The company has good perks, awesome food and is located in the heart of valley.
The culture is pretty bad now. The managers are under pressure and that gets trickled down onto the engineers.
Am I the only one that noticed the crappy web redesign? Wtf are you guys doing at LinkedIn? The website looks like absolute trash. The enlarged “notification” red dot on the home banner, change to an older blue, weird font in the dropdowns, etc. all make it feel clunky and look like a GUI from the...Read more
I’ve re-invented myself, presented myself in the best way possible. My 12 years of work experience + masters degree don’t seem to be paying off. I got referrals, interviewed for 4 months, several redesigns of my resume + cover letter + LinkedIn. I don’t need a visa sponsorship to work in the U.S. a...Read more
Hi folks, I'm an SDR with 2 YOE trying to break into PMM. I've voluntarily taken up outbound sequence redesigning and ghost written LinkedIn posts for my current company founder (thought leadership). Have tested the product market fit of a startup idea before this where I did some basic level UI/U...Read more
Hello everyone, I recently graduated with a master's degree and am looking for referrals. I've been searching in an old-fashioned way (online applications) for a couple of months with little success. That's why I'm looking to redesign my job hunting strategy and seek support and help in this commun...Read more
this linkedin post's TL;DR says: "people shouldn't be promoted based on how big their teams are.". Unfortunately team size is exactly what comes to mind when people are deciding whether to promote or not. Sure, there are some fluffy stuff in the promo doc like impact and stuff, but it's literally on...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
I want to share my experience working in AWS Aurora for less than a year and hopefully save someone from joining it. 1. INTRO I'm an SDE from Europe, had 5 yoe when entered AWS. 2. BECOMING AN AMAZONIAN Passed my first FAANG interview at AWS and was assigned SDE1 role. Recruiter said that the leve...Read more
Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5...Read more