predict-with-95-percent-accuracy-which-employees-will-quit.html what the fuck ? Explains their complete lack of a promotional career path
- IBM Labs Staff Engineer Offer I am offered role of Staff Engineer at IBM Labs. I found the offer attractive because of below factors - 1. I would be working in team which builds services for IBM Cloud. So, I would be working on core cloud technology services and not just application development. 2. TC offered: 20.3L base + 3L jo
- What are the promotion levels in BBG Just like IBM and other companies have Bands - Band 6,7,8 etc. I found out Bloomberg only has Software Engineer and Sr Software Engineer. How does that work? Are there acceptable promotions ? Like if IBM promotes you from 6-7 or 7-8 you get a significant jump in the compensation, I am not sure how t
- Tried different roles and hate them all, now have no motivation in my career. What other roles and options are there? I’ve tried various roles in my career as Data Scientist, Product Manager, Project/Program Manager, and while I’ve always been a great performer and got promotions etc. I never enjoyed the work and now as Engagement Manager drag getting up in the morning and have zero motivation for my career moving
- IBM base pay What is the base pay for a band 8 software engineer at IBM (SVL) ? and what’s the average time span to get a promotion from band 7 to band 8. Current TC: 145k
- Analytics lead @ lyft Hey guys. I'm currently an analytics consultant at ibm, and pretty sure will a promotion to senior consultant next year. I'm also applying to Lyft as "analytics lead". Would you guys consider this an upgrade..... In terms of prestige?
- How does promo works at IBM? Hi, I joined IBM last year as a new grad SWE. I interned in the same team for 2 semesters prior to joining as full timer. My team is not one of the dead team at ibm and does tons of great work. I never had a conversation with my manager about how promotion works from band 6 to band 7. I have this o
- vote Should I have upleveled? Recently accepted offer from Microsoft Vancouver for L61. I have 2 YOE. I am recently promoted sde2 at IBM and using levels.fyi, it seems to translate to L61. Been seeing few posts that people with 2-3 years of experience are being offered / have negotiated L62/63/64. I know there’s nothing I can d
- IBM vs Amazon I have a job offer from Amazon (Seattle, SDE-1), TC: 189k. I also recently got a promoted to Band-8 at IBM (Watson Health), but only received a 7% increase making my TC $143k. I am in a dilemma if I should move to Amazon (better pay, possibly better work) or continue in Watson health (recent promoti
- Engineer manager struggle I had a good career as a SDE with companies such as #ibm #oracle #samsung #Cisco However midway through my career I became a SDM and I loved it when I got promoted and few years post that. But now I have started hating what I do. Mainly just navigating politics over technology, navigating budget o
- vote Anyone else experience a quarter life crisis Recently turned 26 and feel like my best days are behind me. Missed out on a great startup opportunity at Shopify 6 years ago before their IPO and was too conservative to buy their stocks. Went to IBM instead for stability and stock has since been stagnant. Originally I felt like I was doing well a
- Offer comparison Hi, I am getting an offer from IBM for their cloud team. Currently i am working as SMTS at VMW with TC $230k. I am getting promoted to Staff in this cycle or coming. They are offering band 8 with $250k base and $100k sign on for 2 years. No RSUs or Bonus. I am pushing for 9 but doesnt look like th
- Amazon L5 I have a masters degree in security (Bachelors in CS). Have 2 years of Security exp. in Deloitte (Promoted to Senior; Hired at Staff) . Got a SANS GCIH, Sec+, AWS CCP, and also 've been participating in public CTFs ~3 yrs (Jeopardy Style; average in WebApp, Crypto, Cracking, Scripting, Enumeration
- How does job changes/profile changes/promotions affects your green card process? If green card process(usa) initiated with swe title, completed till i140 approval and over next few years i decide to break into say management profile, how would this profile change affect my gc process in long run? I am curious since i read so many comments around compromising on promotions on h1
- Should I take the Microsoft offer? Offer is for Azure (Redmond). L60 Base: 124k Stock: 75k (over 4 years) Sign on: 15k Bonus: 0-20% of base (performance based, target is 10%) Currently band 7 at IBM, TC: 140k, bay area YOE: 1.8 + Masters My manager assured me that I would be promoted to band 8 within the next 12 months, which will
- How do promotions work for your company? I'm curious of how promotions work at other companies in this industry. At IBM we are required to fill out a packet of information to "prove" that we are experienced enough to earn a promotion. This packet takes roughly 24 hours of additional work, must be reviewed by our manager, and is then sent
- Going from hardware DV to software engineer I am currently a CE master graduate with three years of work experience. One year at IBM/GF mainly developing C++ tools to support test engineers so kinda counts as a software engineer job. Now I am working as a DV engineer for two years now, mostly writing systemverilog/python code and recently pr
- Safe job vs $$$ Keep in mind this is in Canada, I've heard Amazon Vancouver is more chill than in the US, but that just might be people who got lucky with their teams. I'm currently at IBM and I got a FT return offer there (been working as an intern there), the team is pretty chill, I like my manager and the team,
- companies that hire PMs with little YOE hey everyone, what are some good companies (learning, TC, brand for resume) that hire BAs/PMs with <=3 YOE in DC/NYC/(maybe LA) didn't have a SW background in undergrad but have worked in software dev environment at capital one as a business analyst -> PM. after 2 promotions in little more t
- Looking for referrals! Down on my luck Hi all, Been pretty open with the fact that I’m burnt out and ready for something new. I’ve been at the same base comp since my intern days... I’ve worked in technology audit for almost 3 years. Just promoted to associate with no raise.... I’m targeting operational, compliance, and info sec pos
- Referral for an entry level IBM position Hey all! I'm looking for a referral for an entry level Software engineering apprenticeship position. Currently I'm working at Intel(temp) as a Validation Tech and honestly there isn't much in terms of promotion. Apprenticeship sounds like a better step as I am better at learning on the job then spe
- Publicizing my side project while employed Hi All, We are about to launch a product my friends and i have been working on in the market. I’ll also be registering a company under LLC. Question is: I’m currently a digital consultant at IBM. If I announce this on social media like LinkedIn, etc (or if I do interviews with others and get tagge
- Credibility and technical knowledge of Manager I work at IBM and I see that most managers here are technically illiterate. They never write code, most of them seem like they never even used github, managers who are leading cloud infra projects don’t even know the basics of containers and orchestration. I feel like all they do is create Box notes
- Background Check - Job Title Discrepancy I got an offer letter from Google for a PM position. Submitted the background check a few days ago with 3 years PM experience and PM as recent job title. My background - I started as a Software Developer at IBM 6 years ago, promoted to a Tech Lead, and eventually transitioned to a PM position 3 yea
- vote Amazon thinning out the L6 population, what do you think? So hear me out. I’m an L6 PM with 6 years of experience. This year we all heard and basically saw that the L6’s were among the low folks on the totem pole for raises. It was openly mentioned that L6 and a above would get 🥜( data is hard to come by if actually true or not). But now I see it around
- Blind glossary for newbies Every proper forum has a glossary page for new visitors. I've started one for you. You're welcome TC: total compensation. Normally base+annual bonus+annual allotment of RSUs GTFO: get the fuck out, as in TC or GTFO YOE: years of experience COL: cost of living RSU: restricted stock units Refr
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1
- Referral at Twitter I need help with couple of positions open in twitter which are relevant with my profile. Can someone help with it pls ? TIA
- Google Mock interviewers needed Looking for mock interviewers. You will get paid for your time. DM for details.
- Need referral at Cloudflare, London - willing to pay As the title. #tech #cloudflare
- Fb l4 refreshers. What are they like in 2020? Considering an l4 SWE offer. Can someone help me understand what the typical refreshers.are like now ? I see older threads but would like newer info to help me decide. Tc 250k