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- vote Is cisco comparable in prestige with FANGs? Cisco is a big company with interesting projects, but is it at least as prestigeous as microsoft/sap/amazon?
- How is the Microsoft Azure compute org? Hi, I got a verbal offer from Microsoft Azure within the compute org. Are there any interesting projects coming up? I heard from a few of my friends that the work is routine maintenance and not many greenfield projects coming up? How is the culture/WLB within the org? Any insight is appreciated.
- Google L5/Meta E5/LinkedIn staff SWE expectations Could someone summarize what is expected at these levels for a SWE? Is there a minimum yoe to be considered for an interview? How much depth in system design knowledge is expected? What about cross team initiatives, leading projects with other people? How does it compare to MSFT L63? Currently
- Transition to TPM I've been a software eng for many years and have "unofficially" managed quite a few projects. I've found that I have an interest for project management and I'm thinking about transitioning. I am actually finishing up Google's Project Management course on Coursera. Given my background, I'd like to st
- I regret moving from Amazon to Microsoft (can I be rehired?) Recently a recruiter contacted me for an open position at Microsoft, I went through the interview process and I was offered a SDE 2 position with a bettee TC to what I had at Amazon (SDE 1), I accepted the offer. I've been working at Microsoft for 3 months now, but I'm not feeling like this is wha
- Is Nvidia really that great? Have an intern offer from them for software infrastructure work with a competing Microsoft offer doing the same stuff. The nvidia offer has a more interesting project but is also remote, which sucks. I know microsoft has great benefits and a great intern experience, would it be worth taking Nvidia o
- what's the deal between Trump and Microsoft? first Pentagon project, then tiktok acquisition. is Microsoft pro Republican?
- Let go from Microsoft, what do I tell employers as a reason? Can someone from HR help? I was let go from Microsoft due to performance reasons, what do I tell future employers in case they verify with HR during a background check? Is saying that I was on a contract and it ended a valid answer? I was a FTE, not a vendor, but I was thinking this might be an easy reason to come up with.
- Microsoft Offer - Azure Got below Offer for SDE-2 L61. How does this offer look like? Any feedback is appreciated. Base: $140K project Bonus: 0-20% Sign-on: $35K RSU: $120K vested over 4 years Location: Redmond, WA YOE: 1.3 yrs Current TC: 130k #microsoft #azure #engineering #software #swe
- Engineering Managers/Senior Engg Managers: what project management tools do you use ? EMs, Senior EMs: what project management tools do you use, and how ? For example: Jira / MS Project /Excel / PPT etc. Also for tracking projects/people Please add details as much as possible for the benefit of the Blind community.
- Been at my job four months and I want to leave I joined Microsoft four months ago as an L61 and it isn't a good fit for me. How long should I stay before leaving? I joined after being reached out to by a recruiter. I was already planning on leaving Amazon (SDE1) at about 1.5 years because there were no projects for me to get a promotion with (m
- Amazon/Microsoft Security Clearance Are there any Amazon/Microsoft swe that work in Virginia on here? I’m curious about the wlb, teams, and projects #Microsoft #amazon
- Microsoft Engineering in Zurich What engineering projects does Microsoft work on in Zurich?
- The #metalayoff-gate Timeline tldr: Fake-fluencer's horrible "advice" leads to unskilled clout-chaser blowing up her life and her career. Image 1-1: This full story starts weeks ago when fake-fluencer Ebony Thomas ("E Monique T.") posts her latest series of bad advice and misinformation. (How this person hasn't violated LinkedI
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- Google/Microsoft/Meta Referral Needed for TPM Requesting help from fellow folks for referral. For Technical Program/Project Management role. YOE : 2+ TC: Pennies, Aka 80k #referral #google #meta #microsoft
- Office laptop for personal project development? Is there issue if I use my office laptop for personal project development? #microsoft
- Need referrals for PM role I’m looking for referrals in Product/Project/Program management roles. I have a Masters and 5+ YOE. Completed multiple certifications in Data analytics, Project Management, Scrum. Current TC - 100k #maang #programmanager #product #productmanager #projectmanager #apple #microsoft #dallas #austin #t
- How is code quality at Linkedin? I have seen many similar posts about Google and Microsoft code quality, and comment across projects. So, just curious, how is it at Linkedin? Specially across projects? I understand they have some popular oss projects like kafka - is it better there than internal codebases? Any experience will be
- Microsoft - Hiring event - Interview prep. Have a hiring event interview come up in few weeks. I am aware of the LC grind, just wondering how much effort I should put in brushing up old projects. Targeting L62/63. Unlike Amazon/FB, does MSFT dig into detailed designs of current/past projects? Messed up the FB onsite, so I would sincerely ap
- 30 Minute Portfolio Review - How many projects? I have the first interview screen coming up with Microsoft and am supposed to show my portfolio. However, the interview is only scheduled for 30 minutes long. I asked the recruiter what are the expectations regarding the number of projects I should show - should I go into detail for one project or s
- Level 62 work responsibilities at Microsoft Want some reviews on how good is work at level 62 in Microsoft? Are there design projects? How much visibility in new projects/decision making? How is the position compared to SDE 2 in Amazon?
