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- Seeking SWE Referrals *Repost* Hello everyone, I am looking for referrals to any of the MAMAA/FAANGMULA+ companies, or any other top recommended companies to work for. I left my prior job for a new one but quickly realized I was lied to in the interview process. My new team was severely understaffed and overworked with a lack o
- Looking for referrals Hi Community, I'm graduating this Fall with Masters in CS (USA) and have been applying to companies without much success. Would like some referrals to help me get started. Roles: SDE/ML/CV/DS YoE: 2 years full time as SDE and 1 year internships (aggregate) I have worked on ML and CV projects in t
- Looking for referrals Hello everyone, Requesting everyone to help me with reffrals for product management and data science intern roles. There are several APM programs offered by Google are Meta and it will be great if someone can help me refferal for them. Currently, I am pursuing my Masters in Industrial Engineering w
- vote europe: london vs zurich vs amsterdam i have no intention of moving to US, but want to work at faang. europe/EU seems both closer and nicer (weather etc) than canada. already have several interviews scheduled and 2 offers.. mainly im interested in google zurich/london and fb london, but others are amzn, spotify, lyft, uber and similar
- Requesting SWE Referrals! Hello fellow blind users, I am looking for referrals to any of the MAMAA/FAANGMULA+ companies, or any other top recommended companies to work for. I left my prior job for a new one but quickly realized I was lied to in the interview process. My new team was severely understaffed and overworked wit
- SWE referrals Hello everyone, I’ll be graduating with an MS in data Science in May 2022. I have been actively preparing for interviews and applying to as many companies as possible. I’d really appreciate if you could help me out in my job search with a referral. I want to apply to several SWE/ Data Science posit
- Horrible interview exp with Lyft I just went through a not-so-good experience with a Lyft recruiter, just share mine to see if this is the norm these days at Lyft. Context: I am a 4 years SWE looking for an opportunity in Lyft. My story: I heard about Lyft opportunities from my friend and got interested. I submitted my resume and
- Thinking of moving 7 yeo, tc 460 Needs: - Hard and exciting technical challenges - Push my limits (WLB is not a requirement - yet) - Med risk appetite (on visa - so no vaporware) - No need for immediate cash - Looking for growth (career as well as option/rsu) _____ FINTECH _____ Betterment Coinbase N
- Referrals please for PM / TPM roles Hey Blind Family, Current Status : Pursuing an MBA within finance and graduated with a bachelors in Computer Science. Full-Time Network Operations MGMT Engineer / Campus Ambassador. Eligible to work for any employer within the US and I do not need any sponsorship! Past Experience: I’ve done sever
- Why FAANG? I’m a student and I got an offer at FB for a summer internship. The pay is 8K per month (translates to 50 per hour) plus housing (stipend 1600-1800 per month if I choose). The pay is great but it’s not crazy relative to other places I got as well. Lyft is paying 60 per hour, Oracle pays 46 per hour
- Got fired within 6 months of joining. Referrals for PM roles please! Hello everyone, I work at a fairly known post IPO tech-startup startup in India. I got fired within 6 months of joining with a 2 week notice. No severance. Open to: All PM and APM roles Geography: Worldwide + Remote Current Role: Product Manager YOE: ~4 years (2 as Product Manager, 1.5 as Product
- Feedback for Business Analyst @ Lyft Overall- team seems disorganized & trashy not a great representation of Lyft as a whole. Interviewed with the recruiter then a team mate from the team (not hiring manager). 1. There was a disconnect from the recruiter and the team’s scope of duties for the role. The recruiter emailed me w/an apolo
- 9 YOE Product Designer TC Expectations Hey Blinders, I would like to get your thoughts on: 1) Salary expectations based on my LOE 2) What are some good companies with decent TC, remote, and WLB positions if I don't have any FAANG companies on my resume? Please let me know if I could DM you my resume for a referral! I took a huge pay cut
- What are the referral do’s and don’ts for FAANG and similar product companies? Also, refer me please? I made several mistakes as a grad student that led to rejections by the ATS even in the referral system with the few referrals I’d managed to get back in the day I’m looking for a job switch for an L5 or L6 product position. After having 1.5 yrs of work ex in the US and 3.5 before in India, I’m rea
- DS Referral Hello, I am currently a DS (Operations Research) at Amazon. I am looking to interview with other top companies for a Data Scientist role. Would any fellow Google/Netflix/Meta/Apple/Coinbase colleagues be kind enough to refer me to Data Scientist roles at their company? A bit more about my technical
- link Austin TC vs Bay Area TC is Austin better for cost-adjusted-TC than bay area? looking to decide on whether move to Bay Area or Austin, and wanted to get input from the community. this is a slightly vague question, so more details follow: there’s a lot of data on levels.fyi and Blind about TC in Bay Area, but not very much
- Contract @ Google/Facebook? In a pickle and hoping for some advice/interesting views to help me make a tough decision. Current YOE 9, TC ~$190k. Summary: I recently interviewed for non-tech FTE roles at Facebook and Google but am now looking at contract roles at both. Tl; dr: stay put in a good job in a dying industry, or ass
- Disney rejection. Looking for advice. Hi Community: After completing all rounds for data scientist, I was rejected from Disney today. Interview feedback: they decided for an internal candidate with stronger background. It is a sad day for me. At least this time I could complete all rounds. Well, I have already applied to more than hun
- Striking out on FAANG/top tech interviews. Advice? I'd love to hear some perspectives from people who interviewed multiple times or otherwise had a difficult time landing a role after interviewing. After years of applying, I finally landed interviews at Facebook and Netflix. Also interviewed with Microsoft, Atlassian, Cloudflare, and Lyft recently.
- Suitable jobs for people with ADHD(At least for me) Well I can not generalize all the people with ADHD as similar, some people can thrive inspite of ADHD or because of ADHD. I have been struggling in life, I work as a software engineer, I have ADHD of attention deficient type, any tasks which require a sustained focus of few days to weeks continuous
- Noticing changes in friends since I’ve elevated So I recently got a new job as a PM at Facebook (contingent worker) and before that I was at Google as a Producer (TVC) and even though I am not an FTE, I’ve seen an elevation in my career and in my finances. There is a level of respect that I get that I did not get before when I was working in the
- link Interview Prep: Google, LinkedIn, Lyft, Apple, Amazon Luckily aced 5 out of 5 onsites, with a perfect success rate. Here are my prep strategies: [Coding] - 350+ LC (90 hard, 250 medium). Had solved ~150 last time; those were easy and medium mostly. This time only worked on medium and hard. - EPI (I find CTCI not as elegant) - Not very strong in DP,
- SDE Charged with COVID Relied Fraud WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?! A Software Engineer in Seattle Fraudulently Sought More than $1.5 Million in CARES Act SBA Paycheck Protection Loans Defendant allegedly sought over a million dollars in forgivable loans guaranteed by the SBA from multiple banks by claiming fictitious payroll expenses asso
- Interview tips for laid off engineers or those preparing for interviews Yesterday's layoffs at Uber, and other ongoing layoffs have many preparing for job interviews. For those Blinders who struggle a lot with algorithmic interview questions and/or are rusty on their coding skills, I'd like to share a few interview tips that have helped me interview at FANG++ comp
- link WFH Money Savings for employer 22,000$/year Hi All, Stats are out an employer saves 22,000$/year if an employee works from home permanently these are huge numbers for an employer. Whooping 2 Billion Dollars savings / year for companies by asking just 2000 employees to work remote. Many employers noticed working in office is less productive
- Depressed by Praise - Looking for Referrals Hello Dear Blinders, I am actively looking for a Data Scientist/ML Engineer role and would appreciate any support. I am willing to relocate anywhere in order for me to work for a new company in the United States. I recently got my H1B visa and it will be active from Oct - 1, hence I need the new em
- link WSJ Uber Layoffs https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-cuts-3-000-more-jobs-shuts-45-offices-in-coronavirus-crunch-11589814608?mod=hp_lead_pos3 Text: Uber Technologies Inc. UBER 9.25% is cutting several thousand additional jobs, closing more than three dozen offices and re-evaluating big bets in areas ranging from fre
- In a delicate situation. Need help with referrals and advice Long post alert !! Not at Deloitte. Using a friend's work email since mine is blocked. Hi All, I am currently in the middle of a delicate situation and need help with referrals and maybe some advice. Currently based out of India and was working in a Non tech role at an IT services major (hint :
- In a delicate situation. Need help with referrals for PM roles Long post alert !! Not at Deloitte. Using a friend's work email since mine is blocked. Hi All, I am currently in the middle of a delicate situation and need help with referrals and maybe some advice. Currently based out of India and was working in a Non tech role at an IT services major (hint :
- link SDE guide to getting the best offer - part1 This is a part of 3 part series post. Read them in order. part 1 https://us.teamblind.com/s/isDNuYPU part 2 https://us.teamblind.com/s/VXz1n07A part 3 https://us.teamblind.com/s/ij5tgwfF ___________ I left Microsoft some time ago. I switched job several
- 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
- 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 :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech