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- vote Google Security and Privacy vs Microsoft Azure Auto ML Team (new grad) I just received two SWE offers (new grad), one from Google for Security and Privacy and the other from Microsoft for the Azure Auto ML Team. It's hard to get information for exactly what I would be doing at Google since Security and Privacy is very secretive but the Azure Auto ML Team sounds exactly
- vote Question for employees at Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft on privacy If you work at one of these, do you trust your company to protect sensitive user data (e.g. full name, home address, search history) from access by insiders or external leaks?
- Will I be able to hit counter TC? Have 2 offers Signed Meta IC3 TC 215 privacy engineer Microsoft counter L60 TC 255 swe YoE 2 Privacy is more desirable for me. Will I be able to hit msft counter TC soon if I join Meta?
- Will I be able to hit counter TC? Have 2 offers Meta IC3 TC 215 privacy engineer Microsoft counter L60 TC 255 swe YoE 2 Privacy is more desirable for me. Will I be able to hit msft counter TC soon if I join Meta?
- Will I be able to hit counter TC? Posted this multiple times, tweaked every time. Have 2 offers Signed Meta IC3 TC 215 privacy engineer 135/50/30 Microsoft counter L60 TC 265 swe 140/50/75 YoE 2 Privacy is more desirable for me, so role at Meta is more desirable TV aside. I only want to know if I will be able to hit msft counter
- vote Amazon India vs Microsoft India in 2022 please look at the images and tell which one offer should I take. Also please give reasons of your choice. Thanks. YoE: 0(fresher) Update: images removed due to privacy concerns. #tech #amazon #microsoft #apple #google
- What if one of the FAANG would acquire Blind? #acquire #msft #acquisition #google #facebook #amazon #apple #privacy
- Privacy Program Manager Interview Hello folks, I have a technical privacy PM interview coming up at Microsoft. Any suggestions on what to focus in my prep? Thanks! Yoe: 6 #privacy #pm #programmanager
- is FAANG TURNING TO MAANGO? (: Facebook out Microsoft oracle in? Is it the end for Facebook due to data/privacy management problems? I feel like all other company has some product .... Facebook is just another social media platform..?? Is this the ugly truth?? Market caps: Microsoft = $712B Amazon = $710B Apple = $860B
- $GOOG has passed $AMZN finally Pandemic online retail bubble is going away, Andy cannot replace Jeff fully, GCP is growing bigger&faster and now threatening AWS, Youtube is skyrocketing, antitrust things are not happening, privacy things are not concerning, search is still robust, top overpaid talent is shining... And finally Go
- link why i refuse to buy an alexa, google, siri, or cortana speaker https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/7/20758491/microsoft-voice-recordings-data-human-review-disclosure-privacy-voice-assistant-machine-learning
- Meta Privacy Org Time Commitment Got an offer for Privacy Engineer at Meta. Microsoft is pretty chill, how does it differ with Meta? Id guess each org within each company differs as, so my experiences could be different. TC Current 180, Meta 205, 2 YoE #offers
- Facebook -SDE - Privacy Friends, I have an upcoming onsite with FB for SDE position in Privacy team. One of the on-site interview is marked as "Adversarial Mindset". Based on my discussion with recruiter, this would be something real world example and I may need to drill down into a privacy incident. With description, I
- vote Among FAANGMULLA, which companies get looked down upon to work for? Each of these companies has a reason or two e.g. Facebook = Privacy evil Amazon = Banana Apple = Secrecry Cult Netflix = Firing Culture Google = SJW Microsoft = Dinosoaur Uber = Stock and Bro culture Linkedin = Glorified stalking site Lyft = Stock Airbnb = Culture and exec politics TC:300K
- Does Facebook care about the world? At Microsoft I always feel that the company cares about the world. Excellent donation match and give cpaign, company's mission statement, focus on privacy and business conduct. Does Facebook value of any of these or is it a lot more business driven?
