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I had a doubt that Facebook was spying on. Conversations Whenever I discuss about something I get a advt on Instagram about it. This occurred many times without me searching for it. # Yesterday I went to my car dealer. I discussed about tinting the front windows. Today when I opened Instagram I got...Read more
13 year old daughter is spending her afternoons on instagram (website, via Windows 10 computer) instead of doing homework. What we're ideally looking for is to set up a Windows 10 computer to: - Time-limit usage of Instagram.com website to a specific amount of time per day (so that we can work with...Read more
You can't meeting and press conference your way to a killer product. That's why very few products at big companies are made when it's not a startup. Google Search - Google was a startup when it made this Google Maps -acquired Microsoft Office -acquired YouTube -acquired Microsoft Windows -first...Read more
Seeing a couple of obvious get rich quick scam ads on IG made me think how the scamming industry as a whole is fucking up everyone’s lives. It’s not just the obvious ones. 90% of everything is a scam specially in the US Here are things I personally consider scams : 1- Any investment advisor. If yo...Read more
I know a lot of tech companies have awesome products but for me #google stands on top. If I'm allowed to use products of only 1 company, it has to be google. Reasons : 1. I can live without FB and Insta. 2. I can order from Flipkart or something else, so no Amazon 3. Don't need Mac from Apple 4. N...Read more
6 YOE. Have an E5 offer from FB (no numbers given yet). Recruiter suggests that if I give a list of teams to her I can talk to a few managers in those teams and maybe even "pre-match" before boot camp I don't feel like I really challenged myself as an engineer in my 6 years at Microsoft (was in Win...Read more
By presence in rap songs / lyrics. Example: “Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, when I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this.” -Biggie gets points for Nintendo. “Never met her best friend or her sister, I leave her p***y Microsoft like Windows Vista." -Lil Wayne gets points for Microsoft. “It g...Read more
Hi all, Fortunate to have these two offers but I have a hard time choosing between them two for the summer. I’m not concerned about TC or new grad TC since I think I’m going to go full time with the company I’m interning next fall. So TC will be out the window for me. I want to prioritize having a...Read more
Somehow i feel like .. i am spending days doing nothing. Just lie on the couch post breakfast and keep scrolling Instagram stories / Blind posts , youtube videos, binge watch stuff on Netflix or keep eating, staring from my apartment window into the sunny blue skies, talk with family over phone and ...Read more
I end up...sometimes even without realizing, scrolling through LinkedIn, team blind, reddit, instagram....all those which are not even good for my mental health. My first thought is, I will put my phone away, but I need my phone as I need it to authenticate into work-related stuff when I log in. I...Read more
Hi Blindfam, Wanted to take your advice on this ... Happend to me every day these days .... I dont know if it is fatigue or procrastination or burn out or something else. Every morning , I excercise , have a good breakfast and try and sit down to work around 10am and then .. I think my inclination...Read more
I see a lot of folks asking about interview preparation and topics to study for the SWE roles at FAANG. Here's a list of topics that I studied and managed to get offers from Facebook, Apple, Lyft, Linkedin, and Amazon. If you study these topics and once you develop a knack of identifying patterns an...Read more
#Top 5 Updates of the Week: * Tiktok’s new program in UK “Fulfilled by Tiktok” takes a stab at Amazon & highly differentiates it from other apps. * Youtube launches “new & returning users” metric for Creators. * Twitter (X) CEO says the platform is close to breaking even. * Facebook Groups will ...Read more
30 days ago, my Facebook account was hacked. The hacker removed all of the relevant connections, (email, phone, insta, etc) and I no longer have access to the emails used to log in. I have been through ALL of the help sections, submitted ID according to their specifications, and have gotten nothing ...Read more
I stumbled across Blind two years ago in an Instagram ad. At the time I was working in a pretty toxic environment and making 150k tc, which Glassdoor suggested was the top of the pay scale for a web designer. As our family's main breadwinner, I felt trapped. It didn't seem like there were any job op...Read more
I studied/did phone interviews over a span on 3 months. I took the last two weeks off work to focus on the last bit of prep I wanted to do + the on-sites themselves. My prep over those few months: 1. ~350 LC questions - ~80-90 easy, 200+ mediums, and ~50-60 hards. During the latter part of my prep...Read more
I was in my prime years when tinder became popular and so did other dating apps over the years. Still, I was scared. I never knew that I would have to go through the dating phase in my life. Until 26, I waited. I needed one guy who could be my family friend and forever. I started to realise how e...Read more
To execute a successful marketing campaign, it is important to align customer needs and your industry with the objectives of your company and product. You should, therefore, ensure that you clearly define what your company's objective is before you begin. Let's begin with a very simple strategy for ...Read more