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- Microsoft (Azure) vs Amazon (AWS) - Prestige? Careers outside? Currently at Microsoft working on Azure. Anytime I tell anyone, no matter if they are in tech or not that I work at Microsoft I get instant dramatic responses. I’m curious how it is for Amazon (AWS) folks? I feel like I’d have to explain “Tech not Package delivery” every time especially to non-tech
- vote Microsoft Career - which team should I join? I have always been working in a startup, 8 months back I joined Microsoft Enquiry Team(L62). I was enjoying my work and some of the positive things. 1. It had very high visibility. I was reporting directly to GEM and was having a sync with Partner-Director level folks. My GEM is actually a very nic
- Microsoft career status changed from scheduling to Interviews underway Hello, my Microsoft career site status changed from scheduling interviews to "Your interviews are currently underway. Good Luck" I am wondering if that means anything? I have not heard back from the recruiter and not sure what is going on. The update just happened today. Please provide your valuable
- Is Microsoft Cosine org career killing?Need advice Working on legacy stuff of Windows codebase, h1b with low ball pay. Studied system design from blogs and YouTube for a few months and interview with a few companies but got no offer. Feedback is like system design not strong or experience not good fit. Should be good for most of coding interviews
- Career at apple or Microsoft as product manager I am wanting to work for apple or Microsoft specifically in xR this has been are of focus of mine for ten years. Got the experience & knowledge to back my self up even with internals referring me never get even a phone interview. I use the sites to help with ats & still nothing. What am I missing
- Tips/guidelines for career growth in Microsoft, Redmond I'm working with an Azure team in Microsoft, Redmond. I have 2 yoe and came to US for master's. I was initially offered entry level (59) and fought my way with a negotiating offer for SE2 but only got level 60 (SE1). I feel left behind coz many of my friends have been promoted to senior SE over the
- Incoming MSFT DS Intern - Advice for DS career I’m an incoming Data & Applied Scientist Intern at MSFT (returning intern) & a statistics major in college. What advice would you give to a college student trying to lay the foundation for a successful career in data science? #datascience
- What's the Tech Lead career track in Microsoft? How can people become tech lead once they reach level 63 (Senior IC)?
- Career Advice: MS after 7 years of work experience ? (Hope everyone is staying safe.) I don't have any formal computer science education (I did my Master's in a pure science branch) but I have been working at Amazon for almost 7 years. I have always had interest in computer languages, starting from Logo, Basic Pascal, C++ to Scala, Haskell, Clojure,
- Career Switch / Referrals for Google/MSFT/APPLE/FB Hi! I’m trying transition to a role outside of sales that pays at least $120k plus for a career boost. Will dm you all the deets you need. Any advice will also be helpful. I currently have 2 years of experience sales interacting with fortune 100 companies. #jobopening #recruiting #hiring
- vote To pursue career in the industry with an MS Which one is regarded as potentially the hottest? Why SDE over MLE? [I am currently prepping for interviews]
- Career growth in remote (non Redmond) Microsoft teams. Exploring an internal transfer to a new team in Bay Area from Redmond. Heard career growth can be limited since it could be harder to make a business justification for principle promotions & beyond if center of gravity of org is in Redmond. Is it true?
- Is Microsoft a good place for your career Is it still a dinosaur ?. Is going to Microsoft a dead end ? Does MS pay less than Amazon ? Will I still grow as an engineer?
- Would online ms for cs help career transtion? Hello! It’s been my dream to get into cs, but was wondering if you guys think online ms(OMSCS) would be worth it or if there is a better path? and.... Do you guys think it’s still worth attempting a change? Is it overly saturated? would company hire someone like me and etc.... I have bs and ms in
- Is microsoft a good place to start your career as a SWE In terms of learning best practices and transferable skills is microsoft a good place to start your career?
- is level 64 career stage IC4 “senior” microsoft wondering what the normal TC range is for this? is a Level 63 IC5 better or even possible?
- How’s tech careers outside AMZN and MSFT in Seattle? Unlike Bay Area, only two tech giants have their HQs in Seattle. Feel like AMZN and MSFT hire almost half of the tech people in the Seattle area. What if things don’t work out with both companies? Are there many other options?
- vote Career Change - MBA or Coding Bootcamp + Online MS program I am a 30 years old mechanical engineer and I want to make a career switch in the United States. I like business/consulting slightly more than computer programming, but I believe both SFE or consultant can give me a comfortable and fulfilling life after doing tons of research. I got MBA offers fro
- Microsoft: career potential of Sr Finance Manager (cloud side)? Specifically: - Is it a role that allows for decent growth in terms of title / level? - Is it a role that allows for a lot of learning (it is a finance role in the cloud business, I don't come from the tech business, I would be entering into it)? - Is it a stable role? Thank you for all honest opin
- Cant login to microsoft career using google sign in! Am i the only one?
- Career change: MS CS for Non CS vs top MBA I've been battling with these two alternatives because each has merits of its own and you can do a comparison on so many levels (lifestyle, compensation, flexibility, etc ..). Would appreciate a comprehensive list of thoughts , pros , and cons. #engineering #software #swe #finance #mba #mbacompensat
- Starting Career As an MLE without MS/PhD Currently a new grad CS major from a pretty good Cs school but have no MS/PHD. If I decide to go into a Product ML team at Facebook and stay in the ML space (probably more oriented towards the product/infra side rather than deep research side), how hard is it to jump to similar roles at other tech c
- Looking for a referral in Google(early career)/Microsoft/FB/Apple/Splunk/Twitter Hey everyone, Hope all's well! I'm looking for referrals to Google(early career)/Microsoft/FB/Twitter. I am not having any luck applying directly specially Google...sigh I am open to referral from other companies too such as : Splunk/Yelp/Slack/paypal etc Role can be either SDE or data scientist/M
- MS for career advancement in enterprise storage and backup administration. Re-Posting for my brother to see if I could get more inputs ( I had one response that gave some insight- thanks). When I posted this last time, there were more exiting happenings and I guess this thread was lost in the deluge :). Just a last try. In my brothers own words : " Hi, I have 5+ years o
- People graduating from Math/Stats Ms/PhD what's your career path ? I'm curious what is your career path. Would you recommend it ? Any pros/cons over software engineering (if any).
- Microsoft had the worst process/set-up and held back my career I wish I hadn't wasted time there. My career ended up on a pause when I got hired there. I truly would not recommend the company to any designers who are in the entry-early to mid-level level phases of the career. It has almost totally become a place to just go retire and give up.
- Is it a bad idea to start your career using Microsoft tech stack? I am a college student. I am considering accepting an offer from Roblox for an internship. This is my first internship. The team that I have been placed on uses C# and .NET. Main platform for development is Windows. As a junior engineer is it a bad idea to start my career with this stack? I am wo
- Do early in career data science roles exist for people without MS/Phd? Some background - I interned as an undergrad at MSFT as a data scientist. I studied CS (undergrad) and the only data science experience I had was that I took 3 masters deep learning/ML classes and did some research. I accepted MSFTs return offer and have been working there for around 8-9 months. Sin
- Is joining Microsoft as a manager from Facebook/ Google a career suicide? What is the general sentiment on Microsoft managers brand?
- vote POLL: Entire career at Microsoft (along the same lines as other post about Google/F) Middle aged Male with a family of 2 kids and 11 YOE. Wondering if I must aim higher and slog in places like Amzn,FB,G for potentially 20-30% higher TC and exposure to other cultures and technologies or cruise along here until I retire. A friend at FB told me - for 30-40 hrs of work, the $/hr metri
- How to crack MS or Amazon interview?Any tips? Are Job postings in UBER career portal real? Need info.
- AMZN to MSFT - has anyone switched? How is the work, WLB, and pay? Is it safe career move? I have read multiple layoff news coming from MSFT. But, some people here claim to be making 225k or more for 10+ years of experience. Has anyone switched from amazon? How is WLB and pay compared to amazon? Is MSFT full of SE and Asian developers and managers or is there true diversity of thoughts
- Due to a bad manager, my career is at stake at MSFT. How to get motivated instead of being depressed? Too much work and have less time to even prepare for interviews. It's just sad😞😔☹️ If you had been in such a situation before, please share your experience. How to prepare for interviews amidst this depression and too much work?
- A bad manager sabotaged my career at Microsoft. I want to quit, but depressed so much that I just lament about it. Feel dejected of this situation. All I do is lament, cry, get depressed. I'm unable to come out of this. Please advise.
- What accelerated / unblocked your career significantly? Folks, Likely all of us are pursuing professional careers but only some find a fulfilling career where joy and money goes hand in hand. For many it is just being caught in a golden cage: You don’t like it but at least it’s shiny :) - However, others have found their total fulfillment, make up the l
- Does my manager at Microsoft know i am looking to switch? If i am looking for job on linkedin etc or applying to teams internally via career site, does my Manager at Microsoft somehow get these information? My manager seemed a little odd in our last 2 1:1 since i started looking. L64 TC: 300k #Microsoft
- vote Best Global Amazon offices Hi Blind community, Which are some of the best non-US offices of Amazon where you get the best career growth opportunities with atleast (just) bearable WLB? This poll is wrt SDE/ML Engineer profiles(not AS profiles). #amazon #msft #google #meta #faang #growth #career #software
- vote Meta vs msft new grad Microsoft vs Meta New Grad Msft(Cloud and AI)110k base, 150k/4 stock, 80/2 sign on Meta- 121k base, 150/4 stock, 50 sign on Looking for good work life balance(planning a family soon), career growth, compensation. Let me know your thoughts.
- After faang I have 4 yoe split between AWS and MSFT. What other companies besides fangmula that have good career growth, great projects, and overall best outcome from the role? #tech #career TC 245K
- 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
- TOP TECH COMPANY RANKINGS - 2019 EDITION 0: Google, Facebook, Netflix 1: Uber, Airbnb, Apple, LinkedIn 2. Dropbox, Lyft, Square 3: Microsoft, Amazon, Pinterest, Twitter, Slack, Stripe 4: Salesforce, Yelp, Bloomberg, Adobe, Box, Tesla, Indeed, Splunk 5: Zillow, Oracle, IBM, VMWare, SAP, Twilio, Tableau, Glassdoor, Walmart Labs 6: Everything
- Is there a PIP culture at FB? A recruiter has reached out a couple of times with a Metaverse product marketing job. Currently work at Microsoft where my job is stable and secure, but unfulfilling and dull with minimal career progression. I came here from Amazon where I saw too many good people fired just to meet PIP quotas, and
- What are some expensive career-change mistakes you have made? What past career decisions still give you "coulda woulda shoulda" feelings? Applies to the following or anything else you can think of - - changing teams or companies - picking a manager or team - taking up a new role on an existing team - switching from SWE to PM or vice versa, - switching from
- Looking to fulfill a dream - Working at Microsoft on Windows or Microsoft Defender Looking for advice or maybe even a contact at Microsoft that can help make a career dream of mine come true. I have always dreamed of working at Microsoft within the Windows or Microsft Endpoint areas. I want to help ensure those products continue to be awesome for all users. I have a strong passi
- vote MSFT VS GOOGLE MICROSOFT L60 (60 is in between 61(sde2) and 59(new grad)) GOOGLE L3 (first level (given to new grad) at G also known as L4 downlevel) YOE: 1.5 (1 year and 6 months) TC: 200 BOTH Comment if L3 GOOGLE is a downlevel from L60 or OK I want fast career growth and good career!!! THANK YOU !! #goo
- Feeling Frustrated Joined MSFT as a SWE (L60) and have very less opportunities to push code. Work involves mostly RCA and OPS. I'm very early in my career and I want to code. Need suggestions from Blind Family. TC: 200K #msft #meta #amazon #aws #engineering #software #swe
- 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
- vote Does reduced title matter when going to startup? I’m currently an L63 (Senior) PM at Microsoft. 5.5 YOE all in the same team at MS. I’m looking at going to a Series B startup in the Bay Area. It’d be a significant pay cut, but I’m thinking it could be worthwhile for the career development opportunity—I like the team and product, and the job descri
- link Microsoft mass layoffs coming? MSFT beat expectations but not by a whole lot. I anticipate as economy worsens and gdp gets worse, next quarter they will not meet wall streets expectations. Historically, Microsoft is pretty quick to jump on the layoff club and start mass layoffs as we saw in 2009 with 5000 people let go. Do you
- Adobe SDE2 to Microsoft Noida L60 I received an offer for L60 from msft - 24Lakh Rupees base + 6 lakhs joining bonus + stocks worth 80k dollars (4 year vesting ). My base at Adobe is 17lakhs . I came to know l60 is sde1 at Microsoft . I need to move out from Adobe due to personal reasons so i am most likely accepting this offer. Wi