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- vote Move or Stay I’m in London as an E5 and thinking whether to move to MPK. I'm in my 30s, married, no kids. I've been living in London for 4 years and in 2 years I can get a citizenship (originally non EU or US). I would maybe prefer to stay in London (better WLB) but, I feel like I have to be in the Bay Area as
- Looking for a company that has good WLB and allows living/working in two countries I've worked at Amazon for more than 7 years and I think its time for a change. My dream is to FIRE and live multi-nationally, and I think I've saved up enough of a nest egg to start looking for a job that actually cares about the people working for them. I'm looking for a company with good WLB that
- Guidance/Referrals Anyone? Meta, Amazon, Google, Spotify, Microsoft Hi Friends, First post here - I am looking for a change in my career. I currently work as a lead creative producer media in NYC but have interest in creative + communications opportunities in tech. I have applied to Meta, Amazon, Google, Spotify, Microsoft. I have an extensive work history involv
- link Why vaccinate people who already had it? https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/natural-covid-infection-provides-similar-protection-to-vaccines-israeli-study-shows Was it just because post-infection *antibodies* fade or were actual studies done on reinfection rates? I know two people who got the original and then delta again. One got a mild
- To Indians who cry out loud, boast and complain! Just stop it right away for good! I am an Indian and I am grateful to US for allowing me and my fellow nationals to come into US for working and enjoying what this great country has to offer! To all Indians - Stop making unnecessary posts like you are the best at tech or India is the best or such non sense. It just increases prejud
- Fired from Uber Couple of months ago I was in a Uber heading to work when I realized that the driver did not speak English and was using Maps with a non-English/Spanish language. I realised that our product has a hole and I wrote a PRD that would have strengthened how Uber vets and accepts Drivers. Currently all w
- Does Austin have good enough hikes/outdoor activities to spend a good life? I am from Boston working in the software industry. Looking for next move in career. New England area is a very beautiful and vibrant place except for harsh winter. We do a lot of hikes in spring and summer in the New England area. And enjoy all seasons except Fall and Winter. (September - March) A
- link Is Robinhood reliable? https://www.kron4.com/news/national/illinois-man-takes-own-life-after-seeing-730k-negative-balance-on-investment-app/ This news is very sad! Screw you Robinhood!! I use Robinhood heavily and have invested a lot through it. I am now getting paranoid if I'll lose my money some day. I already have an
- I just want to go home. Anybody else? In my late 20s. I do an OK job, nothing great. OK TC, about 130K in low to medium COL. Didn't go to a great college. Didn't really achieve anything worthwhile in life. All alone here in the US. Parents in India. Have about $300K in savings. I just think what's the point from a few months. It's not
- quantumblack What do people think of this place? Does it focus on hiring overly pretentious mba/business school morons (I went to Harvard like 6 generations of my family before me and my name is <first name> <wasp/asian/jew last name> the third), genius stat and applied math phd’s (I won the national mat
- For xooglers moved from G to FB, what’s your experience? Hey I have an upcoming interview at FB, I have some doubt, can I do a survey assuming you moved from G to FB? 1. What’s your before and after level at G and FB? 2. Does FB give you a higher level if you are 6/7/8 at G? I know for L3/4/5 it’s common 3. Do you regret the decision? 4. What’s the pro
- Handling questions about current level, promotions in the interview At level L3 since 2.5 years at Google and still getting CMEs. There are just no projects in the team, and personal life has been messed up since covid started. Gradually it's getting back to normal but CME or NI feels to be around the corner again. How should I handle questions about current level,
- Big4 Sustainability Consultant Manager or F500 Sustainability Manager? #consulting Hi I am new here. I have been working in international development (think United Nations /World Bank ) and would love to join the private sector. I have 7 year’s of experience. Sustainability and the federal practice areas are where my skills are more transferable. I prefer sustainabili
- Affirmative Action Explained I think a lot of people are not understanding what affirmative action is aiming to solve, so let me give a more relatable example. Imagine you are on an NBA team that is not the Warriors. You know the Warriors have 5 All-Stars, but you’re an All-Star too and you can take them on. You work your ass
- Google Performance Reviews I will be joining Google shortly. Got down-leveled to L3, it is what it is, I'm just happy I matched to a team and looking forward to starting. I want to gun for L5, hoping to shoot for L4 in 12-18mo, L5 in I suppose 2-3 years after that, we'll see. That's at least the goal. 1) From reading various
- Cruise offer related questions Appeared for an onsite on Tuesday and received verbal offer from recruiter on Wednesday. I didn't do well in a system design round so got down leveled to software engineer (applied for senior software engineer role). I'm a staff software engineer at NI. I have following questions : 1) What is the t
- Staying in low TC job for Green Card (TC vs GC) I am currently in my first year of cap-exempt H1B. My current employer is willing to file PERM, and a bit new to the process. They have just filed 1 in their entire history which was approved last year for a guy with PhD. I do not have many options to switch employers easily other than to a nonprofi
- To work in USA or Spain in my current situation? Posting for a friend who does not have access to Blind: I am an indian national and I have two offers one for USA (on F-1 visa here have to go for H1B next year) and another for Spain as a Senior Software Engineer and Senior Backend Engineer respectively. Following are pros and cons. Company in USA
- Best time to switch jobs in GC process Currently waiting to transfer to H1B this October (got selected FY22 thank god). Want to start GC process immediately in Oct, company already okay-ed it. Now the question is this… When is the best time to switch jobs? I want to enter FAANG, for better TC (so I can save more and FIRE faster, get out
- link Facebook Just Failed Its Civil Rights Audit Two years and 100 pages later the report concludes “the result of Zuckerberg’s policies is a two-tier system where ordinary users are treated differently to politicians, a situation that could have dire effects on the outcome of the November election. Facebook has been far too reluctant to adopt str
- To CS PhD or not? I’m turning 26. Thinking of a PhD in CS in a non-ML field (systems/networks/security). Assuming I can get into a top 10 school (not guaranteed, but I have a masters from a top 4 school in this field - may help). Primary drivers: 1. Personal growth: not working on small features, but big problems. R
- What does “Good Salary” mean to you? Okay, so I come from a middle class family in NC who was better off than most of the people around me. Living the dream is having enough money to pay off your student loans and other debts while spending time with family and/or friends. I’ve always been content with what I have, but after being on
- I don’t know if I will ever get into a big tech company. Graduated with non CS degree at no name school, currently working at no name company as a web dev. The initial pay was good but it has been two years and my pay hasn’t increased a bit. I am probably making less than the interns at big tech companies. Been chasing for opportunities to have interview
- 7 things techies think they understand but really don't Frankly, many software engineers and other "educated" folks on Blind are delusional about their grasp of the following. 1. Basic statistics: definitions of bias and skewness, anecdotes vs. causation, inference and extrapolation, survey methodology and flaws 2. Politics: office relations, national
- vote Why leet code style interview? I have 7yoe as Software Engineer and I currently work as Senior Software Engineer. Besides that, I always been decent with math. Got A/A- in maths classes without much effort. Got national rank(All India Rank) within 100 in engineering entrance exams. However, I never really liked leetcoding. I see
- 27M Digital Media Specialist USA -> Anywhere I'm an Indian Citizen working in NY, USA as a Digital Media Specialist (Multimedia Content Producer, Social Media). I have around 2 years of work experience if that helps. I'm currently on the H1B work visa and due to my nationality, it'll take me decades to get a Green Card in the US. I'm intereste
- vote What’s the point of 401k? Lots of people I know are maxing their 401k for the match. For a while I have been thinking what’s the point of 401k as a pension plan, there is the matching and Tax deferral, yes. There is also Roth and backdoor, sure. But it is also true that you are putting a relatively large chunk of earned mone
- Noogler here, can I change teams now ? Hi, Just joined Google in SVL(Bay) 3.5 weeks back. I dont think I am right fit for my current team at all. Team just started 2 months back and all are people with experience in Goolgle. Expectations from me are very high and I have no time to ramp up at all. Technically I dont see an issue but I h
- Business Director in Medical Industry looking to break into tech any advice and or referrals Hi Blind community! First Blind post! I have had a lot of colleagues recently make switches to tech industry but never realized the large TCs in the industry! So I was hoping this forum can provide some guidance on next steps! I was hoping for referrals or advice on Amazon care, or any FAANG health
- Understanding Microsoft Recruitment Process Hi all, I interviewed with Microsoft for a Senior Program Manager role. I successfully made it all the way through 4 interviews with the final interview being with an APAC Regional Manager. Five hours after the interview I received an email from Microsoft HR congratulating me and that they are movi
- My career is thriving; I am not I'm a SDE at amazon on a team with exciting work with high-impact assignments and support from management. I truly believe there is a clear path for me to stay with Amazon (or hop tech companies / etc) and keep gaining more comp as a manager or IC and just keep climbing. I have the ambition, technic
- Reminder: Be kind! There's so much animosity in this forum lately that it's become unbearable for the few who are genuinely seeking help or others who are trying to help. These are tough days so all the more reason to be kind to one another. To Immigrants: This is difficult time for all of us. It hurts to have w
- Grief, Trauma, and Perf Long rant alert ⚠️ Not long after I joined Google last year, my immediate families (including my mother) fell critically ill, and eventually died in extremely traumatic ways (cancer). At the time when this series of events happened, I was a new grad Noogler, and had not been able to build up my cre
- How do you prepare for system design? I graduated with PhD in computational physics + ML 1.5 years ago. Currently I work as a sort of MLE lead in a startup (I was put in a position of ownership of part of the product). My job is split like 40/60 between model experimentation (I read recent papers and decide what to try) and then impleme
- vote Stay for a green card or leave for better work life and TC (update: the 6 to 9 months is unlikely, it would probably be 10 to 15 based on current data) I don't know what to choose. I have the option of staying at a job earning 110k salary + 1% equity (that I believe will not be worth anything), and get a green card in 6 to 9 months*, or accept an offer at
- link How many of you think H-1B folk “steal” American jobs? Seriously. I am sick of MAGA idiots yammering all over about H-1B immigrants stealing jobs. Now, I do agree some outsourcing shops do visa fraud that needs to be curbed. We come here legally, pay taxes, buy houses made our life here for decades, support our communities and contribute to economy. Bu
- Just Became a Millionaire I know this is fairly routine on Blind, but, since I can't really go tell friends and family about the milestone, I have no where else to turn but Blind. My wife and I just became a millionaires with the vesting of my last round of Amazon RSUs. For anyone curious, here's a look at our portfolio: C
- Rethinking Healthcare - Looking for technical developers TL;DR Looking for technical developers (android/iOS UI and backend) to help with building a healthcare app for chronic diseases (focusing on cancer initially, but also applies to diabetes, etc). Problem we are trying to solve: We believe that we can do better for patients with chronic diseases. We
- Amazon thread "Major burnout" this post is from Amazon Blind.. Do you see these in Facebook or Uber? I know Microsoft n Google are not brutal. _----------_------------------------ I've been working as an SDE for over a year now, and this is my first job out of college. I received an NI rating during my last performance review
- I'm an ML Eng at a national lab. What am I missing out on not being at FAANG/other high paying tech? What am I missing out on other than the obvious way higher TC? I actually quite enjoy working at the lab. Pros of working at a national lab: - Lots of flexibility in what you work on - Really interesting projects if you're cool with defense stuff. All of the interesting engineering and research wor
- Indians in the Green Card backlog - how we can move forward A little bit about me - I am originally from India. I moved to the US after high school and have an undergraduate degree from an Ivy League school, and a graduate degree in a specialized field. I am very grateful for the opportunities afforded to me in the US to get to the top of my field and build
- link I've started my FIRE journey in India! (Part 1: Intro and Net Worth) There's no shortage of posts here on Blind where people ask how much one needs to FIRE in India and then responders throwing around random numbers that range from practical to downright stupid. There however are hardly any first-person accounts of folks that have truly retired early. Nobody seems to
- Microstrategy CEO email: "come to work, you probably wont die" from a friend who works there copied me the email he got from his CEO. TL;DR: You should be working in the office because#coronavirus you probably won't die. Only old people will die from it, and even if old people die from it that's better than dying from old age. A company that makes software to
- Guys Don’t Like That Ladies, as a follow up to my blog post, “Why are gay guys more put together than my lesties?” the #SiliconValleyGuyNextDoor has decided offer a bit of help to all the lovely and talented Silicon Valley women. First of all, I love and respect women – my daughter, wife, and mother are the three women
- 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?