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- High paying companies for leadership roles in New York Currently M2 at Facebook (L7 equivalent). Not happy with politics in my org and we have been thinking about moving to the east coast due to personal reasons. Not interested in pre-ipo companies unless they are relatively low risk like Stripe. What public non-FAANG companies pay good comp for managem
- link Top 20 highest paying Tech Companies? (Non Hedge Funds/Firms etc) Theres not an explicit list on Levels.fyi besides best of 2019, so they might need feature request. Anyone know what website has a reputable list? what am i missing? From scouring around best guess is its likely the somewhere along the lines of the following: 1. Facebook 2. Snap 3. Netflix 4. Pint
- vote Google vs Meta vs Square (New Graduate) Note: Google has been negotiated completely. Square and Meta do not negotiate for New Grads Google (Cambridge, MA): Base: 127k RSU: 130k / 4 years (33, 33, 22, 12) Bonus: 19k (15%) Sign-on: 35k Team: Google Commerce (Travel) Review: 223k for Y1, 188 Y2 _____________________________________ Meta
- vote Why work for a startup when you can work for FAANG and just invest in startups instead? Hello all! Im genuinely interested to hear your thoughts and strategies here. The focus of this discussion is maximizing networth, not necessarily TC or job benefits, etc. So, from your perspective (talking only networth maximization), why don't more people have the strategy to work at a company w
- How am I doing with my job search? Apologies for the long post. I started my job search 2 months ago. I’m not an SDE. Have done probably 50 (individual) interviews. There are weeks I do nothing but interview. Rejects: I get rejected from every single company possible: Snap Netflix Etsy StitchFix NextDoor Dropbox Zillow MetroMile et
- Engineering jobs that pay higher than Netflix in Seattle? Currently work at Amazon, 4 years exp, sde2. Finding myself in a lot of politics to get to sde3, even though I know I’m capable of it. Just shit I don’t wanna deal with. I know it’s a corporate type of thing. I want to join another company. Not interested in Facebook or google really cuz I think I’
- link Competition: A new acronym to keep your SWE career on track It's long past time for us to move past the outdated FAANG acronym as there are literally dozens of companies consistently paying $300k+ in liquid comp to newly hired software engineers with 5 years of experience or less. We need a new acronym that captures all of them. Post your new acronym below!
- What’s fair TC at startups (pre series C)? Am I being lowballed? My TC at Uber was ~500k (at the time i signed the offer letter), and i’ve received comparable offers from other unicorns. Google / facebook / netflix / etc all offer around this range for senior 5b at uber. I interviewed for some pre series C startups in LA, SF and NY but their TC offer is only aro
- Stay at Google or leave? I'm an L3 at Google who's been here for 1.5 years. I was supposed to get promoted this cycle before I got fucked by HR. This led to me interview externally, as I'm tired of waiting for an L4 promo I should've gotten > 6 months ago. Right now, I have an offer from a hot pre-IPO company for about
- Stay at Netflix vs. Move into Crypto Hi folks, Hoping you can help me with a career decision. Context: I'm a PM at Netflix (TC: 650k) but am not excited about the job. 8 YOE. I spend much of my time thinking about and engaging in web3 projects and am applying to jobs in the web3 space. The space is significantly more exciting to me t
- How to increase TC? I’m currently E5 at FB making slightly upwards of 400k and am looking to increase TC. The most straightforward path I see is work to E6 but that usually requires having the right opportunities so in case those opportunities don’t come up, what other options do I have? Possibilities I have considered
- Referral and PIP at amazon Hello everyone, I was recently marked on PIP at amazon which was very shocking considering my manager always told I was doing good in all our 1:1. Luckily I survived my PIP, however I am looking for job change as it’s hard for me to grow now at amazon. I'm looking for referrals to any Pre-ipo, mi
- Job offer comparison. Lyft v/s Twitter I have a few job offers. Out of the options, I'm undecided between twitter and lyft. I am very well aware of the fact that twitter, as a company, is not doing well. however I'm intrigued by their engineering quality and the scale of work. Lyft on the other hand, has the main advantage of being a pre
- Open to Senior/lead data science/data science manager referrals! DM me if you are hiring! Hi guys, I have started looking for new opportunity in data science. I am open to Senior/lead positions. Qualification and experience: PhD in Statistics, 5+ years of experience post PhD. I am in particular interested in the pre IPO companies (but open to any company as long as their product have
- Interview Rejections Joined Salesforce some years ago through internship. That time the level of difficulty was easy. Fast forward today, I’ve failed 4 interviews till date. Rejection list: Twitter: phone Apple: onsite Microsoft: onsite Amazon: onsite Only offer I got was from a medium size company that went ipo last y
- vote Chime (FinTech) vs Google vs Square Background: New Grad (B.S.) with 5+ previous internships Highly value: Culture/WLB > Growth/Upside > Benefits I have narrowed down my options to these 3 and having a hard time choosing. Remote offers are for current location. Note: These are maxed offers after negotiations. For new grad, Sq
- 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
- Google L4 offer Interviewed with Google. Went for L5 SWE. Got downleveled and received L4 verbal offer. Tried to appeal the initial leveling decision with HC since both me and recruiter thought I had a strong chance at going for L5 based on the interview feedback. Unfortunately it didn’t work out and they decided
- Interested in discussing success/failure of your tech startup ? ex-Amazon, currently Facebook swe yoe - 6 tc - 300K Have been really curious of late to understand startup transitions from one funding round to another to potential exit (via IPO or acquisition). I would imagine blind has a few folks who tried out startups or are currently doing so. Would love to
- Got fired within 6 months of joining. Referrals for PM roles please! Hello everyone, I work at a fairly known post IPO tech-startup startup in India. I got fired within 6 months of joining with a 2 week notice. No severance. Open to: All PM and APM roles Geography: Worldwide + Remote Current Role: Product Manager YOE: ~4 years (2 as Product Manager, 1.5 as Product
- Information Security Engineer - suggestion+referral Google Uber Facebook Netflix Apple Will be glad to know why being at one place could be better than another. Learning opportunity matters a lot. So is the manager. IPO sounds interesting too. I'm not too much for the fad unless it is suspected to stay (haven't looked into it much). Seems a legit
- Referral for new grad (2022) Hi, I am currently working with Policybazaar.com(Recent IPO) as 6 months intern with their backend tech team in life insurance division. I am responsible for engineering the backend of this team. I am a Tier-1 2022 graduate student with solved many problems in leetcode and interview bit I am interes
- vote Seeking advice on Next Career move, Please help ! Hi Blinders , Currently I’m working as a Lead Engineer where I get to design ,code & review , mentor juniors . But looking at long term picture , I feel I should make a move in some time (buffer 12-18months) before getting married . While moving forward , I see few probable options : 1. Indian M
- Best companies to work for a senior/staff mobile Engineer in NYC? This is for iOS specifically. I have 17 yoe, and about 11 of that in mobile. I got my GC in 2016, and in 20017 took a multi-year break from normal employment to build few apps with a friend; One of the apps was revenue generating and paid the bills for a while until it eventually slowly died out.
- vote Netflix Offer Bay Area Interviewed and got a handful of offers. I think I’m going to pick Netflix. Read their culture memos and loved it. Netflixers: what are your tips for success as a new comer? Is the culture really as cutthroat as it sounds? Interviews/Offers: Stripe/Airbnb: rejected. Airbnb said all positive feedbac
- Targetting High Paying Companies Jolted down high paying companies in below categories: By stable I meant company has no crazy hire/fire policy, growth potential and huge cash to survive the competition. Risky but pays well: Dropbox (Don't see any upside here, google/amazon drive may eat consumer business. Onedrive and box hold
- 45% paycut to move to an early stage startup? Would you take a 45% paycut to move to an early stage startup? Context: I’m a staff level IC. No management experience. I’m thinking about next steps for my career and I’d want to explore people management. An ideal role would allow me do both (Some IC work while managing a small team) More establ
- vote Web3 plunge: to take it or not! Got an offer from a web3 startup. I was willing to make the switch even at parity (for wanting to get into web3) but the offer is great particularly because it includes sizable token portion which is already liquid (I hear this is how web3 startups are able to attract FANG leaders too). While I’ve
- 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
- vote Is FAANG mid-level to Startup Senior worth it? YOE - 4 I recently got a senior offer from a pre-IPO startup (can't name since they are fairly small). They're pretty well funded > $3 Billion by some big names and valued at > $12 billion. I'm currently working as a mid-level engineer at Apple and was wondering if the move would be worth it.
- vote Are Series D and beyond startups really risky ? People keep saying ~90% of startups fail. I am wondering if a startup has made its way to Series D or even beyond that, what are the odds of it failing or not having a reasonable exit ? I know whenever something like this comes, people love to quote WeWork, but I would like to think of it as an exc
- vote Urgent! Please help picking an offer.. Hi there, thanks for your time in advance! As title suggests, I would really appreciate some advice on suggesting my next career move. A little background about me: I graduated 3 years ago with a B.S comp sci and B.A applied math, have about 3 YOE in Data Engineering. I currently work in a mid siz
- 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