Cool products to work on and good experience. Remote work is easy if that is something you want.
Work just as hard as other tech companies for less money. You have to make senior or else you will eventually be let go.
I sometimes talk with my friend working at microsoft and he complains that things are very hard to learn at microsoft. Seems like from what he's saying there is: 1) no new hire training for tech (sde bootcamp for Amazon, GTI for Google) 2) almost no activity in stackoverflow (yasq for G, sage for Am...Read more
I am really bad at writing clean code. 1) Feel really bad, when code reviewer points out naming convention; white space errors. 2) my software design skills are moderate at best. 3) I don't do testing unless needed. I wish Microsoft had a 2 week boot camp for all new hires like fb. What should I st...Read more
Posting on behalf of a friend. Please help decide between these two offers. Looking for faster growth, higher TC, greater learning, exit opportunities. Microsoft Redmond Org: Azure Base: 110K Bonus: 20% Sign on: 50K RSU: 120K over 3.5 years Facebook Menlo Park Team: Will be assigned through Bootc...Read more
Joining facebook as e5 post 15 years in msft. Slightly worried. Will I be able to cope up? Any tips on coping up. I have a month before I join. Any tips on preparing, culture. I am worried will I even clear the boot camp or survive 6 months. Any experiences from folks who have done similar transiti...Read more
My wife is planning to take the ux design boot camp from general assembly to pivot from her old career. Anyone can give a referral? #facebook #Apple #Amazon #netflix #Google #microsoft #uber #LinkedIn #Airbnb
I am impacted by layoff that happened CSS org this Monday. All newbies in my team with less than 2 years in Microsoft are impacted. I have done leetcoding and development project in a boot camp academy last year. Have done 150+ class questions . Need to refresh them again now. Any suggestions for ne...Read more
I recently transitioned from the military with a TS-SCI and am currently working for Booz Allen in data science. I also attended a coding boot camp and have about five months of python programming experience. What should I do to land a cleared SRE role with Microsoft successfully? Thank you to ever...Read more
Been at Microsoft for two years. While I’ve done some things I’m proud of a lot of it was maintenance and unimpressive. I’m interviewing for Amazon in a couple weeks but I’m worried my boot camp background and experience at Microsoft will get me kicked out as I begin. Advice, how to prepare for th...Read more
Got an amazon recruiter in my dms, she bad but not sure I want to work at Amazon. But also think going to amazon after Microsoft shows I can pass technical interviews since I am a boot camp grad. But also I do like my team and wondering if grinding for 6 months would be worth it like I could achie...Read more
Hello, I have a friend who has an MBA degree (not from tier 1 or IVY league) and has managed teams in non-tech sector. She wants to do a course / certification / bootcamp which will allow her to get an entry level position as program manager (or better TPM) in software companies like Boeing, Starbu...Read more
My friend is currently working in a QA role. She wants to move to a developer role at Microsoft and the likes. What's a good way to make the switch? Master's degree? Coding Boot camp? She has a bachelor's in computer science. Has 3 years of experience and is familiar with Java and C#
Hi folks, Thanks a lot for all the help over the past few months.I have 4 offers at the moment and I'd appreciate your help with evaluating them. FB: E5 Menlo Park 180K base 500K RSUs 20% bonus 50K sign on TC: ~350k I'm not very keen on joining fb since I'm not a big fan of their boot camp. I've h...Read more
I’m coming from a boot camp, and to be honest I want to go my own route. Rather than spending 100% of my time on algorithms like some of the brainless monkeys in my cohort I wanna allocate some time to get the az-900 -> ai-900 -> ai-102 I actually enjoy learning about azure and has been really
6 YOE. Have an E5 offer from FB (no numbers given yet). Recruiter suggests that if I give a list of teams to her I can talk to a few managers in those teams and maybe even "pre-match" before boot camp I don't feel like I really challenged myself as an engineer in my 6 years at Microsoft (was in Win...Read more
FB has the best offer. Is it worth taking it over others? I don't like it a lot as a company, but the money would be useful. Details below. Location Seattle. YOE : 6 TC : so bad that it's embarrassing to tell. Less than the base offered by all of the below offers. FB : Team unknown. Boot camp is ...Read more
Hello, My spouse is currently pursuing her grad program (MS in Media Management) and was interested in getting into product management. Her previous background is a decade of international work experience in Media and Communications. What’s the best way forward for her? - start with a product mana...Read more
What are your opinions? Aldo, how likely is it to land a job at microsoft or amazon after graduating from bootcamp?
What's your honest opinion on boot camp from a desirability in the marketplace perspective? I read a lot of mixed reviews and would like to know from possibly hiring managers here what is important to your hiring decision. I'm going for my bachelor's in Software Development already and just about t...Read more
Staff engineer with 19 YOE and have worked on web and mobile apps throughout my career. Have used C#/.NET and Microsoft tech from early career. Currently 50% hands on and rest is leading projects and mentoring. Like most of the companies nowadays, my company is pivoting towards AI/ML and has been e...Read more
Hello, I’ve got masters in CS and when I look back at my education I’ve started programming in HS and then spent 6 years in university studying and then landed a job at Microsoft. Many of my friends went the same path, essentially spending 5-8 years learning the required skills. What I have notice...Read more