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- vote Principal/Staff Offers Evaluation.. + Prep Strategy [AMA] Interviewed with lot of companies in last 2 months and narrowed it down to below 6 companies based on team, level & TC. Priority: Long term career growth, Scope of work, company culture. Company: Level TC: Base + Bonus + Equity (per yr) + Sign-On Team (if known) Meta: E6
- I don’t know what to do with my life... Advice appreciated Let’s say that I consider myself successful. But lately I’m worried about my carrer and financial future. Job at SAP is decent but I don’t see growth possibilities unless I start talking the same shit that leadership talks. I’m not that guy. Launched a couple projects on my own: they were not fin
- In the DS race! Seeking referrals! TL;DR: Seeking: Data Science referrals within Experimentation/statistics domain. Location: SF/Bay Area Give back: Mock interview sessions, Consolidated doc with links to all my study material that has helped me with the process:) Essay: I am more of a Quantitative Analyst (arguably a DS with stron
- Microsoft Recruiter / Feedback Timeline? Update 2/28: Sent my last update request email today. I have other prospects that are moving much faster and I’d rather not wait around for my recruiter to just tell me I’m not getting an offer. hah Update 2/24: No news yet. I’m just going to assume I’m out of the running at this point. [shrug] Wh
- AWS - Being an AWS employee and an AWS partner, at the same time. Having a little trouble trying to beat my ethics here. My company is an AWS partner, and I'm afraid of answering to Amazon emails (i.e. account manager ). Since it's a small company, no one else have the expertise or tech knowledge in order to get involved with AWS topics with customers, other tha
- H1B with I-140 questions [for Indians] So I finally got my i140 (location based) after 7+2 years last week. Feels like I finally made it 🙂 Trying to understand/confirm few things from other Indians. I did search and know a few answers from blogs but I could find more people with first hand experience here. The reason am asking is clea
- How many been there done that, i.e. interviewed by FAANG and failed all? I never in my wildest dreams thought that I will get a Google on-site and as luck would have it, had it last year. Needless to say, read through everything, knew about hash tables, queue, stack, and what not. I couldn’t solve any of the coding problems, had a good design interview, just explained th
- Finished my FB onsite pretty bad I wanted to post my experience for Data Engineer position @ FB. First of all, the interview is pretty easy. But, unfortunately, I got the most intimidating interviewer ever I have seen in my interview experiences. Everyone posted their experiences as positive. I don't know why I felt the interviewer
- Interview Cycle: Facebook M1, Google L7, Microsoft L68, and Local Public Company Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5
- There has been some interest on 'Moving back to India' related topics. I want to share my experience! Who am I - A Sr. Software Dev (L6) at Amazon. I have close to 12 years of experience. Out of those 12 years, 6 are at Amazon, around 3 at Microsoft and the rest at Cisco. 11 out of 12 years I worked in the US and a year in India. I moved back to India just a year ago (internal transfer to a paralle
- 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
- vote Tip & Offers & result Thank you for blind(er)s current TC 250K YOE 6yr SD2 tl;dr; I would like to share what I learned. Please scrolldown if you just want to see numbers(offer) I accept an offer today Meta(ex facebook) as Partner engineer (IC4) English is !perfect 0. status I worked 6 years and not made senior. I was
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- link Is it possible to negotiate an up-level at FB/Google? I've recently finished interviewing with a handful of companies, and I'm feeling good about receiving offers from all of them. I did the on-sites at an E4/L4 level with the assumption that I could be up-levelled to E5/L5 if I did well during the interviews... unfortunately, this seems to not be the
- 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
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
- Looking for a Tech Mentor I am 26 and in early stages of tech career. I am a Software developer but very interested in ML stuff. I am looking for a mentor. Can any one help me or tell me how can I find a mentor
- Biden Win- Tech What does it mean to Tech when Biden wins?
- High TC (>$350K) earner SWEs How often do you produce highly impactful work? Do you feel your glorious TC is well earned? TC - $400K YOE > 10 yrs
- ML models for mining industry Hi Blind buddies, I have an industry related question. What kind of problems can ML solve in mining and using which algorithms? #data #dataanalytics #datascience #machinelearning
- Does your company's 401k plan support Mega Backdoor and individual stock investing? Hi folks in tech, I'm trying to learn about implicit benefits from 401k plan of each companies in the tech industry, since this is not considered in TC but could make huge difference at retire time. I'll really appreciate your inputs. Questions: 1) How much does your company match your 401k deposit