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- vote Google Nest Hardware Future Hi Blinders- Google has been reaching out to me with increased offers after recently rejecting their lowball offer … I’m surprised that didn’t deter them. Anyways, I haven’t thought about this before interviewing but want to know about the future business growth and career growth possibilities at
- Nest vs LinkedIn Have a couple of offers, Nest and LinkedIn being my top picks, LinkedIn is offering a Senior and a 270 - 290 TC, Nest is offering an L4 with 150k base, 15% target cash bonus (15-25% range) and around 300k stocks, no sign on Now, it's fairly easy to calculate LinkedIn TC, their cash bonus is 10% ann
- What the hell am I doing with my life?! 32, single, wondering what am I doing with life. Left Microsoft for Google recently and nothing changed. Feels like I have no purpose in life. I feel depressed and sad all the time. Plan to retire tech career and start Farming after I hit $1.5m nest egg (long way to go). Has anyone gone through su
- Google Team match Which of these teams has best projects, career growth and wlb. 1. Google search (assistant and transcribe) 2. Google ads (photos and messaging) 3. Google hardware (Nest, pixel , Chromecast) Any information is appreciated. Current TC: 200k
- Coast careers What companies or career paths are suitable for an ex-SWE once you’ve accumulated a nest egg for retirement? I don’t mean completely slacking off, just lower stress roles with TC >60K. Edit to further clarify: <40h work weeks No on-call No up or out No forced attrition No politics No arbitra
- Corporate Nepotism Is Corporate Nepotism an issue just at Google or in other tech companies as well? For example - hiring of friends from past employers and elevating them to broad Scopes and positions without them having earned it while others have to prove themselves and work their way up the ladder (which based on
- why someone’s code is not readable I had a coworker, whose code is disgusting. They have been working for 15+ years, and their code is the worst I have ever seen in my 7 year career. I don’t know exactly why their code is making me uncomfortable, but they have a lot of >500 line functions, and a lot of nested if-else, of which the
- Stuck at Sr. Any Advice to get to staff? TC 300k at signing, 🥜 after docucrash. YOE 12 Feeling like I'm a loser, would appreciate any advice. Spent many years caring very strongly about code quality, modularity, component design, api design and that knowledge seems to have just put me at odds with folks on my team, prolonging code revi
- Verily New Grad, is the company promising? Can anyone in Google who knows Verily / ex-Verily SWE or is a Verily SWE tell me if the company is a promising place to work? More specifically, I want to know if comp and career growth is similar to Google's and if the company is doing well. How is transferring to other bets and Google in case I'm
- ML based roles @ Google A recruiter had reached out to me for a Lead Software Engineer, ML role in Nest. I checked out the google career website and found a bunch of ML roles from various orgs. Health,Android,Compilers,Android,Core,Search, Research,Ads. Can someone please help answering the below questions: 1. Which org
- vote Am I going to be able to retire early? When I was starting out, I thought, ah shit here goes, 30+ years of grinding for the man. Now I find myself at 2.5 YOE with 540k in assets, 400k+ TC, and due to hit 750k-1M net worth or so in the next two years assuming nothing crazy happens (autopilot). That means by 4 YOE, at 26, I’ll have a gre
- vote Where to live next? In 1 year, I’ll be looking to move to a new city. Where should I go? I will be 25 with 4 YOE. I expect to have 700k or so in assets by then and my current TC is ~330k. TC and saving is not the priority now as I am young and have a good nest egg. As long as I can make money and advance my career, a
- How do you handle the structure of the LC coding interview? To the people who can crack LC Mediums and currently work for high-TC tech companies: I have been doing a lot of LC medium coding interviews in Java. I often find myself not being able to write up a fully-compiling and correctly-executing solution. Sometimes, I can get it to compile but the output
- link Interviewed for Meta for policy Comms / metaverse. Will I destroy my reputation? How much salary in Germany? Applied a while back but a recruiter reached out and we had a very pleasant phone interview. Even got asked for salary expectations which I didn't expect but I guess it's a procedure. Another 30 min hiring manager call will follow and I assume 1-2 longer ones with the team/future boss. However my f
- Seeking a mentor to break into fang to turn around my sudden bankrupted life Long story short. In past couple of weeks, I bankrupted my life by burning up 680k which is my entire current saving/retirement fund or 20yr saving at current rate. I don’t want to talk much about why i did what i did or dwell on past actions that I cant change. As much as I am depressed, Only way I
- How to go from HENRY to wealthy Over the past few years, thanks to good spending habits, career progression, RSU apperication and the Fed printer, we've managed to save a decent sized nest egg of about $3M. At the same time, the techniques we used to get here are fundamentally no different from regular wage earners (before someone
- vote Got offer from a FAANG but worried the impact on WLB with a high schooler I used to work as a manager in a major FAANG company but got laid off right before the pandemic hit, after multiple interviews finally I got a job for an IC role at a start up in August last year. It has been really heart breaking to lose such a promising job that I used to love, but at the same tim
- Terrible onboarding experience. I wanna quit. I’m only 2 months in, but it’s been hell. The onboarding experience has been the worst. I haven’t had a formal reoccurring 1-1 meeting with my current manager and every time I ask about it, they say they’ll get around to scheduling it. My onboarding buddy also went on PTO so I never had a go to per
- vote Worth learning OOP as a Data Scientist? Hello blind. I’m less than a year into my new role as Data Scientist with no other technical background. I create, tune, analyze models in functions and nested functions. They get me the results I want and I just continue to improve it from there. My peers are satisfied in my coding (aside from add
- Developer Burnout I appear to be doing well career-wise, with a senior development position with good pay and benefits. I am definitely in a privileged position. But I am feeling completely burnt out. I have worked at this company for a long time and am tired of the politics and subject matter and the thought of goin
- 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?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance