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- Austin pros and cons compared to Bay Area Austin Cons: 1. Property tax increases by 10% every year 2. Not much to do except indoor events. Nothing in terms of day or weekend trips either. 3. Airport and flight connectivity sucks. You’re either always making one to two stops or paying way more than you’d expect to for direct flights. Espec
- Telecom AE, Advice on breaking into higher paying AE positions? Feeling underpaid Hi guys, I am an Account Executive at Sprint (NYC). I am a top performer blowing out my quota consistently over 450% every month. As an AE at Sprint I sell telecom (obviously) and SaaS solutions such as 365, Gsuite, and cyber security solutions. My salary is very low $49,600 however I am on target t
- SF vs NYC vs London I’ve lived in SF for several years now, and the Bay Area most of my life (grew up here) and it’s time for a change... I’ve been interviewing all over but trying to decide what would be the pros/cons between NYC/London and SF... Could really use some detailed insight from you all to help me make the
- Remote SDE II offer I got a verbal offer as a L5 SDE II through the Pathfinder program. I'll meet with hiring managers on Monday to determine which team/org to work for remotely. Recruiter has mentioned several times that Bay area and NYC have higher pay. I'm in Salt Lake City, Utah and I feel like she is prepping me
- Telecom Account Executive. Referrals for new opportunities Hi guys, I am an Account Executive at Sprint (NYC). I am a top performer blowing out my quota consistently over 450% every month. As an AE at Sprint I sell telecom (obviously) and SaaS solutions such as 365, Gsuite, and cyber security solutions. My salary is very low $49,600 however I am on target t
- Hiring L5/L6 at AWS EC2 I'm aggressively trying to hire several Software Engineer L5s and L6s within AWS EC2. For L5, please have a minimum of 2 YoE and think LC easy/mediums are a breeze. For L6, minimum of 5 YoE and likewise can crush leetcode and system design at scale. Ping me and send me your resume and I can refer y
- Ivf coverage at different employers Hi! I’ve been going through fertility treatment and several more rounds of IVF. I am no longer at Expedia which had Progyny. I have 1 embryo but want more embryo stored up (35 years old now) so we can have 2 kids, and get endometriosis surgery (which decreases egg count but will increase implantatio
- How many system designs questions are asked at Google per level? A friend is interviewing for several FAANG companies. Amazon and Google are among the companies. I have tried to get remembered in my process (3 years ago) with FAANG companies. Back then I was a n00b and were not familiar with the awesome "Blind" community. I know for sure that with Facebook i inte
- Extremely dirty roommate So I moved from Bay area to NYC and found a roommate who works at Amazon. Everything was very nice at first, he looks professional on every social media platforms. However 2 months into the lease and he turned out to be a completely different person. He wears the same clothes several days in a row,
- Google WSE team match I have finished my virtual onsite at google recently and now in the team match process. I have several questions. 1. 10 days after my virtual onsite, I asked recruiter for feedback and status, my recruiter do not reply my email but just set up a team match meeting with one HM. Is it a normal proce
- Which Tech companies are flexible on WFH? I’m applying the data scientist roles in tech companies, however I don’t live in CA or NY, where most tech companies locate in. Which tech companies are friendly with working remotely? I live in DC area and don’t intend to relocate permanently. If I’m willing to start in person for several months,
- vote How much can I trust what HM tells me? Got an L4 AS offer from Amazon, downleveled from L5 after interview, TC 268K at a premier plus location (i.e. Bay/NYC), YoE 1. It is an ML team in Amazon Fashion. In general people say don't trust HM 100%, but I don't know how much I should trust the words. HM told me several points: 1. Projects h
- link 80% of NYC's coronavirus patients who are put on ventilators ultimately die Ventilators, machines used to bring oxygen into a person's lungs, are typically used only for the patients worst affected by respiratory diseases. Experts have said that some 40% to 50% of patients with severe respiratory issues die while on ventilators. New York City officials have said at least 8
- Immigration to US - special case? Hi all I need some opinion before I spend money on lawyers. Here is my situation. I am with Microsoft for several years, in Europe. Now I want to move to US. I have French and Moroccan citizenship. One option is to try to be relocated by Microsoft. Which is mostly tying me to Seattle or Silicon Va
- vote Microsoft immigration team filed my LCA with the wrong job title and wage level ! Despite several months of communication, verification and validation of all my documents Microsoft’s immigration team (finally) filed by LCA but with incorrect job title ( different from what’s mentioned in the MS Offer Letter ) and down levelled my DOL wage level from 4 to 3 (for the SOC in NYC) d
- Hiring L5/L6 at AWS EC2 I'm trying to hire several Software Engineer L5s and L6s within AWS EC2. For L5, please have a minimum of 2 YoE and think LC easy/mediums are a breeze. For L6, minimum of 5 YoE and likewise can crush leetcode and system design at scale. I don't think L6 needs to worry about LC hard questions. Please
- DS evaluating job offer(s) I am expecting a job offer from an ad-tech/ mar-tech company. They were able to move really quick in the interview process. Estimated TC is 179-192 (160-170 base, 12% bonus). There is also some equity component that I'm not exactly positive how to evaluate - it's not RSUs. However, I have also been
- should i leave or stay? im in nyc and received a verbal offer last friday from another startup. should i leaves our stay for several months while covid / things settle? current employer’s culture is way too toxic with shady executive teams, lack of accountability across leaders, and no recognition of good work. they just
- Frustrated at my job. Looking to quit and study for a new opportunity I recently got my performance review results and I am severely disappointed. I work at Accenture. My first review did not go well last year, but this year I made serious improvements and got glowing reviews from the managers on my client team. They were setting me up for a promotion this year. My
- Toxic management - exit strategy I’ve joined this 100 people company a year ago with a lot of enthusiasm and was able to bring positive change in the beginning in terms of process improvement and efficiency. I try to embrace servant leadership mentality, and I know that my reports love me. I also get along really well with pretty m
- Hiring L5/L6 at AWS EC2 I'm trying to hire several Software Engineer L5s and L6s within AWS EC2. For L5, please have a minimum of 2 YoE and think LC easy/mediums are a breeze. For L6, minimum of 5 YoE and likewise can crush leetcode and system design at scale. I don't think L6 needs to worry about LC hard questions. Please
- Seattle vs Bay Area I know this has been a topic of high contention and I have gone through several past Blind threads and blogs. I am trying to rationalize decision analytically. I hope this thread will help many new grads/ yuppies. About me: mid-20 single straight indian male, industrious machine learning engineer i
- vote FAANG offers I’ve been working in finance all my career and happy to finally break into tech after a few years trying. Last attempt I couldn’t even get interviews and now have multiple FAANG offers! (Obviously lowered standards 🤫) Thanks Blind for all the info here that helped me through the process. For pre
- vote Weighing Options - Seeking Advice Hi everyone. Seeking guidance on if I should stay in my cushy role with little/no career growth or take a lower paying opportunity with way more upside. Currently I am a business process architect (director level IC) working at a $16B/revenue distributor for Toyota in Florida. Pay is good, but nobo
- Relocation from Canada from USA Thinking of relocation from Canada (GTA area) to USA. The pay here sucks and things are getting crazy expensive. I’ve spoken with my company and they will bump my base salary from 90K CAD to 120K USD if I go to either NYC, Seattle or SF. They said that my previously administered RSU’s will not chan
- Facebook L4 or Google L3? Recently got offers from both Facebook @ L4 and Google @ L3 (NYC office for both), and trying to decide which one to take. On paper, Facebook looks better, but most of my developer friends think I'd be happier at Google. Wondering if anyone has experience at both that could give a perspective. Face
- Next steps I'm a software engineer in the southeast with 4 YOE. I currently work for a cryptocurrency startup and make 120k salary +healthcare (no coins or equity). Before taking this job I worked as a W2 consultant for several banks and my current market rate for those types of positions is 60-80/hr W2 and
- vote Accept the offer, reject, or accept and keep interviewing? I recently got laid off. But been interviewing with a few companies already, and got an offer the same week I got laid off. The offer is from Omnicom Group; which seems low to me. Director of Product, NYC, $160k base, no bonuses or stocks. I loved the team, product, fit. There’s a lot of flexibility
- Work life balance vs comp? You're making a competitive income with excellent work-life balance. Do you leave a comfortable job for a ~15% raise and a promotion, knowing it will be more responsibility and less time off? Or do you stay where you're already on a slightly slower track for the same role and feel valued? I love m
- Accepted to medical school, but unhappy I’m 23, and graduated in May with a Bio degree and Business Admin. minor. I somehow landed an analyst position at a boutique healthcare consulting firm in NYC (remote) after, mostly doing strategy work for oncology focused pharma / biotech (95k). I don’t mind this work, but it’s a lot of market rese
- link Netflix Remote Engineer (summary) I found many other posts about working as a remote engineer for Netflix in the US, with useful information scattered throughout. I’ll summarize what I found. TC: Salaries range from 80% to 100% of what they’d be in Los Gatos, adjusted for differences in the CoL (cost of living). (I’ll add more of t
- Is it a good time to buy a condo in New York right now? I’m in my mid-20s, moving to New York City sometime this year for work (after WFH). I’ve been looking to purchase my first condo because of the low interest rates, tax benefits, not having to move year-to-year. The plan was to buy a place for myself and rent out some of the rooms to my friends. My
- Microsoft L61 Offer Evaluation Blind Community, please help me with my situation Current TC 165K , NYC YOE 5 Years I was interviewed at Microsoft Azure hiring event. I passed in interview, however interviewer didn't feel my experience align with their teams. I thought they were interviewing me for L62 but the feedback was "S
- From Risk to SWE, my dream journey! I graduated back in 2007 before the 2008 Financial crisis and at that time Computer Science is no where hot compare to now. I was a top student in high school and I can select any major I want but decided to go for Business as it was really "hot" back then to work for a bank. After graduated from U
- link Referrals wanted -- hypergrowth startups/pre-ipo unicorns! YoE: 10 (2 in leadership) EDIT: Wow, what a showing! I wrote a follow up thread for this if you're curious about what happened with my search: https://www.teamblind.com/post/oXQhcVqb Thanks again for all your help folks! Hi all, It's that time of the year and I'm beginning to ramp up my intervi
- link I made it!! From 85k to 350k TC in less than 2 years EDIT1: looks like this post blew up!! Thanks everyone!! I promise I will reply to all of the DMs/comments later tonight! EDIT2: I replied to all of the DMs, but won't be able to reply to any more DMs/comments. It's too much for me to keep up! However, as I mentioned in most of my replies, I am givi
- vote is Google worth 40K more annual aftertax income compared to Meta? got L4 for Google and E4 from Meta. Today got impressed and overwhelmed by Meta HR, a really gentle and warm recruiter. He's the only HR that didn't hesitate and directly skipped those garbage back and forth steps. He's also never badmouthed at any rival company, never tried to gaslight me and judg
- London is Crappy For Tech & Getting Wrong Advice 5 YOE - all data/analytics/BI roles in EMEA. TC lower than 80k GBP every year since I started. First tech company I worked in the EMEA HQ, worked hard to get promoted, then was told non-eng roles wont get sponsored VISAs and I need a Masters for a US VISA. Left the company due to FAANG offer also a
- Should I follow or stay? I’ll try to keep this as concise as possible. Currently a contractor making ~84k a year no benefits/ no paid holidays. At the moment I do not need their healthcare as I have my own private insurance. I’m trying to stay remote because I’m a single/sole parent for 2 kids. The firm is going hybrid and
- Feel like I'm stagnating and alone tl;dr - 10 months since hire date, still no one knows what exactly my role is going to be, still haven't learned a whole lot. It's driving me nuts and I don't know what I can do short of quitting since I still like the company, culture, and people, I just want someone to give a fuck about me. I p
- link Thank you blind. My incredible success story. Warning. This is going to be a very long post. Feel free to ignore most of it and just scroll down for offers if that's all you care to see. I've fudged the numbers slightly for the sake of anonymity but they are more or less accurate. A few months ago I made this post and promised to follow up if
- The Truth About Goldman Sachs Some of you are looking for new jobs or thinking of moving to finance. Probably HFT or Quant Finance if you're on here. Thought I'd share some things about GS to know before coming here. - Tech is a second class citizen here, even on front office "strat" teams. In the last 10 years you'd make more
- Recall the time when I used to make $20/day (road to 250 tc) TL;DR VERSION: Respect people, everyone is fighting a different battle, I hope you will come out on top. Here is my whole career progression. I started from the absolute bottom where my parents and I used to get dead threats and robbed and how I pulled my self out of it. Now I’m the bread winner of
- How do I finally break out of Sales? *Warning, It's a long one* This may spawn a dumpster fire of a thread, but I figured I would give this a shot. I have worked in the banking and finance industry for the past 7 years. I started as a Bank Teller at 19 years old without a college degree and worked my way up to a Senior RM position at a Regional Bank for Private
- 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?