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- Tech in NYC? I’ve worked in the Bay Area as a data scientist for 3 years now since graduation, and I’m thinking about moving to NYC post-COVID. It’s always been a dream of mine to live on the East Coast (I’ve spent my entire life on the west coast) but I’m worried about the career implications. Thoughts?
- vote Google vs Bloomberg SWE offer eval Google L3 Sunnyvale: 138 base + 15% bonus 170 rsu 10 sign on = TC 211k first year Bloomberg NYC: 160 base + 25 bonus (~15%) 25 sign on = TC 210k first year YOE < 2 Current tc: 85k I know career wise, Google is no brainer. But I'm in my mid 20s and would like to have a more social/dating life an
- vote Gopuff vs Sofi Have two offers currently and am a little confused which one to go for! 2.5 yoe Sofi Senior Sde 180 base 250/4 stock 15% annual bonus Relocation package = 15k Remote for HCOL ( nyc, Seattle, CA) ~270k without sign on Gopuff Sde2 195k base 450/4 stock 10% annual bonus 25k signing Remote for HCOL
- vote Which role at Google Posting for a friend In the team match phase at Google and there are a few teams that I matched with. There were two teams specifically that I was interested in. Wanted to get the thoughts on what may be better? This is for an SDE role I value career growth and WLB. Also curious to know what is th
- Google Cloud Security & Privacy I got an offer with Google for the product area Google cloud security and privacy in Nyc as a new grad. I could not find a lot of info on this product area and was curious about the projects, tech stack, culture, career progression, and work life balance in this product area. If yall could share an
- Is it true SpaceX and NASA dont pay well I've been passionate about space my whole life and got my bachelor's in Aerospace Engineering because of it. Decided to leave that career and start in SWE and am currently an AI/ML Engineer with a masters in CS and ML. I think working on a space project with AI would be a dream but I hear that the W
- vote Google job location Going into team matching for google as an L4. Deciding on job location. Single male mid twenties. Value social life over career rn. Current TC: 🥜 Expected TC: ~270 Yoe: 2 I'll try to get NYC as a first option but seems like there aren't many opportunities from what I read. Suggestions not in th
- Life in Canada vs USA Hi, I'm thinking about moving to Canada given the VISA process is simpler and getting a PR is easier than US. I know this is a rotten question, but I really to know the options of fellow blinders. To make this easy, I have broken down things into following brackets: Rate for each on a scale of 1
- vote New Grad SWE Google vs DoorDash Can't decide between YouTube (Google) and DoorDash for new grad SWE. Previous internship at Google. YouTube - 125k base + 100k RSU + other - San Bruno (right below SF) DoorDash - 135k base + 175k RSU + other - probably NYC WLB is pretty important, but anything 45 hours or less average a week is
- vote Offers: Google L4, Two Sigma, IMC Trading Received the following offers. All TC numbers are four-year average. I also included after-tax TC because it makes a big difference for NYC vs Chicago vs WA. All offers are final after negotiation. Personal location preference: WA > Chicago > NYC Google L4 (remote in WA): $282k pretax, $196.
- vote Google L4 vs Meta E4 offer review Please vote once for company and once for TC. 2021 TC 140k base + 100k bonus NYC 2022 TC 180k base + ??? bonus NYC 1 YoE + STEM non-CS PhD Willing to take a pay cut / no pay raise to get the hell out of GS and to get back home to LA. These offers are after negotiation. Both offers for LA Google
- Can anyone provide some details on Business Planning & Operations Lead roles at Meta (Facebook)? Details in comments... I’m looking at a role as “Business Planning & Operations Lead” at Meta. Does anyone have details on the following? 1) Type of work I could expect (is this equivalent to BizOps at other big tech, more Ops focused, etc)? 2) Hours/WLB (this would be in NYC if that matters) 3) Career progression oppo
- vote Amazon vs Google what to do? Amazon 300k tc Seattle Google 300k tc Bay Area I have been in Bay Area so wanted to move out for sometime now. Alongside career, dating and social life is important to me and it has been horrible out here to say the least, tried team matching for google nyc but most of the interest came from Bay
- Wanting to pivot to biotech, need some advice I’ve been working as a research tech in NYC for a little over a year now, been seeing job postings for R&D associate at Regeneron and Pfizer and I’ve been wanting to pivot. I have a BA in biology and 2 YOE, I was wondering if this is the next logical step in career progression and would love to hear
- vote Adobe vs Amazon vs SpaceX for New Grad Adobe Pros: Good pay Good benefits Good WLB Working on a fun product with a fun team Adobe Cons: Move to NYC, which is a high cost of living/culture shock? not FAANG? Amazon Pros: Good pay (Comparable to Adobe) FAANG Probably will learn more? Amazon Cons: You know what everyone else on Blind says
- Boston vs NYC? How does it compare living in both cities? I grew up outside of Boston so I'm pretty familiar with the city. I personally think it's a great place to raise a family but I think NYC would be better to spend my 20's in. Can anyone provide insights into the differences between the two if you've lived
- Best companies in Seattle for UX/product designers Wondering if there are going to be enough career opportunities for designers (compared to NYC/SF?) if I were to move to Seattle in the future. Remote is also okay. I’m mostly looking for great compensation and culture/people to work with. Good wlb is nice but not essential. Would prefer a list of m
- vote Fullstack vs MLE When trying to balance TC, WLB, and career growth, is it better to be a fullstack engineer or MLE? I’ve heard that for people in the ML space, they sometimes end up spending a lot (most of?) of their free time learning new stuff related to ML. Wasn’t sure if that was true or not. Also I’m in NYC i
- vote Bloomberg vs Microsoft Azure Hi! First post so pls be gentle. (TC is currently up for negotiation at the moment so not final) The only thing thats pulling me back from MSFT is because its in the middle of nowhere... and NOT in SEATTLE/ Redmond YOE: New Grad so 0 Bloomberg: TC 165k (NYC) Salary: 145k Bonus (Annual): 20k Relo
- vote Ads vs Infra vs Product In general, what is it like to work in any of these sub-fields of big tech? What are some differences one might expect? I’m breaking into FAANG from banking so I’m not up to speed with the differences between the sub-fields. I’m looking for the ability to learn and kick-start my career, but I also c
- Comcast vs BCBS - ML/DS Hi Y’all, Have 2 offers in my hand currently and need help from the tech community here to decide which one to pursue. I currently live in Texas. 1. MLE at Comcast. TC: 205k$; 165k base, 30k stocks and 10k sign on. Have to work out of NYC office after Covid 2. Senior Data Scientist at Blue Cross B
- Facebook to Citadel? Considering the move from Facebook (NYC) to Citadel SWE (Chicago) with about 2 YOE. I've been contemplating this move for a while now, as I went to school in the midwest and most of my close friends from school are in Chicago right now. I'm closer with them than any of my current friends here and t
- I don’t want to relocate I got an offer as an SDE I with the expectation that I’d move. There are a lot of horror stories especially in AWS and I’m really nervous to pack up my life just to end up dealing with all of that alone and without a support system. This is my first FAANG job. I feel like taking the job is the right
