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.
Does C# have any future outside MS? I see server side = Linux + Java (or C++) Client side = browser+ js What you guys think?
Can anyone check if Windows Server 2022 Standard is available to MS employees at discounted price? If so, pricing? #microsoft
Can anyone check if Windows Server 2022 Standard and Essentials editions are available to MS employees at discounted price? If so, pricing? #microsoft
Hi all!💫 I'm a Full-stack ASP.NET MVC Developer with 2.5 years in MS SQL Server at Infosys based in India. If your company's hiring or you know of openings, I'd appreciate a referral. I'll happily share my resume with you for consideration. Thanks! 🚀 #JobReferral #ASP.NET #SQLServer #MVC
I just changed career paths from IT Audit to Data (Reporting) Analyst. My responsibilities are transitioning our tech from MS Access to MS SQL Server, introducing Tableau/MS SQL Server to the masses, Writing Python scripts that pull data into MS SQL Server from Oracle/SAP/Teradata, generating gains...Read more
Are there any big tech companies hiring for MS .NET skills (remotely or in the Chicago area)? I've been a SWE for 15 years and have mainly worked on MS technologies (.NET, C#, SQL Server etc). It appears that almost all large companies use Java/Kotlin/C/C++. Is MS tech not really leveraged by FAANG...Read more
Hi, I am looking for a job opening. I have 10 years of IT experience. Please let me know if there are any openings in your company. Technical Summary Testing Tools: Selenium, Microsoft CodedUI, QTP, Test Complete, IBM Watson Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, RTC, TFS, Bugzilla, IBM Rational Clear Quest Test...Read more
I'm mainly a programmer with basic SQL experience. Have an online website which uses MS SQL server express db. Every once in a while, I have to alter a table (add fields) but run into the issue where SQL server won't alter unless the table is re-created, which will obviously result in loss of data. ...Read more
Currently SDE II at AWS tired of all the grunt work required in cloud computing. I’m more interested in doing ML work, not just deploying pipelines and servers but also modeling and training. How do I make the transition? I know there are online courses out there, but surely that’s not enough to get...Read more
I have 10+ years of experience with Microsoft development stack (asp.net, .net core, c#, SQL server, azure, web APIs etc..). Other than microsoft, which other tech companies use MS stack heavily? Looking to find companies that have TC comparable to FAANGs or at least relatively higher than average. ...Read more
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-cfo-signals-more-spending-cuts-to-meet-savings-targets-3c4b9722 "Google’s finance chief told employees to expect more spending cuts in areas from how it uses its servers to when it closes employee cafes as the company tries to meet savings targets this year. Rut...Read more
I absolutely cannot get even a phone screen with MS. I've got on sites coming up with FB and Amazon. Daily I get hit up by recruiters from other companies. But I cannot get a Microsoft recruiter to give me the time of day. Also multiple rejects from cold applying for jobs on their website. Anyone a...Read more
I have 12 yoe, HW Engineer (Designing Server Hardware), pretty good at what I do. BS in EE from top 10, and MS in Comp Engg from Top 30. My TC is around 145k / year. Am I being underpaid? If yes, what could I jump to possibly? I am ok to move anywhere in the country where I get the best opportunit...Read more
What are some of the best ways to prepare for Uber on-site interview given a month's time (total study about 60-80 hours)? I haven't actively interviewed in the past 2 years, so my skills have gotten rusty. I was lucky to clear phone screen without any prep. Role: Sr. SE L5 or above depending on i...Read more
I am looking for jobs as a data engineer. Different Technology and language that I use on daily basis: 1. Python 2. AWS cloud(Data pipeline, lambda, EC2 etc) 3. Different ETL tools 4. Data modeling 5. SQL/Advanced sql 6. PL/SQL. 7. Lot of Databases( Redshift, SQL server, MySQL, DynamoDb) Ha...Read more
Recently interviewed for an L66 role, but I didn't quite make it since I didn't have the backend/service/server/distributed experience that this particular team's role needed. For this role, I think it's a fair assessment since I have a background of 25 years of shipping dozens of shrink-wrapped (i...Read more
Hi, My friend graduated in December 2022 with MS in Computer Science and looking for a job. Her F1-OPT started from Feb 13th. Can someone please help to refer her for Software Development Engineer roles. She also worked for 5 years in India and has around 8 months work experience in the USA includi...Read more
Hello All, This community has helped many people and there are many buried posts which are hard to find. I wanted to target L5L6 level interviews outside MS starting whenever Hiring starts, want to get ready! For System design, please advise what I should cover and what are the good courses and c...Read more
I've been a C# and MSSQL guy for a pretty long time, and I'm wondering lately if I should start to focus more heavily on Node or Python as my primary server-side language. Web dev isn't an issue, I'm rock solid there. I want to switch employers to work somewhere with a great culture, and a really i...Read more
I had a onsite interview (6 team members) with NVIDIA for System Design Position in their Server Design Team. Technical rounds/discussion went smooth as I am doing similar work at Qualcomm. My last round was scheduled with HR (15 minutes) and said he would be pushing the team to give quick feedbac...Read more