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- New Grad Referral Hi everyone, I'm graduating with my bachelor's in May 2021, and I am looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies for new grad swe positions. I’ve interned at Braintree(Part of PayPal) and Fidelity Investments. Please drop a comment so I can message you my info. LC: 200 + Thanks! #swe #eng
- link Worth interviewing with Fast.co? Got a recruiter ping to interview at the payments checkout company Fast. They have people hired from Uber, Lyft, Google and raised $100M from Stripe. I said yes, but did some research and found: - They rescinded an offer after it was signed: https://twitter.com/chloecondon/status/1368592714401390601
- How Lyft’s Missteps Killed its Chances of Overtaking Uber Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye
- Corporate Strategy / BizOps TC in SF? What does TC look like for BizOps / Corp Strat roles (for ex-IB/PE/MBB candidates) with 2 YOE at tech companies in SF? Would be curious to get figures across FAANG / 'mature tech' (Visa / LinkedIn / etc) / late stage startups (Uber / Lyft / Stripe) and early stage startups. Starting to get outreach
- How to hedge startup equity? So suppose lime goes public in the next year or two. I would expect my current options to be worth a decent amount given current bubble. However if the market crashes before ipo, im out of luck. Any ideas how to hedge? I can't sell shares via secondary market. I thought about buying puts on uber, ly
- Venture Capitalists are so overrated They think so highly of themselves. And always eager to spread their expert knowledge on Twitter in politics, medicine, sports, entertainment, you name it. They are just so full of shit. If you look at the tech industry now, 95% of market cap, revenue, earnings are dominated by 5 companies that took
- vote Do you think layoffs wave is coming from startups? Please don’t be afraid but I just need your opinions and experience on this subject. Federal bank 6-7 rate hikes… Stock market tanking… War in Europe… Increasing news about Possible recession… With rate hikes comes less investments in risky businesses/startups… With rate hikes comes less bank loan
- FAANGMULA to unicorn startup TC What would be a reasonable TC to move from a public tech company to a unicorn startup? The startup has poor WLB and it's valuation is based on private investments. But it's rapidly growing and there are very strong people on the team that I want to work together. It has recruited talent from my com
- Option trading in last few weeks Just want to get a sense from the blind community. Have you guys been doing option trading in last few weeks for months? It's been a good rally and wondering how does your profit/loss look like? Please mention duration/initial amount/based on current balance profilt or loss amount. Feel free to ad
- link lyft RSU policy https://www.levels.fyi/blog/lyft-vesting-schedule.html clearly if this is the new normal, it’s because it’s advantageous to the company. the 4 year schedule is no longer the incentive it used to be. and no, levels.fyi , a 1 year cliff *at the first year* are not handcuffs. you’ve invested no time,
- Invest in new VC fund Pitch for all the new Airbnb + DoorDash millionaires: - Starting a VC fund that *only* invests alongside top early stage funds like Pear (seed stage DoorDash investor) and Floodgate (seed stage Lyft investor). - 10% of the fund carry is distributed across all the founders we back. Every founder who
- Let's list the industries of top-tier non-FAANG companies Seems like if you want to go to a company with legit TC (as in RSUs or will go public soon) and exciting work / good engineering culture, these are the most common ones: rideshare (Uber, Lyft) food delivery (Doordash, GrubHub, Postmates, Instacart) payments/personal finance (Stripe, Square, Chime
- Uber / Lyft market share + growth Any Lyft folks here who can dispute this? Information article below: Source: Second Measure Data The once-hot ride-hailing business is cooling down—just as the two biggest players are thinking about going public. Revenue growth rates for the U.S. ride-hailing businesses of Uber and Lyft slowed thi
- New-ish Grad AMA (Senior SWE) hey all! blind has been super helpful for me to learn about this industry so I thought I’d try to give back and answer any questions you might have about the new grad XP. I’m a new(ish) grad at lyft, previously an intern that converted. Attended a top CS school for undergrad. I’m currently a T5, wh
- Anyone know what company I can join next? I’m looking for: - solid comp out the gate (~400k) - interesting engineering work that is at a frontier of technical field (examples are Waymo, OpenAI, blockchain, etc.) - 4 year equity or some way to be guaranteed consistent increase in compensation and equity in the company’s growth - a culture t
- link Need Referrals for MAANG+ Finance/CorpDev Hi Everyone, I came across Finance & CorpDev Manager/Sr. Manager roles at these companies that I wanted to see if anyone (preferably Manager and up) could help me out with? Need referrals please!! I'm currently a Sr. Manager CorpDev at a startup (Series D) -- believe my international experience cou
- How I achieved a net worth of 500k I’m 27 years old, living in a medium COL area. I finally achieved a net worth of 500k. Of course there are plenty of folks on Blind younger than me who have way more… But most of those people have really high-paying jobs, whereas I’ve never had a high-paying job. So this advice is for people who d
- Need Referrals for Finance/CorpDev Hi Everyone, I came across Finance & CorpDev Manager/Sr. Manager roles at these companies that I wanted to see if anyone (preferably Manager and up) could help me out with? Need referrals please!! I'm currently a Sr. Manager CorpDev at a startup (Series D) -- believe my international experience cou
- Career Change Internship Programs / Jobs for Coding Boot Camp Grad I'm posting this on behalf of someone else. She is in early 30s with a college degree (not CSE) and has left a career of being a school teacher and is looking for opportunities as a software engineer. She has completed a coding boot camp while working as a teacher. She has applied to a few companies
- Required - Referrals/Job in Accounting/Finance/Reporting Hi Blind Community, I'm looking for good job opportunities in the field of Finance, Accounting & Reporting. I'm currently residing in Sunnyvale, California. I have good industry experience and have managed various projects & teams. I would appreciate any job referrals/leads. Below is my summarised
- Just turned 45 - What if I can never be in FAANG or any other top tier company? Recently turned 45. Gave all FAANG, Stripe, Lyft, Uber etc interviews over last 6 months and failed in every single one of them. I just don’t have the time or strong motivation to leetcode. Sometimes feel dejected by this. I am lucky to start my career almost 20 years back in tech - what ever I sav
- Need Referrals for Finance/CorpDev Hi Everyone, I came across Finance & CorpDev Manager/Sr. Manager roles at these companies that I wanted to see if anyone (preferably Manager and up) could help me out with? Need referrals please!! I'm currently a Sr. Manager CorpDev at a startup (Series D) -- believe my international experience cou
- link Need Referrals for MAANG Finance/CorpDev Hi Everyone, I came across Finance & CorpDev Manager/Sr. Manager roles at these companies that I wanted to see if anyone (preferably Manager and up) could help me out with? Need referrals please!! I'm currently a Sr. Manager CorpDev at a startup (Series D) -- believe my international experience cou
- What would it take for companies to give feedback? I gave many onsite interviews over the past two months. The only really useful feedback I have gotten is from Lyft. They told me that you just missed the mark in your first round which involved some mathematical problems. Very good feedback! Then comes Amazon, Twitter (only phone), Google, Apple, U
- Referrals for Fall 2022 Internships Hey everyone! I am currently a CS junior at a nyc school (not columbia, the other one) and currently interning at a investment bank as a SWE and will do the same for summer as well. I have done 120+ LC and currently doing algoexpert and started doing system design as well and plan on grinding LC mor
- Software Engineer New Grad Referrals Hello all, I have a strong full stack engineering and performance testing background and am currently a SWE intern at Atlassian. This year, I have completed 250+ Leetcode problems. In Fall 2019, I received 6 SWE internship offers from Cisco, Vanguard, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Liberty Mutual,
- Wharton MBA Alum Seeking Career Switch into Software Engineering Hello All, I have had roughly 10 years of experience in the business field with various roles in Investment Banking, Corporate Development/Strategy, and Brand Management. As someone who minored in Computer Science, I have recently decided to pursue this college passion and switch into software engi
- Help me leave a tough industry - MLE/DS Referrals Hey all - it's been a rough year for my industry, so I'm looking for a new job. I have 9 years of experience, and I've made it thru the phone screen at 2 companies. I'm primarily looking at ML focused roles either as a Data Scientist or SWE/MLE (and any help understanding the difference among these
- Beware! Biggest Problem with pre IPO startup comp When I got offer from affirm last year, I was so happy that I could be a millionaire when the company goes public. I got around 70k shares which is really huge. After an year, I felt the biggest punch! I found out that i cant leave the company until the company goes public. If I leave , say for exa
- 3 YOE | Referral required for Financial roles | USA Hey Blind, My wife is a highly motivated finance and capital market enthusiast, looking for a job in the Financial Services sector. She got her US work authorization a few weeks back and does not need visa sponsorship for the job. She has overall three years of corporate experience. She has two ye
- Targetting High Paying Companies Jolted down high paying companies in below categories: By stable I meant company has no crazy hire/fire policy, growth potential and huge cash to survive the competition. Risky but pays well: Dropbox (Don't see any upside here, google/amazon drive may eat consumer business. Onedrive and box hold
- link CMV: There should be a regulation against money losing IPOs Tldr: Loss making IPOs - specially B2C - are a wealth transfer mechanism from the 99.99% to the 0.01% and YOU are an unwilling participant Long version: Zynga, Snap, Groupon, Gopro, Fitbit, Blue Apron.. All loss making unicorns that are currently trading below IPO price. Let’s ask outselves: Who h
- Any Engineering Manager roles in Tech Companies India Hi there, I am a 13+ experienced guy with most of the experience in Investment Banks and WITCH companies. Worked mostly on niche techs in the BPM domain. Currently looking out if I can fit into an Engineering Manager role at good Tech Companies which are good in terms of learning curve and WLB. Ca
- Stock Options: How much time a company takes to go public? im emphasizing on some bitter news that people ignore just by taking few lucky companies as a reference. my point is: more than 95% starup companies cant make it to IPO stage. The remaining 5% companies are disruptive technology companies which receives a great applaud from the tech communities. Ven
- link 3 YOE - 5 Offers - Seattle I’ll lead with this: I’m a straight white guy with a neutral-American accent and US citizenship, so I have a lot of unfair advantages in life that not everyone is lucky enough to get. Blind was a big part of what inspired me to seek out higher compensation and gave me confidence in my negotiation,
- SWE TC across companies, how much NW and growth to beat the TC? TC Display: Top Tier: Pinterest: 450k~600k Stripe: 450k~600k LinkedIn: 450k~600k Facebook: 400k~600k Airbnb: 400k~580k Snapchat: 400k~550k Netflix: 450k+ 1st tier: Uber: 380k~600k Lyft: 380k~480k Slack: 370k~500k Dropbox: 350k~600k Twitter: 350k~550k Google: 350k~500k Apple: 350k~450k Splunk: 350k
- An insiders PoV at Uber. I've seen a flurry of posts recently which outline the decline of quality with regard to Uber and ride sharing in general. I wanted to drop a post here just to be heard. Let's begin: Uber simply does not care about the quality control aspect of the experience anymore, they understand how the wheel
- Post tips for Covid-19 Post every day life tips for Covid-19 to help others. We need to discuss these more as a community. I will start with the below. All of them are supported with scientific articles, if you end up seeing any studies that disprove, feel free to share and I will learn. - N95s are a lot more protective
- link where to learn marketing/growth for entry-mid level ppl out here thought i would make a seperate post. this is taken from another discussion. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. ----- First of all, you have to decide what you wanna do: Growth Marketing - acquisition Growth Marketing - user journey (activation, engagement, retention) Brand marketing Pro
- link Will Uber sell it's South East Asian business to Grab? Grab’s $2 billion fundraising, announced on Monday and led by SoftBank, has changed the ride-hailing game in that region, giving the Singapore-based firm what may be an unassailable advantage. Uber may have to consider selling its assets to Grab. That is an enormous turnaround on the situation for
- How to know when to give up on your company TLDR: detailed product org pain points for a friend. Are these common signs among start ups? What are the necessary ingredients for mid-senior ICs to invest time/effort to attempt a change vs cut the loss and leave? Asking the community based on recent conversations with a friend. Perhaps what My f
- Truth about paper money This is why you should not compare FANG RSU with paper money "Lyft’s valuation rocketed by more than 400% between early 2015 and June of this year, to $15.1 billion from about $2.7 billion, but its share price rose by less than half of that, 143%." "But existing investors—including employees—only
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- How rx6800xt can beat rtx3080? Nvidia invested 2.8 bils in while AMD spent 0.5bils in R&D? 🤷🏻♂️ Should I buy AMD stock instead? Engineers at AMD are so much more efficient?
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(