- Surrogacy benefits at Microsoft Considering an offer at MS , but wanted to find out surrogacy benefits if any, dont want to ask the recruiter for privacy reasons. Due to a history of repeated pregnancy loss we might need surrogacy in future. TC current : 210
- Masters in Info Security and Privacy. Posting for a friend who's considering an MS with specialization in Info Security and Privacy. What companies hire people with these skills? Would the jobs in such fields generally need a security clearance in the US? The courses for this are below. Thanks. Network-Based Application Development Sy
- FAANG Cyber Security Salaries / Salary Thread Please state your: -TC -department (appsec, red team, detection, compliance, privacy, infrastructure sec, etc) -YOE Mostly looking for FAANG / tech salaries. Bonus: How are interviews at FAANG for infosec? Will Leetcode be required? What are you expected to know? Any tips appreciated. #tech #info
- Blind starting ad monetising A friend of mine working for blind revealed they are going to start launching ads big time on the blind platform to scale up monetization. Good luck privacy! Good luck user experience! Stay safe u guys! #microsoft
- Microsoft Vaccination Proof Microsoft is now going to require proof of vaccination to enter the office. I really don’t think it is any of their business to know my personal medical status, but I understand the reasons. However, as a covid survivor, I don’t find the reasons very compelling either. Since I don’t plan on disclos
- Alternative to GMail Trying to gradually reduce my exposure to Facebook and Google knowing everything about my life. Next step is to get my email away from them. Gmail is a good product but it's unfortunately a Google product, and Google simply knows too much about me. Not convinced that Outlook mail is going to be a
- Nervous about accepting L5 Sorry in advance if this is a weird issue but im wondering if maybe I was over leveled and should be concerned. I’ve received an L5 offer from Google with only 4 YE, from another Alphabet company (don’t want to name for privacy, call it company B) I received an L4 offer. Speaking to people from B th
- Referrals for InfoSec/Security Engineering? Hey all, I'm looking to see if I can get some referrals. Currently in Information Security, looking to get into Security Engineering. I have a NIST background, experience in Vulnerability Management, Privacy Management and Cyber Security experience. Currently learning Python and working on my Azure
- Microsoft Azure Offer YOE:11 Current level: L5 PgM Current TC: base 170k/ bonus 30k/ equity 330k Current Location : Bay Area Offer level: L64 TPM Offer TC: 190k /bonus 15-30%/equity 350k and sign on bonus of 120k and full relocation Offer location: Redmond, WA Team: Azure security privacy compliance and identify Lookin
- Palantir Deployment Strategist Role - What is it like? Recently had my recruiter call with Palantir for DS on Privacy and Civil Liberties Team in either DC or NYC and I am about to start my interview loops. I am currently based in Seattle as a PM at MS. Was wondering what working at Palantir is like? I have heard great things from people I know but wan
- Microsoft India offer evaluation I have an offer from Microsoft. Position - L61 Yoe - 3 Current position - SDE 2 Current TC - 34 Base 27 Variable 2.7 Stocks 14.4 (80k usd over 4 years) Joining bonus 4 in 1st year and 2 in second year TC - 44.1 (without joining bonus) I have a competing offer from a startup (not naming for privac
- wfh at microsoft Of all the big companies, I have seen Microsoft being vocal against wfh. What’s the mood around it internally? Is the company still slated to bring in people from jan 2021? Talking of Microsoft, can someone throw some light on their recruitment process? I interviewed over a month ago and they sudde
- Apple referral, Stanford grad, 300 LC Hi, I'm a new grad looking for a referral to a few positions at Apple. (I can DM you the job IDs and my resume, and any other info you might want) About me: MS CS + BA non-CS, both at Stanford Previously interned at Microsoft (Azure), Cisco, and others. I've taken the well known AI classes like
- Big tech companies don’t know what to do except one Google - invested heavily in G+ to catchup with fb and failed. AI efforts are progressive rather than game changing new area. Self driving car not here yet. Ad business cash cow. Cloud business is catch up aws and azure. Will likely turn out as G+. Android thanks to Schmidt on Apple board. What next
- Work at Instagram as a Product Manager Off late I have been losing my purpose of working hard and being creative at work. To find it back, I have been contemplating working as a PM ( which I already am) of a product I actually enjoy using as a consumer. Top of my head is Instagram. I sure have my concerns about data privacy and etc as
- What skills to work on to get into red team/appsec at FAANG? Trying to plan where I want to take my career in the near-future. Would ideally like to keep doing pentesting/red teaming but from what I've seen only Microsoft Azure teams, Amazon AWS teams and TikTok have proper red teams, with all of them and others having appsec engineers. Meta's "Privacy Engine
- [India] L63 IC to FAANGMULA Manager: Need guidance Hello, I am currently MS L63 engineer(IC) joined around one and half years back. I have 15 years of exp. I can stay in Ms in current org or move to a different one. Or I can take this new EM opportunity. I have few points. You will see I am comparing my work-life before Ms, in MS and in new org....
- Meta product generalist vs specific roles Finished onsite loop for meta recently for software engineer. Feedback from recruiter was strong E5 borderline E6 and going to setup another system design round (where I did a bit weaker). I am interviewing for Product generalist. My specialty or background is actually building products but for a
- BIll Gates ID2020 Alliance -Coronavirus I am really concerned about what is taking place. Curious to know your thoughts on this. With Bill Gates stepping down from Microsoft and putting all his resources for the ID2020 alliance in December they will include chips in mandatory vaccines. Interesting how the virus came just shortly after th
- What is the number of L1 visas that companies like Google and Facebook help get per year? There is an official doc by USCIS (linked below) that shows total numbers of approved L-1 visas petitions by employer for fiscal year 2018. Here is what it shows for some famous companies: AMAZON FULFILLMENT SVCS INC: 345 (AMAZON CORPORATE: 37) (AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC: 20) (AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICE
- Families in Seattle area, how much do you use your backyard. Is it worth it? I saw a house that I really liked on the inside but it has no backyard or front yard, I am thinking I might be able to negotiate a bit due this drawback but at the same time considering if I would soon want a house with backyard. Do you guys use your backyard much, do you think it wouldn't make a di
- Glass Steagall like Act for tech In banking if a business owns commercial and investment banking divisions. They are required to physically or logically separate the two. This prevents conflict of interest and market manipulation. Should this be applied to tech? Company which have Ad revenue and also write system software like bro
- Good top tech company to work for in current scenario I understand this is super open-ended and is highly dependent on the team. With regards to a L5 or SDE2 position. Microsoft - Laid back culture, politics, legacy and old technologies. Amazon - Bad culture, Bad WLB. Google - Work is getting mundane with emphasis on maintenance kind of stuff. Apple
- vote Microsoft v/s Uber v/s DoorDash v/s Linkedin Please help me to choose the better career step. Current experience : 2-3 years, Verizon Media, SDE II (Backend software Engineer) cannot reveal team for personal reason Current CTC : 195k ( 160k + 20k + 15k (Base + stock + annual bonus)) Interviewed with multiple companies and got the following
- [Referrals Requested] Want a Product Designer with engineering/technical experience? Current Software Engineer, I do design work alongside of my main job duties and my prior jobs were all (product, visual, motion) design. Want to get back into a designer position. Looking for referrals/leads to product (ux/ui) jobs. Currently in team matching limbo with Google and a few other place
- Potential Swiggy/MyGate app issue (India) Looks like Swiggy integrates with MyGate app behind the scene and sends notification for auto approval across devices that’s belongs to MyGate account when Swiggy order is shipped. This feature is killing me and there no way to turn it off Previously I used to manually add Swiggy for pre approval
- vote Blind Sharing our Posts with News Media Outlets This community has voted twice by overwhelming majorities (90% and 80% respectively) for Blind to stop sharing our posts with news media outlets like Forbes, Business Insider and TechCrunch. Yet they blindly persist and ignore the overwhelming majority opinion. Just last week there were 3 such insta
- vote help me to decide offers btw startups and FANNG Borrowing my friend's account to keep privacy. Series G, Netskope, Staff Engineer Base: 190k Stock Option: 19k share Corporate Bonus: 5% of the base after 1 year, 10% after 2 years, 15% after 3 years, 20% after 4 years sign-on, not given yet It is from the Data Platform team. I see very talented
- vote Politics on Hiring a Peer? I'm currently Senior level at MSFT, applied ML scientist, team lead of all ML matters on my team. Our team has grown that we need to build out our engineering team. I'm also interested in moving that space, but I'm no engineering expert. Hence we are hiring. My short term goal is to pivot to be ML
- link The Worst Epidemic - Child Porn on Tech Platforms For those who haven't heard it yet have a listen to Sam Harris's latest at https://samharris.org/podcasts/213-worst-epidemic/ So let's discuss as an anonymous tech community what practical steps we can take to reduce child porn. Obviously there are no silver bullets. A highly technical community wi
- What makes people want to work for Facebook - other than the RSU ? I see a lot of posts where even with comparable TC with other companies like Google / Oracle OCI / Linkedin. People recommend joining FaceBook - Id really like to know why. What are some of the interesting projects at Facebook. What are the some of the interesting groups to work for at Facebook ?
- Q2 earnings recap for MAAGF For those of you who are interested Microsoft Profit: 8.8B, Revenue Growth: 14% Wow, the stock broke the trillion dollar mark before slipping under. It's been the steadiest performer out of MAAGF. This year will be a watershed moment when Azure overtakes other business segments in total revenue
- 20 companies, 6 Offers MLE Interview Prep AMA Blind has helped me a ton throughout my interview journey! It can be hard to find information for machine learning positions (ie machine learning engineer, applied scientist, data scientist), so I want to share my experience interviewing for ML positions. All roles were primarily for MLE and I am cu
- vote Offer Decision Help (Google, Brex, Pinterest, Uber, Roblox, Snap, and more) Hello Blind, Interviewed a bunch lately and was fortunate to get some great offers, 15 in total but I've just listed out the top competitors here, please help me pick. Priorities: 1a. TC 1b. WLB 2a. Growth 2b. Stability 3. Benefits 4. Culture Offer Comparison Format: 1. Base / Total Equity / Sig
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks