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- link Netflix fall down go BOOM https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/7/17/20694711/netflix-friends-the-office-earnings-q2-2019-subscribers-disney-hbo-apple-amazon-stock-drop The company lost approximately 130,000 subscribers in the United States in Q2, and only gained 2.7 million global subscribers, after projecting it woul
- vote Career advice please! IC or Management. Background: I've held director, manager, VP, executive level roles in the past at various companies including right now at Microsoft. Today: I'm being offered a new role that pays almost twice what I'm earning today, but as an IC (individual contributor). The title isn't great, it's just 'software
- vote US Stock Market 2022-2023 Outlook Hello Blind Community, I thought to take a quick poll to see what you all think about the US stock market near term (1-2 years) outlook. There few things to bring to your attention before contributing to the poll. 1. Though inflation rose up to 7.5% in January, the tech companies beat the earning
- where is the place to be? If Google is too slow and bureaucratic, Facebook and Netflix too intense, LinkedIn too chill... where the f am I supposed to go next? Until now I’ve had a decent experience at Amazon but don’t really see growth potential on my team anymore. I don’t know where to go next though. I want to be challeng
- Is it insane to start a CS Phd in mid 30s? Not trying to transition into academia or anything. I'll most likely return to working at a company or a startup. This is purely for self-gratification and hopefully having that Phd title will earn me some high-level positions or open doors in the long term. I'm specifically interested in fields li
- EM interviews without coding I’ve been a manager for a year, and have 12 years industry experience in the data engineering and infrastructure landscape having been a lead on projects and mentoring Junior team members. I’m looking to switch companies but don’t have the capacity to study for coding interviews. Also looking for ro
- vote Can the Blind community be characterized as “permabear” So this is totally anecdotal, but the Blind community seems aggressively bearish. If a major tech stock misses earnings (Meta, Netflix, etc), there are multitudes of posts about the tech bubble popping. If there is any aggressive downward market movement (case in point, last week), there are multi
- Career change to Project Management Hi everyone, Currently in L&D role pivoting to project management (non-technical). Other than earning PMP (exam next month), any certifications or experience to pursue? I’ve managed SaaS implementations, program development, research, and content development projects. Any advice welcome. Thank yo
- vote Summer Intern: Waymo VS Microsoft VS Apple Three software engineer intern offers from Waymo, MSFT and Apple. All the work are very interesting to me. For me, the most important thing is to have a return offer and a decent full-time salary in the future. Waymo, Apple in the Bay Area, and Microsoft in Redmond. Waymo sounds cool, but I'm not
- vote Are H1b workers really cheap labor ? Numbers say differently. Disclaimer: I'm in no way saying that I'm more qualified than any American. Its just that whenever someone says H1b are cheap labor, I feel like asking that person to do even a basic Google search before saying anything bullsht. 1. Average H1B Salary is $90K (see screenshot attached). And $90K put
- Do people at AMZ/FB/Goog really have 60+ hrs/wk of work to do ? I've honestly been coasting for more than a couple of months now - to the point that i feel bad collecting salary.. obviously am currently interviewing.. Funny thing is, I was promoted recently to L65 - and to be honest don't think I did anything spectacular to earn it.. maybe a month or 2 last yea
- Netflix movie “social dilemma” Thoughts ? I think all those people are saying something valid - but nobody has good solutions and they are all promoting their companies - these are the people led to the growth of social companies and products (google, Facebook , Snapchat, tiktok etc ) - when chamath says (remember he is the one w
- GF is asking for breakup for not spending enough time Hi folks, I was earning decent amount of money even before joining amazon. After joining the TC bump is around 10-15% only but time requirement has increased 500%. In my previous company, we used to have weekly one on ones with manager to track progress and there was no fixed deadline too. I use
- AWS Berlin vs Cambridge (UK) Hi, I have SDE-1 offers for AWS S3 in Berlin and Cambridge UK. Need help in choosing between the two, my primary concerns are: 1. Quality of work/projects 2. Avg savings expected 3. Any other important pointers for comparing btwn UK/Germany I am a 24 yo, single individual so WLB is not an issue as
- Getting a raise without changing companies Hi all! I am aware the best way to increase TC is by finding a new job. I am not looking to jump for a number of reasons: I WFH and it would take more money than anyone would ever give me go back to the office; culture is amazing; I really enjoy the work; I doubt I can find a place willing to pay m
- Designers are underpaid Should Product Designers really be earning 50-60% less than our Software Engineering or PM counterparts? Is this happening because the industry is yet to catch on to the value of Design and only some companies like Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix etc understand our value? Is this happening because of a l
- “The Alpinist “ is a wake up call Just finished watching “The Alpinist “ on Netflix . Wow ! Insane ! It made me realize how dumb and stupid this app/ microcosm of the tech industry is in general . Everyone just chasing TC TC all day. But still not happy. People doing 2k LC to get a job they hate but just for TC. It really is a sad
- What's your motivation? Hi, I am a new grad from one of the top US universities and have recently (7 months back) started my first full time job. I haven't been feeling any motivation to work ever since the beginning. 2-3 days a week seem to be enough to finish the work that I am required to do. I kind of waste the remain
- vote Transition to SDM within Amazon or leave as IC and transition in another company I've been an SDE3 for a year now. I enjoy working in my team. Work can be hectic (consistently) but its an interesting space and I constantly get the opportunity to build new things and contribute to the larger organization. My teammates are great to work with and the leadership supports me. I'm ge
- New grad trying to get into FAANGULTAD I really feel I have the capability to get into one of the bigger companies in Silicon Valley. Currently working in a role that I do not really enjoy but I took it anyway since I had no other good offers during this pandemic. There is no question that I am extremely grateful that I am working for th
- Looking for sde 1 refferal in india(if not please read ps and comment if you have a solution for it thanks) Hi Everyone hope you are doing well, I am currently trying to get a switch but not getting a lot of calls being from a tire 2 college non IT branch and also don't get a lot of replies from linkedin. Till now I have got refferal for few companies (Amazon, Paypal,Apple,Google, VMware) but want to expa
- Currently a 2nd/1st Camera Assistant (Career Advice) So I studied film at UCLA and graduated three years ago, and got lured into Hollywood. Two years ago, I found my first few gigs out of college on Craigslist, and was barely earning anything. This year and last year I've been mostly getting jobs through the networks that I have built and life is a li
- How to save more, after all the tax? Total TC (pretax) is 550k~600k (half is base), and about 35% goes to tax. Monthly costs of 3.5k for mortgage, 3k for daycare and afterschool programs (so we can work), 3k for grocery, gas, bills, etc. We don't really save much at the end of the month from the base salary, although we seem to earn a
- To all the awesome Blinders I joined Amazon a while back, rosy eyed and a head full of dreams. I was ecstatic to get in, and loved every moment of it. Initially. In my passionate journey to get things done, I often forgot to claim credit, made a lot of contributions that went unnoticed. I ended up looking like a tired newbie
- Can we stop lying for once? So much lying. I'm fed up of it. 1. Follow your passion BS. If everyone was following their passion, why do we always see liberal arts majors (rather all majors) trying to get into tech via bootcamps etc? Where is a bootcamp to get into any other industry? If there is any, I don't think anyone with
- Is working in top tech companies fulfilling enough? Hi everyone! Just looking for advice, or maybe just thinking out loud over here. I am a software engineer and just joined Amazon recently. Everything is good, career is set and on track - I like what I do, and know I can switch to better companies after learning stuff here. I have a set 5 years pl
- link [US only] Need System Design Mock Interview? I’ve been interviewing for a couple of years now and have been on 50+ interview panels. Been a Bar Raiser at Uber and also preparing for Staff level interviews next year. YOE: 6 TC: $400k I’m ready to help out anyone who needs help with mock interviews for System Design. I usually take 1.5 hour s
- Troubled Finances I am a 30 Year old making 145K Base in Bay Area. I have about 350K in vested RSUs and 70K worth equity outside. I also hit my vesting peak at my current company.. After Tax . I make contributions to 401K and ESPP ( Both Maxed Out) that brings my Per Paycheck earnings to about $2500 ($5000/mo) Here
- Legal resident feels let down Well time has come to move on , this country will have challenges in future and after watching American factory on Netflix I have no doubt China would be next super power And for us it’s better to be king in hell than slave in heaven I am not from China first thing Second thing is we all working
- vote Facebook vs Pinterest It seems like I might be able to get promoted faster at fb. Trying to think of this from a long term career perspective instead of short term tc. —— Struggling to choose between e4 Facebook offer and l4 Pinterest. Both SWE - ML. I want to optimize for career growth, but still want some WLB. Bot
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- vote New grad picking between Oscar Health, Microsoft, Square, Roku, and Tiktok I worked my ass off during school and am lucky to have received 4 really good offers (+ 1 final round interview that I’m assured I’ll do fine on). Need to write down my thoughts and get some insight on what I should pick Oscar Health: ~$200,000 I interned for Oscar and had an amazing time. The wor
- Why would anyone join a startup? Unless you are one of the first 5-8 employees and have over 2% of the company in equity (esp in San Francisco Bay Area)? Each financing round generally dilutes shareholders by 25%. Say you raise Series A->C, which is pretty generous as we are ignoring Series D, that's 75%^3 = 42% of whatever your
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- Career growth reflection I just wanted to write this out because I have a bit of time…I’ve been self reflecting on what I achieved over the course of 4 years with regards to my software engineer career in the Bay Area. 2 years ago I was a software engineer at PayPal earning 96K TC straight out of college with B.S. in CS. I
- How I got a job in BigTech despite multiple rejections/hurdles I think all of us need to share our failures more with the world than our successes coz thats what motivates people...i know lots of people have started coming out with their worst failures to eventual success stories in recent times with the great courage and this is my attempt to uptick that trend
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- 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