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- Thank you Blind ! Joining FB after a long time at msft. Hi blind community, I want to thank you all for being wonderful in sharing information on everything. I learnt a lot from Blind - including interview and negotiation tips. Over the course, I had 7 offers and chose FB. I would be moving to FB after a long time at Msft. I owe a lot to the community.
- vote Dream - MSFT bought Blind I dreamt I received Angelist newsletter say “Microsoft goes Blind - Tech giant, Microsoft acquires blind for undisclosed amount, Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella disclosed at a briefing he has a Blind account and appreciate what the platform stands for and MSFT loves to promote the transparency the pla
- How mediocre engineer got Microsoft/Linkedin offers using Blind Tl;dr Thanks Blinders. You basically gave me a job. I’m a mediocre engineer at best. I started coding when I was 22 because I was dumb in high school and then decided to study a rando major in college for 3 years. I transferred to a top 3000 CS school in the US (out of 4000ish universities) because
- Microsoft power apps Bangalore team Hi, I have an offer from Microsoft dynamics 365 power apps Bangalore team. How is the worklife balance in powerapps team? Anyone from powerapps or any other sister team please comment. Having trouble finding people who work there. #microsoft #microsoftindia #microsoftoffer Yoe- 5years Offer Tc -
- Microsoft App Security Engineer Interview Hey folks, Any tips for Application Security Engineer Microsoft interview? I am going to first step in a couple of days. I do have around 1-year of security experience and 2-3 years of development.
- Microsoft engineers: react native for desktop apps? Msft devs, are you using react-native for desktop apps that run on both windows and Mac? I saw bunch of repos for react native uwp so was curious TC:135 #rn
- Microsoft dynamics 365 power apps How is the culture, growth opportunities, wlb in general in Microsoft dynamics 365 powerapps org? Thinking of applying to a role. Tc:185 Yoe:4.5
- Microsoft Recruiter on blind? Any Microsoft recruiters on blind? I am looking to see if some teams are hiring for SDE roles ? Most openings seem to be in Seattle and been on the lookout for Bay Area positions for while! Any help is appreciated!
- I’ve lost my MSFT Blind account After 2 years away from MSFT, Blind asked me to re-verify my email adress which I dont have anymore and locked me out of my 6 years old account. As my username says: I’m sad. The MSFT lounge is so much fun and the ORCL lounge is so freaking boring and pretty much dead anyway. Eat a dick Blind. TC
- Blind lounges: Microsoft vs. Facebook Say, if one went from one company to another, which one is better? You define better, of course.
- Why does Blind consider FB/G better than AMZN/MSFT? Amazon is the largest public cloud and largest retailer, has innovated in Drone technology and supply chain. Microsoft is the consumer desktop giant, produces leading Office suite and is the second largest public cloud. Microsoft Research is considered to be #1 in the world. Google is a search eng
- Microsoft: Do they use Kotlin in their Android app development? Does Microsoft use Kotlin for Android app development, especially for their office apps in Hyderabad? If yes, to what range? Thanks. #kotlin #microsoft #android #software #app #microsoft365
- Microsoft - chances of offer vs reject after "as app" Interviewed at MS, waiting for results. What are chances of offer vs reject if you have been to "as app" round TC 155K 3 YOE
- Microsoft: Teams team and Conversational AI (Power apps) team Anyone know anything about these teams for culture / wlb? Trying to decide between them, no final numbers yet Current TC: 130k #microsoft
- Moving to FB, should I stay on MSFT blind? Sounds like MSFT is the most active on Blind. Not sure how good FB one is.
- Any Fb, Airbnb, amazon, Microsoft, Uber, Google employees working at gopuff on blind? How are you liking the work? Do you recommend the move? #gopuff
- How is WLB in Microsoft "Teams" customer apps team ? Try to get details on WLB in Microsoft "Teams" customer apps team. anybody working in these "teams" ? #microsoft
- What will blind do for the LinkedIn/MS merger? So, LinkedIn employees will likely be keeping their email address at LinkedIn but now we are a part of Microsoft. How will Blind handle that?
- Is everyone else’s Blind channel as negative as the Microsoft one? Half the post are either about leaving or being under payed. Is this just what people use blind for or is the Microsoft vibe extra negative?
- Why does blind treat Microsoft with more respect than Amazon? It’s almost as if amazons disrespected all the time. Amazon’s bar is higher. People have to be technically better with better LC hard levels. At the same time better at behavioral crap. And better communicate your LP. The interview process is more rigorous for Amazon. Amazonians work in a much shit
- Anyone Microsoft folks on blind that works for Yammer? Have some questions about the org. Received an offer yesterday. TIA Obligatory TC: 250k
- vote Why Microsoft has a good WLB rating on Blind? Everyday, I see posts of people working in Azure org complaining about the Microsoft WLB. How come Microsoft has such a good WLB rating on Blind? Are all teams in Azure bad? Or is it just some teams? How would you identify whether a team is bad in terms of WLB? Do small and new teams have good WLB
- vote Are your company blind posts also pathetic, or is it just MSFT So many posts whining about low bonus, low pay, no free food etc.. I have hard time believing this many grown adults whine about the smallest things. All my colleagues were so respectable and smart, yet there are so many pathetic children on the MSFT channel
- Are all Microsoft employees as disgusting as the ones on Blind? Seriously. Is there just nothing to do in Redmond?
- Microsoft + Expedia offices fully reopening. Are we going back to in-office, Blind? https://www.geekwire.com/2022/microsoft-will-fully-reopen-in-washington-state-starting-feb-28-finally-emerging-from-pandemic/amp/
- Lost my account — please help me find my Blind friend from Microsoft :( HELLO ACNE_SCARS — EDIT: FOUND HIM Hi; I forgot my blind pssword and didnt realize i couldnt reset it. I had to make a new account and now i cant DM a friend I made on blind. His account name was acne_scars and he worked at Microsoft I cant dm directly — please help me find 🙏❤️ Edit: Could someone from microsoft make a post in the
- it’s time to build an app to sell to Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple . Let’s work together on this! 👊🤝 giphy just sold to Facebook for $400M. it is time to build. please hit me up if you're building any consumer focusing app that can directly or indirectly compete with Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Google. Thank you.
- HR told me not to write on blind after i told that im leaving MS I got a new offer at another company and increased by TC by 70%. Told my manager that ill be leaving in 2 weeks and HR contacted 1 week before my departure. They told me not to write what offer i got from the other company and that Im leaving MS for this company. I told them i wont do this as i don
- link Microsoft has the most employees looking to move on in this Blind poll: around 75% http://www.businessinsider.com/employees-anonymously-share-which-tech-companies-dont-pay-fairly-2017-10/#as-to-which-companies-had-the-most-employees-in-this-poll-dreaming-of-leaving-groupon-hpe-nerdwallet-and-oracle-each-came-in-at-around-90-2
- link Blind is the modern version of the mini msft blog. Wonder what happened to him or her? http://minimsft.blogspot.com/?m=1 was an anonymous blog run by someone who worked at Microsoft, verified by their descriptions of working conditions. It was kind of amazing and brave to do that in the early 2000's when Microsoft seemed all powerful. it was a fantastic outlet. Blind is the modern inc
- Anyone saw this blind post about coronavirus on msft campus ? Would the SLT be witholding information ? #covid-19 #coronavirus
- vote What technology Microsoft uses for Mobile app development (Android/iOS). Yoe : 4.6 CTC: 20LPA (15b + 3bonus + 2RSU) #microsoft #reactnative #android #ios
- Hey Blind I got 'strong feedback' but no team match from my microsoft onsite, can anyone help me understand this? " Thank you for interviewing with Microsoft. We value your time and interest, and hope you enjoyed the experience while gathering some insightful takeaways. Your overall feedback was strong; however, currently we do not have an aligned open role with our participating teams. While things change qui
- MBA with Product marketing experience. Now Considering MS CS for better TC. Thanks to Blind for opening my eyes. I see lot of folks here have an MBA after their tech career. I am thinking of reverse. Has anybody tried it? Thoughts? My profile: Undergrad+Masters Electrical engineering MBA from tier 2 university TC: 170k
- How is Microsoft managing? Yesterday I made a post of amazon high tc offers. From researching on blind, it seems like msft is not on the high end of spectrum when it comes to compensation. I saw lots of msft employees on blind complain and some resign contributing to attrition. Is leadership bumping up peoples tc? Are peop
- How does Microsoft Bonus Work if you leave? Hello, I currently work at Microsoft. I read somewhere on blind if I leave after June 30th, I could receive my year bonus. Is this true? How is this paid out? Thanks! #msft #microsoft
- vote Joined Meta near ATH, now feeling like shit Let me just start with this. I love the company and my role, my team, my manager. But seeing $fb and knowing new hires 1-2 levels below me exceeding my comp is frustrating. It was one of the main reasons i left Microsoft honestly. What should I do? Blind Tax L6 TC 🤷🏻🤷🏻 📉📉📉 350?
- Boston Tech scene sucks for big'ger' tech Been trying to find opportunities for a while. Twitter/Salesforce/Microsoft/Google all have only remote positions for teams which are horrible and managers are open to hire anywhere in the US. Only found wayfair, which in itself, blind says is horrible. Any suggestions? Looking for 350+TC for seni
- Bloomberg in recession? I made a post recently comparing msft and Bloomberg in a recession. Majority of blind picked microsoft. Bloomberg has literally never had a layoff for sde, donates bunch of profit to charity and does not have shareholders to answer to. Msft is not like that being public. Am I missing something? Lik
- Stay for Amazon L7 , jump to Meta E6 or Microsoft L66 I’m on the promo path to L7 at Amazon , and have an inkling that I’ll get offers for e6 Facebook and 66 Microsoft . I’m interested in large scope and impact projects and potentially becoming a manager at some point . What would blind advice ? Amazon tc : 680k Other tc : don’t know yet Pros: Amazon
- UX/UI Design Referrals | Netflix, Apple, LinkedIn, Disney+, Stripe Hello Blind Design family, Looking for a referral in UX/UI Design for Netflix, Apple, LinkedIn, Disney+, Microsoft, Stripe, or any other big tech company. YoE: 6+ years Location: Bay Area Any leads are highly appreciated and I can send resume/portfolio as DMs. Thanks in advance! #design #uxdesi
- vote Amazon L7 , Meta E6 , Microsoft L67 Blind peeps, help a sister decide. Main criteria are longer term career growth and some WLB (though I seem to be doing ok at Amazon ) Amazon : L7 applied scientist tc 700k Base 260k rest RSUs Meta E6 : base/stock/sign on 255k/1.5mm/100k sign on / 20% bonus Microsoft L67 260k/1mm/400k/30% bonus
- Microsoft ODSP Org I received a verbal offer, awaiting details, from the ODSP org. Prior blind posts suggest it’s pretty good, but I wanted to know how it’s doing today, right now. I’m super excited about this. I’m awaiting other offers but I’m pretty confident I’ll probably end up going with Microsoft but I want to k
- Cloud Solution Architect Career - U.S Hello Blind Community, I have 15+ years of experience in IT. through which I worked on domains: Application Development (Oracle), Database Administration ( Oracle), ERP system admin (Oracle e-Business Suite), Linux, Project Management, etc. In 2020 during the COVID pandemic, I was WFH and had some
- link Blind has become a HR's nemesis https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/22/the-anonymous-job-review-site-that-has-hr-departments-on-notice.html Instead of thinking Blind as a nemesis, if I was in HR, I would use blind to know the pulse of the employees better and make it a better place! Or the least give a try The platform initially caught
- Microsoft interview coming up Hey folks , I have Microsoft interview coming up in about weeks time. I been practicing leetcode consistently and can solve about 50/50 medium. Also going through Microsoft top 20 list and blind 75 (can solve 50 percent of problems without help). What is usually your strategy in last week. ? Als
- Microsoft Referral Hello Blind, With the Meta hiring freeze I’m looking for some other opportunities in case my interview gets cancelled (it hasn’t yet, for some reason, let’s hope it stays that way). If anyone is able to provide a referral at Microsoft that would be awesome, but I’m open to most any company. #micr
- Lying abt having competing offers during salary negotiations Is it ok, to lie abt you hving multiple offrs while having compensation negotiations with HR? How do you lie? Or what you do/say when HR asks for proof? Blind tax- TC 230k #Compensation #tech #faang #facebook #meta #google #Microsoft #apple #Amazon #Netflix #software #salary #offer
- Adobe India Perks vs 🥜 Can someone please list out the main/not so common perks of Adobe available to employees jn India? How it is different from 🥜 or any other company with comparable WLB? Blind Tax TC: 50 Yoe: 5 #adobe #microsoft #google #meta #amazon
- Austin move paycut for FAANG What % of my base would be cut if I move from Redmond to Austin? For msft, it's 12.5% Blind tax: 380k