- Is this favoritism? Some guys on my team make good progress with their projects by simply checking in config changes and small code changes here and there, manager gives big complements in emails and meetings. In contrast, I live a hard developer life on the team. In past 3 - 4 months, I have checked in 5k - 6 k lines
- vote Help evaluate my offer. Currently a L6 PM@Amazon - Current TC - $330k - Projected TC with 40% (max) bump due to comp change - $462k - Projected TC with 20% (avg) bump due to comp change - $396k L7 promo timelines Q1-23 ——————————————— MSFT L65 offer (final) 1st Year range - $459 - $498 (max) Base: $200k Sign on: $140
- Referral to FAANGMULA+ Hi - I’m looking for a project or program mgmt referral to FAANGMULA+ specifically meta, Microsoft and Google. Thanks! YOE: 2+ TC: 80 #programmanager #projectmanager #google #meta #microsoft #Netflix #amazon #uber #airbnb #linkedin
- Entered PIP at Amazon, need help with referrals Hi all, I just entered PIP at Amazon. Although I m being positive that I can come out of it., I do want to be prepared for the worst. My manager tasked me with a project to deliver. She said if I can execute it efficiently I will be out of this coaching phase , till then they will do regular check i
- Evaluate Microsoft - Azure offer Hello, I was offered a L62 SDE role in Microsoft Azure on the Stack team. Is this team a good one to join (wlb, projects, etc)?. Here is my offer: Base: 170K Sign On: 50K RSU: 150K Annual Bonus up to 20% YOE: 4 This is based out of Bay Area. Please evaluate. #tech #microsoft #azure #offer
- Which companies are tier 1? No nonsense. No BS. This topic is to discuss the real tier 1 companies. For a company to be tier 1, it needs to be top tier in all the following: WLB, culture, TC and stability. For instance, Amazon and Snapchat are not tier 1 due to forced PIP and poor WLB (or so Blind claims) even if they have top
- Dynamics 365 at Microsoft bangalore good? I am interviewing for Dynamics 365 team at Microsoft bangalore. How's the project in terms of work quality? YoE : 8 #bangalore #microsoft
- Too stressed for job switching because of poor salary I started Microsoft two years ago. My team is ok, manager is good. I got a promotion in between these two years . I want to stay in microsoft for 4 years until I have my sign on stock vesting . Now I realized that I didn’t get well enough offer because I can’t negotiate well then. Last one year lots
- Will MSFT fire me ? I joined MS about 2 years back. Was put on a project which is not going anywhere because for slow progress interms of unexpected issues and approvals from multiple teams, etc. Suddenly today my manager tells me "This delay is not acceptable". I know I wont get any hike, forget about promotion. I wa
- vote help me: 2nd time on pip in 2 years I joined amazon out of college. After 1 year, I go on focus and shortly after pip. Manager clearly has a target to meet. I go and interview during pip. I got offer from Meta for level up! Super happy and join as E4. But last half went really bad. Shipped only bug fixes. Due to reorg all my projects
- How does working with a consultant work? Recently hired at Microsoft full time and I'm teamed up with a consultant to learn and work together on a project. They said they are currently building the team out and I'm basically one of the first members for this project. Now I'm wondering why they got a consultant, aren't they meant for short
- vote From Microsoft Azure Org To Oracle OCI . Shoud I consider the move? Received an offer from OCI IDC. Oracle Offer :- TC:- 55 LPA (Including 4 LPA Joining Bonus). Designation:- IC3 / Senior Member Of Technical Staff. Project:- Data Centre Workflow Management / Not customer facing. Current Details:- MS IDC TC:- 28 LPA (Expecting L61 promotion) Project:- Azure Servic
- Microsoft for Java experience Has anyone joined Microsoft after having around 8+ years of experience in java. How is your experience? Do we need to learn c# and .net and related frameworks or do we get enough Java projects also? Anyone regretting for changing from Java to c# after having 8+ years of experience in Java
- BI/Data Analyst Internship referral Hi, I am a candidate in MS in Business Analytics program actively looking for an internship for this summer. I have 5 years experience as a business architect and would like to change to data career. Skill set: SQL Python Tableau Power BI Requirement analysis Project management Project coordinatio
- Facebook L4 Offer - TC negotiation help Hi All! Currently a Manager at Deloitte with non-tech background: YOE: 6 TC: 110K Just received verbal offer from Facebook for L4 Project Manager role out of their Sunnyvale office. Base: 123K Target Bonus: 10% Equity: 50K over 4 years No sign-on bonus Anyone have any insight into if there’s r
- Sr Program Manager roles at MS Hi everyone, is there anyone here who works as a Sr Program Manager at Microsoft? I have been working in consulting as a project/program manager for few years now and been trying to break into MS for those roles. Would love to pick your brain & talk about it. Thanks. TC: 155K
- Google/Meta prospect Current army officer with about 10 months left. I have been speaking with Google and Meta recruiters and people who work in both companies primarily Google. Strong work ethic and immaculate reviews in the army this far (consistently rated #1 or 2 across all positions) . Looking into product manageme
- Does being a PM at Amazon suck? Ignoring compensation completely, how is the actual day in the life of an Amazon PM? Is it more project management or actual product management? How much scope and autonomy do you have? How does it compare to Microsoft? Asking for a friend who just got an offer there but doesn’t use blind. Comp is
- Has anyone made a successful Facebook M1 to Amazon L7 transfer? In my previous role I was L66 at MS running a 25 people team. Currently at FB managing a 14 people team and indirectly managing a 40 people project. TC: 650k
- Red flags at MSFT I just started this week at Microsoft, and there's so many red flags I already regret taking the job. My team is on a smaller Azure service, and the entire team that used to work on it either left or went to other projects, and the longest standing member of the team has been here since December. No
- Looking for referral PM role FAANG Looking for referral for PM role, coming from Microsoft YOE + Education 9 yrs Sales Enterprise 5 yrs PM/Project Mgmt Technical acumen Top Secret Clearance Active Masters in Project mgmt and Strategic finance PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-RMP, Agile Coach, LSSGB, CSM I, Prosci certified Anything helps #pm
- Why you should refer me (DS new grad) - 15 hrs/week interview prep - Basic ML review - STAR based questions - LC easy - SQL interview style questions - ~7 months internship experience - Strong side projects (working with real companies, AWS data pipeline project) - MS statistics Thanks for reading #data #Referral
- Microsoft and clearances How do clearances at Microsoft work? A coworker mentioned that a secret would get an extra 15% of base and 20% for TS each year. But don't the cleared projects have lower TC compared to non-cleared projects or are they similar TC no matter if a project needs clearances or not? Do they still get b
- Why do people like Sushant Singh Rajput kill themselves? I’m watching MS Dhoni, Chhichhore, and more movies he was in, this guy was living everyones dream getting all these great projects, had millions of dollars, and still killed himself. I really cannot wrap my head around this which leads me to speculate he was murdered and did not die by suicide.
- Microsoft Bangalore location salary for 8 years Exp for software Dev role? How it the work culture and projects in Microsoft Bangalore location. What would be take away monthly salary for 8 years exp for developer
- New Grad - 375k @ JS ! WTF! PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO GET THISSSSS! 😤😤 Currently : 623 Leetcode / Completed CTCI & EPI/ right now reading from Skiena Algo book! Completed Intro to Statistical Learning & Elements of Statistical Learning books apart from courses and projects obviously! MS in CS Grad at top 10 Uni.
- vote Masters or Amazon or Microsoft ? I got admit from Stony Brook University and Courant institute, NYU for MS CS (Yann LeCun is professor there, in case you don't know, he is kinda father of Deep Learning but I haven't worked on any ML project and only have done a basic Deep Learning course so not sure how beneficial it would be for m
- vote Will Amazon interview me as L6 SDM? I have a total of 4 years experience as a senior engineer at msft and meta. I have been TL with lots of xfn managing multiple projects with 10+ engineers each. But I don't have any formal management experience. 8yoe, 400
- PM in ML/AI referral request Looking for a referral for roles in product management in ML/AI area. MS + 10yoe in data science and project management