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Lyft Taxes
- link Analyzing Netflix offer Can somebody help me analyze the following two offers? Netflix, all-cash $500k Lyft, base: $200k, $25k sign-on and 20k RSUs While Netflix all-cash number is great, you end up paying almost half of it on taxes. Their supplemental allocation is not necessarily discounted options and doesn’t yield an
- vote 8+ on-sites while working: How to schedule/ time to take off? I am coming up on the on-site portion of a few handful of companies (up to 10) that should start happening in about a week and continue trough mid/late may. I’m wondering, how should I: 1. Separate the on-sites (ie more than on company’s day?)? 2. Schedule time off so i don’t burn out? - if so, h
- Referrals Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ companies or any unicorns LC 100+ Please drop a comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #swe #engineering #machinelearningengineer #referral #hiring #jobhunt #slack #twitter #dropbox #square #datadog #snowflake #rubrik #bloomberg #stri
- Moving to a low or no income tax state to cash out stock options? Hello Blind, Is it possible to reduce the tax burden on stock option exercise and sale by moving to a state that has no or very low income taxes? Is there a minimum time that you need to live in the new state? For NSOS, when you exercise them, which state is taken into consideration for taxes pu
- Roth 401k rollover and Pro rata rule I’m starting a new job soon and I’m trying to figure out what to do with my existing retirement funds. I have my pre tax 401k and a Roth 401k which I used for the mega back door through Lyft. My initial thoughts are to roll the Roth 401k into my personal Roth IRA with vanguard. However it seems if
- Referral for Dropbox or Twilio or Lyft Hey all, PM here looking to make the jump out of Financial Services. Anyone willing to offer up a referral to Dropbox, Twilio, or Lyft? Also, I currently manage around 4 PMs, but I know it's probably going to have to be an IC role for me to start off with. Thanks in advance! Blind Tax: TC: 230k
- vote Friend gets money from California unemployment but lives and spends it in Mexico He was an Uber/Lyft driver that filed for unemployment at the start of covid and has gotten it since. He has probably made $20,000+ so far without having to work at all. He lives in Mexico and parties all the time, bought an apartment and lives large. Doesn’t work a single job. He comes back to Ame
- Lyft doing a classic pump and dump before IPO Future engineers beware, below is the article from The Information that talks about Lyft buying share to make their IPO look good, and deal with the ramifications later: Lyft Kicks Off Price War with Uber Ahead of IPOs By Amir Efrati Feb 25, 2019 4:56 PM PST Photo by Bloomberg As Uber and Lyft p
- 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
- Looking for referrals Hello Everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any product based companies for SDE 2 or SDE3 role for outside India role (Europe, USA, UK). LC: 250+ YOE: 5+ Blind Tax: Sr. Software Engg. TC: 27.51 (India) Please DM me or comment below and I'll DM you for my info! Thanks in advance! #jobhunt #swe #
- Which tech companies offer mega backdoor Roth 401(k)? Some 401(k) plans allow after tax contributions and support in-plan rollovers of up to $37500 on top of the standard $19500 traditional/Roth. We have these at Uber, and I know Google has them as well. Where else? EDIT: Summary so far: Uber - 45% of base Lyft Netflix Facebook Google Apple - 20% o
- Please refer me! Currently holding an offer from Khatabook for SDE2, TC - 53L INR (38 base + 7 bonus + 30 stocks [over 4 years]) Have a few weeks before I join, appreciate all the help I can get! Blind tax - 27L (24 base + 3 fixed bonus after an year) yoe - 3 #Microsoft #Meta #Facebook #Netflix #Linkedin #Apple #Sn
- vote Commuter benefits Amazon in NYC is actually surprisingly generous with commuter benefits. They give us $240 pre-tax and up to $400 a month to use for a surprisingly large variety of commuter costs (subway, trains, Metro North, LIRR, NJ Transit, buses, Uber Pool, Lyft Line, Vias, PATH, Amtrak) plus, people who drive g
- 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
- Software Engineer with 8 YoE looking for referral in Europe Greetings from Indonesia, I would like asking help for a referral to companies in Europe that are willing to sponsor visa. Thank you in advance! Obligatory Blind Tax 8 YoE TC: $25K 🥜🥜🥜 LC 110+ Has also prepared for System Design and Behavioral Interviews. #tech #referral #engineering #hirin
- WageWorks Funds So is anyone else stuck with over $600 in their WageWorks account? I moved to Florida from NYC after the pandemic and I can’t use it (Uber/Lyft aren’t allowed to be used here in Tampa) Why is it legal for them to keep the money if it came out if my paycheck? Just wondering.. I know of others havin
- Request for referrals - Product Manager roles l Hello Blind, I have been working as a PM at Microsoft for over 5 years and looking for opportunities at other companies. I was wondering if any of you here would be willing to provide a referral. Thank you so much for your time! Blind tax: TC: 190k YOE: 10+ (Yes, I know that TC is very low by Bli
- Paying AMT Tax - Options I'm in a bind right now. I'd like to leave Lyft to go work elsewhere but if I do and purchase my options my tax liability will bankrupt me. Is there no company out there that will pay the AMT in exchange for a portion of the gains (plus principal)? Since the company might not IPO for a couple year
- RSU policy @ startup Lets take lyft as example, if someone got 1000 shares of RSU when joining, 1. does the RSU vest after the one year regardless of IPO or not ? 2. if RSU is vested when company is not IPO, do I need to pay tax when RSU is vested ? I assume I don't need to because there is no value yet on the shares.
- Which of you voted for Prop D in SF? Congrats geniuses, you just raised the cost of your next Uber/Lyft. Democrats are retar dad when it comes to money. Actually they should study physics instead, specifically Newton’s third law. You can’t just regulate something and think it will magically cure the problem. There are always side eff
- Referral for MLE Hi everyone, I am looking for some referrals for machine learning engineer positions. I would prefer FAANGMULA and unicorns. Thanks! Blind tax: 200k + nonliquid equity #machinelearningengineer #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #anaplan #apple #argoai #atlassian #benchling #bettermortgage #binanc
- Looking for SWE / DevOps referrals Hey Blind 👋 I’m working on team that’s being dismantled so I’m looking around for new opportunities. My background is 15 years of software development with the last 5 being a lead, DevOps focused. (Kubernetes, Terraform, Golang, CI/CD, Helm, etc.) Ideally my next gig would be fully remote with a
- Illiquidity for Unicorns Comparing unicorns like Uber and Lyft to top tier public companies...Goog, FB, etc. Do you have concerns about illiquidity for unicorns? If you work there for a few years but the company doesn’t IPO, you will miss out on hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you leave before IPO, you might not be abl
- Looking for L6 Designer referrals Currently at Amazon as L5 UXD. Slated to get promo to L6 next quarter, but it’s long overdue. Been through 4 manager changes in less than 3 years, so I don’t want to put all my eggs in this basket that’s left me pretty disappointed. Proving my impact to a new manager time and again is getting exhaus
- Looking for referrals Hey everyone, I'm currently working at AWS in Europe and looking to switch jobs and along with that planning on moving abroad for a few years if it works out. Primarily interested in the US, Japan and Korea if that is relevant. Would appreciate any help and can DM you my info. Mandatory blind ta
- Top companies to jump to? Been at Asana a few months, just feeling a bit limited in terms of scope. Nothing negative about the company at all, but there's a ton of internal tooling and I can definitely see technical growth stagnating here a bit. Looking to see if anything else is worth trying or whether to stay. I have Goog
- Looking for New Grad Referrals :) Hello Blind! I am a fourth year CS student with 2 years worth of internship experience spread across Amazon, Shopify and IBM. Currently I am looking for referrals to any US based company that is willing to sponsor my work visa (I am a Canadian citizen). LC: 121 (65 medium/hard, starting to practic
- Program Manager seeking Referrals Hello Community! I am looking to take advantage of the job market and hopefully break into bigger tech. Mostly interested in higher TC, learning from top-tiers, and solidifying my experience. Thank you in advance! Blind Tax: YOE: 4 TC: 200k #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #amazon #anaplan #
- Googler looking for referrals Hey all, I've decided I'm ready to make my next move, so I've come to you all for a bit of help :) I'm looking for referrals into other big tech companies. I know the market is ripe right now, so I'd like to take advantage while it's in our favor. Looking for G L5 equivalent roles, and I'm based in
- Referrals: New Grad/Early Career Hello, y'all, My friend is about graduate with a master's and is looking for new grad roles. On their behalf, I am asking for referrals from the entire silicon valley. Please DM and help a brother out!!! My blind tax: YoE: 2 TC: 200K (Sorry for the tag list! Inspired from a recent post) #apple
- Should I buy a car? Hello Blinders, Happy thanksgiving :) I am in a dilemma and looking for some advice. I live in Mountain View (transferred recently from NYC) and like to go to SF over the weekends. However, the cost of Uber/Lyft gets too much at times. I know I am wrong when thinking like this but when I see peop
- Looking for referrals Hi everyone, I am currently a quantitative developer at JPM looking to switch as a swe in FAANGMULA or any big tech companies LC 320+ (goal is to reach 400 before onsite interviews) YOE: 8 years Blind Tax: $200k TC Please DM or comment below so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #swe #engineering #so
- Stable TC vs chasing IPO windfalls Everyone knows the story of Lyft's IPO tax disaster so I'll spare you that. Post ipo performance was poor so it wasn't as much of a windfall as expected and I sold all my stock after lockup to diversify. Still, with the recent stock run-up, my TC is >500k at T6. The whole ipo experience left a ba
- Ideal New Grad Career I think the best seems to be: join a company that’s reputable and can pay 250-300k+ like FB, Lyft, Airbnb, etc. and also has a good path to senior for its new grads. Spend 2-4 years to get up to senior. At this point, you should be able to net 0.5-1M from the gig. Hop to another pre-IPO with senio
- Is it worth it to work at FAANG in the bay area? My ultimate goal was always to make it to a FAANG company after I graduate. But lately I’ve been contemplating if it is worth it from a COL/ QOL standpoint. I currently live in florida and there are two companies here in SOFLO that start you off at 100-110k even though the work isn’t as meaningful,
- Unsure what to do about Amazon offer I recently interviewed at Amazon for SDE L5 but ended up getting an L4 offer for ~190k TC in NYC. My current TC is theoretically ~200k at a startup if bonus gets paid out, which I see as unlikely due to company performance, so realistically 150k plus a ton of useless equity. 2.5 yoe with no prior F
- Google team matching: Bay area vs. Austin Just got approved by Google HC for L5 PM. Initial team matching includes roles all over the bay area and one in Austin,TX. My question mainly to Google employees: How would working in Austin effect my Google career long-term? Housing costs (about half of bay area costs) and no state income taxes
- Need Referrals Hi Everyone, Need referral for SDE roles for a friend who's looking to switch to Europe. He's currently in Bangalore, India. He wants to work as an Android/React Native/Flutter engineer. Blind Tax: His TC: 24LPA, 2.5 YOE Mine: 5LPA, 2.5 YOE #ARM #Adobe #Airbnb #Alphonso #Anduril #Ansatz #AppDy
- 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
- Uber Stock millionaire So just to get some sense how startups helps u and at what stage so everyone of us can collectively learn, Based on my knowledge anyone who joined Uber before dec 2014 (when they had another funding round) the possible RSU price then was 4-5usd/sh. Assuming someone working in tech joined them as s
- Best companies to move to UK / Europe from usa? Hi. I'm an Indian currently in USA and will need visa to work in Europe. So I figure applying directly to jobs there really won't work. So I guess I have to move into faang or similar companies who also have a major presence in Europe. Also this is better I guess because if I get an offer in USA, I'
- Referrals requested Hiya I would really appreciate any and all referrals for any position that will let me write some code. Remote is cool, but I'm not picky. Heck I'll even give one lucky person who helps me out a tmo discount code! Really though, thanks for commenting if you do :) Alternatively, I would be very g
- 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
- Hot take: Leetcoding for marginal gain is almost never worth it I had the pleasure of encountering someone and meeting up with them a couple years back, they ended up becoming a founding engineer of a really successful company (this happened in the span of like 2 years). The startup's valuation recently passed $10b, and this person is giga rich now, probably nor
- Offer/Immigration Feels Sketchy I recently accepted an offer from an international company that has offices in the US and Canada. I'm a Canadian and the role they hired for is in the US. However, due to COVID the company agreed on starting me in Canada and then having me come into the States once things are fine. They made me sig
- Help with the Pre-IPO riddle? This is a truly hypothetical situation to understand how one should approach some Pre-IPO companies. Let's say I'm joining a Pre-IPO company (let's say Slack for example) before it goes public. Let's say the current stock price in the private market is: $100. Let's say I'm offered 4000 RSUs, vestin
- vote Snap vs Square vs Stripe UPDATE: I decided to go with Square. Thanks everyone! --------------------- Original post: I'm having a hard time deciding between three offers. Which would you choose? I would also appreciate if anyone from these companies can comment on WLB / culture / etc. Snap L5 - TC 492k - 520k (bonus struct
- Yet another WFH post I see so many people exatic about twitter permanently announcing WFH. People already dreaming about crash of housing market, remote relocation and trillions of money they save for retirement. What most of these people dont realize is it might have negative economic impact on them. You guys realize
- 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
- 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