- Career Growth/Exit Opportunities at Citadel I recently received good feedback from my onsite interview with Citadel for SWE. I'm a young guy so I don't really care about WLB, plus I'm already in NYC for Facebook, so I'm leaning towards trying it out. However, after reading Blind reviews, I'm afraid that my career will stagnate while I'm there
- vote Should I reneg twitter? Hi all, I recently signed with Twitter prior to the Musk acquisition & I have a pending offer at Lyft right now that I could take instead. I did have the offer at Lyft when I signed for Twitter, I chose Twitter because I enjoy the product & for the culture, WLB & my manager is really great — I saw
- Opinion on Two Sigma Data Strategy and Operations Role Interviewing for an associate role in this team and wondering if anyone has any insight on them as they’re relatively new. I’m coming from a bank S&T role and would be making a longterm career switch. Is this a good longterm career move, how is the culture and work life balance, and can I expect co
- vote 1.5 hour less commuting v.s. 27K? money every year moving to NYC, only for work, not interested in "exploring city life". I am trying to find a good place to live. 2.7 yoe, 188K * 1.15 + 340K(0.33, 0.33, 0.22, 0.12) + 65K -- it seems my income would drop every year :P -- I have not taken refresher into account though. atm I think basically Manhatt
- vote Evaluate multiple offers Conflicted about what to do. Things to optimize for is TC, Career Progression, WLB YoE: 3.5 TC : 155k Offer info: Base, RSU over 4Y, Bonus %, Sign-on VMware - MTS-3 - Bay Area 175K, 250K, 10%, 60K/2Y TC: 288.5 Spotify - Senior engineer - NYC 230K, 200K, 0, 0 TC: 280 Indeed - L2 Senior Engineer
- How's Qualtrics? New grad, received a product specialist interview. The position is located in Provo, UT. I did some basic research, but wanted to know more about what employees/others thoughts are for the company. Seems tech forward, and also continuously improving. Thanks in advance :) 1. Is it a good place to st
- link How much house I can afford I live in the NY area and have been living in a fairly minimalistic life. I have 2 kids 9 and 4. I bought a starter home in NJ for 450k 10 yrs ago. Now I am realizing to get to the next step in my career I need to move to a more affluent area do more networking and mingle more with like-minded peop
- vote Amazon vs Bloomberg I'm posting from my friend's account so ignore Oracle. I have two offers, Amazon SDE 1, Seattle and Bloomberg New Grad New York. Amazon comp: Base - 130k, sign-on - 43/31, 50 RSUs. I don't have the full details of the Bloomberg compensation yet but they've told me base - 145k, sign-on - 45 and anot
- Early Career SWE positions? I'm at 1.3 yoe, 90k, international, trying to get to NY to be with gf. Just failed amzn so gonna take another month-ish to study. I know Google has an early career position but is there an usual timetable when this is posted? Are there similar programs for other big N, unicorns, cool techy places,
- Best Google Office Location and Team Hi all, I'm currently in the team matching stage with Google and am looking for some input here if you can help :) I know it's difficult to get an exact team you want, but if you were able to, which office would you say is the best and in that office, which teams do you think have interesting work
- vote Amazon offer evaluation. Please help! Hello, please help! I have 2 offers that I need to decide on, one for amazon and one for an unknown startup. Each have their pros and cons: Startup: TC: ~250: 15k sign on, 135k base, 60% bonus Location: nyc Pros: team seems super friendly, startup vibe, free beer, WLB seems great Cons: not well kno
- Faster growth at Google L4 or FB L5? Got Google L4 and FB L5 offers at both with nearly identical TC in NYC. I’m prioritizing career growth and $. Trying to leave other factors like WLB and team out of the equation for now. For those who are familiar with promos at one or both places, does it make sense to go with Google and make more
- Need advice from San Francisco people! I'm a life long New Yorker expecting an offer from a San Francisco based company. Need some advice: 1) Salary, I'm currently at 250 OTE (75/25 split... base/variable) and have about 20k in RSUs per year for 3 years that I would walk away from. What should I aim for? 20% increase too much? too littl
- why is bay area so toxic? I used to live in Bay and moved away to NYC, feeling much better now. In Bay, everyone around is so obsessed with TC, company brand, promotion, bonus, investment, real estate. I feel like I’m living under insane peer pressure and will never be able to enjoy life regardless of how much money earned
- Getting into tech hey folks - i used to work in management consulting in nyc with $75k base about 10yrs back - left and went to my country - started 2 companies, shut one (failed) the other does about 300k revenues 30k profit, learned basic front end (html css js bootstrap) and now suddenly feel super stuck in career
- vote Offer Evaluation - LinkedIn vs AWS LinkedIn Senior SWE (Apps): 195k base/10% bonus/90k RSU + signing bonus of 50k. First year TC ~350k, average over 4 years ~317k assuming no stock growth. AWS L5 SDE (AWS Connect Apps): 200k base, 104k/year average RSU with back-heavy vesting schedule, signing bonus years 1 & 2. First year TC ~420k,
- vote Amazon vs Facebook I have offers from both to join as an engineering manager. The compensation is about the same for both. My question is which one would potentially have a better wlb and career growth. I know it probably depends on the team I join so maybe a focus on overall culture and engineering might be more reas
- Citadel Data Engineering Offer on the way from Citadel (hedge fund, Surveyor) and was wondering about a few things that I can't find elsewhere online. (Note: no TC given yet, just told that they want to make an offer) 3 YOE, NYC 1. What is wlb like for data engineers at Citadel? Does it differ by fund (Surveyor vs. Ashler
- Can't find a GF in Bay Area. Move to NYC? I am doing well careerwise in my current position but dating sucks in this area. Very hard to arrange a date using dating apps (if i set my location to NYC, it is much better). And not many opportunities to meet with women in daily life. I guess i am an average guy. Not tall, not short, maybe a few
- vote Bloomberg vs Zoom New Grad Offers I’m extremely grateful to receive these 2 offers. These are the initial TC breakdown: Bloomberg (NYC): 153k base + 22k yearly perf bonus + 10k relocation TC: 185k first year, 175 recurring Zoom (remote): 135k base + 10.8k (8%) yearly perf bonus + 160 rsu (vested 4 years) TC: ~185k My background:
- Can I become good at LC and interviews in late 30s and join FANG? I am a so-so swe in my mid 30s. Never had a managing role and an individual contributor with less than 10 yoe. My TC is around 150k in ny. I started my career as a webdev, switched to a business analyst, then a swe in data. So my swe yoe is actually around 5. I suck at solving LC type of problems
- Best job after having kids? Assume that I plan to prioritize family over a career in 3 years and money isn't a driving factor, what are some job options? The pandemic made me realize I value family way more than my career. I imagine myself switching to a part-time/remote role in 3-5 years when we’re ready to have kids. My hu
- Best office for FAIR teams? Just received an E4 offer for ML SWE and have to choose location within a day or two. My PhD is in NLP and I'm hoping to find a FAIR team to join where it's possible to publish, even if it's as a lowly SWE. Does anyone have tips on which office (MPK, NYC, SEA) would give the best chances? Integrity
- Just made a Twitter account I just made a Twitter account for the first time. joined because of an upcoming interview, but finding the conversation really fun so far, and thought some of you may be interested to follow or join. I’m still figuring out what themes to tweet about. Here are some of my areas of expertise I am eage
- Salesforce TC I started my career here and it’s a good company and I’m somewhat happy (SDR but WFH is pretty grind). But I’m looking at this TC sheet and it seems like AE is general trajectory after 2-2.5 years here but you make 120 or so 50/50 split. It seems like if you have 3 or so years of experience as a to
- Square vs Facebook Hello fellow blinders, Expecting offers from Square and Facebook shortly. Feedback looks positive so far, don't have all final numbers yet to post, ballpark numbers below. Sq E6 offer: Tc: 380(~200 base, no bonus, ~700 4y equity, 20 signon) Fb E5 offer: Tc: ~430 (~180 base, 15% target bonus, ~80
- vote Offer Comparison: Dell EMC or Bloomberg Poll for my friend Offer1: SDE2 @ Dell @ Seattle TC: Base: 120K Bonus: 5% Sign-on: 8k Pros: 1) Will be in a team doing storage tech, and dell has a good position w.r.t. the market share 2) Seattle, better for hiking, lower live expense, more geat IT firms here 3)Better WLB? Cons: 1) Low