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- 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
- Which European tech companies are hiring Americans right now? I’m a Product Designer at the Lead/Senior Practitioner level with 6 YOE, with specialization in ML/AI. Currently based in NYC with TC $240k. I speak and write in other languages in addition to English, but none of them are widely used in Europe. I’ve had a few companies reach out re: positions in B
- Can barely survive on 80k/yr in NYC I got my first job and make 80k a year (plus sign on and regular bonus). My parents are amazed and think I'm doing really well for my age, but the reality is I am incredibly broke living in NYC. I'm looking at my salary progression and realizing that I'm gonna be like this for at least a few more y
- Cant get no satisfaction So since coming on Blind, I’m seeing people with half as much experience as me with like double my TC or doing” ground breaking work. Before I joined Blind, I was pretty satisfied with my pay/WLB (160 salary, 20 cash bonus, 10 YOE, product, NYC, never have to send emails or do work before 9:30 or a
- vote should i stay until i vest or should i go now tc 85k in ny... smh. im an analyst and recently realized ive made some dumb life choices. for my work, i mostly rely on sql. i had an interview with amazon all the way in Seattle. after reading a bit about salaries, when asked for a range for the sr business analyst role i said to myself "im not
- Relocating from US to Europe I like Europe way better. I've visited every single major city in the US, and Europe's big cities are all preferable to them (except maybe NYC, that's a good city). Public transport is better, people are better behaved, people are better looking, they look like me (white). I like the philosophies pe
- Salary and Work/Life Balance Hey everyone! I currently work in finance as a credit analyst. I’ve been at my company for two years now, and am starting to look for my next move. I’m not passionate about the work (I’m a glorified copy/paste robot), and am thinking of moving on. However, my WLB is pretty good: I work 35 hours/week
- Work life balance in Google isn’t Good I just want to let this out as someone who has worked at two of the FANG companies and also 3 companies outside of FANG (non tech companies in middle America). A lot of people on this app are making 80K in some non tech company in middle America and see these SWEs salaries, hear about “good wlb” a
- Leave Google at L4 vs L5 Joined new grad SWE in chicago September 2019. Got promo to L4 from Q1 2021 perf. Have only received SEE ratings. Moved to fully remote NYC in October on same team. Will likely get promo’d to L5 in Q1 2023 perf or earlier. I’d like to jump to a different FAANG to increase TC at some point, but won
- On the prowl for SQL monkey job with wlb + decent salary After working the startup scene, I am burnt out. I have research skills, quantitative skills, analytic skills, and programming skills. I am also familiar with software development concepts and tools. I have done research project management, data science and analytics across academic, startup, and f
- vote Career Advice: Meta or GS TMT? I’m a rising junior at a top school and I recently got a 2023 GS TMT (investment banking) internship offer. I interned at Meta last summer and was planning on going back, but I’m not sure what to do anymore. If I don’t take GS now, then I probably won’t ever have a realistic chance at getting full-t
- vote Meta vs. Google (Growth Marketing Manager vs. Account Strategist) Hundreds of Meta vs. Google discussions for SWE but not for Marketing/Sales! I'm in the interview process at both right now - Meta for Growth Marketing Manager and Google for Account Strategist. From what I understand they're more or less the same sort of role, though I admit I still don't fully un
- Looking for Senior mobile engineers to join my team, iOS and Android. Hey boys and girls, I'm hiring mobile engineers for my team. I'm a manager at Squarespace and am looking to fill a few headcount for both Android and iOS roles. Great company to work for imo. Amazing WLB, great benefits, competitive salary, fun product. The team works on many different verticals, i
- Getting unstuck: London or NYC? Single thirty something American who took a job in London while going through some major life changes (dad died, brother died). This pandemic is clearing up, and I have the option to quit my team to manage a new one here or head to NYC to join the bulk of my current team which is illustrious but has
- Positive employers and tech teams to join? I’ve got 8-9 YOE mostly in frontend / full stack, always worked for startups, never biased for TC, always biased for learning and executing high and fast, been intimidatingly good/intelligent, but now I’m reaching a point where I just want it all with more salary. (TC now is 195 + 2% equity/4 yrs be
- link Amazon L6 vs. Google L5 Product Scope & Experience Asking for advice: Has anyone worked in both Amazon L6 and Google L5 product roles? How has your experience compared? How has the scope of your responsibilities and WLB compared? A first L5 team match call with Google indicated a junior scope - partial roadmap ownership and small, focused projects
- is it really worth it to work for a FAANG? Hi All, I currently work for a decent fortune 500 company in NYC where I am comfortable and make a decent living. I have offers to work for either amazon or microsoft Seattle but they both require that I relocate. Both offered me about 33% more then my current salary (i estimate 25% more in salary
- Google L3 Team matching timeframe First time posting here, I just passed the hiring committee last week for and am super excited but also a little worried about the team matching stage. I feel like there are a lot of horror stories about it taking months or not finding a match at all. My recruiter on the other hand seemed pretty con
- Compensation package - Senior Software engineer NYC Looking at relocating from out of country to an engineering job in NYC. What would be the compensation package, seeing 135-145k offers for my level/title... Looking at the cost of life in the city, it actually doesn't look like such a high salary in relative terms. Could I be missing something? Ar
- vote Stripe / Twilio / Spotify Offers Eval Have 3 offers so far on the table and 1 more decision pending. Base | Stock | Bonus / Sign-on: Spotify (L2): 180k | 40k Stripe (L2): 175k | 105k | 17.5k | 35k Twilio (Segment) (IC3): 175k | 85k | (Still negotiating) All offers are remote. I'm on the east coast (Not NYC) with not so expensive CO
- vote Google vs Two Sigma Offers Have a few offers, narrowed it down to Two Sigma and Google Two Sigma : platform team. 275k TC + 50k signing for L1 Google: Search org, some applied ML, mostly backend. 225k TC + 50k signing for L3 Both NYC so location is equal Everybody I met was super smart at both. I would say culture and SWE
- vote SF or Austin? I'm a 21M who is about to graduate with a 130K remote SWE job at a tech company (non-FAANGMULA). The breakdown of the TC is 100K base, 10K RSU, 20K bonus. I'm very happy with this offer but not sure where I wanna live. My main priorities are double or triple my TC in 2-3 years, having an easy time l
- Can't increase my rent budget I'm trying to increase my budget to improve my quality of life but I have a block, especially for renting. I'm making ~200k base salary (+200k in paper stock). After taxes, hsa and 401k I have roughly 9k a month and right now I'm spending (rent + living + fun and trips) around 4k/mo in hcol, 2300 of
- vote Offer Decision Help (Google, Brex, Pinterest, Uber, Roblox, Snap, and more) Hello Blind, Interviewed a bunch lately and was fortunate to get some great offers, 15 in total but I've just listed out the top competitors here, please help me pick. Priorities: 1a. TC 1b. WLB 2a. Growth 2b. Stability 3. Benefits 4. Culture Offer Comparison Format: 1. Base / Total Equity / Sig
- US vs UK: I wanna hear your thoughts TL;DR: UK (pros): - growing tech hub - family already here - solid job, OK promotion cycles - citizenship in 5/7 years - London, baby UK (cons): - rent is EXPENSIVE - can’t save much US (pros): - TC increase - better career progression (maybe in HQ) - no waitlist for GC, faster citizenship - more s
- Work life balance vs comp? You're making a competitive income with excellent work-life balance. Do you leave a comfortable job for a ~15% raise and a promotion, knowing it will be more responsibility and less time off? Or do you stay where you're already on a slightly slower track for the same role and feel valued? I love m
- Worth Applying Anywhere in US with COVID? TC: 101k EXP: 8 years+ CURRENT TITLE: Senior UX Designer (should be lead, see below) I have 8+ years of experience as a UX designer. 5 of which were at Salesforce and then the last 3 at Cheetah Digital. Currently, my career feels a bit stalled due to a variety of factors where I currently work that
- From Risk to SWE, my dream journey! I graduated back in 2007 before the 2008 Financial crisis and at that time Computer Science is no where hot compare to now. I was a top student in high school and I can select any major I want but decided to go for Business as it was really "hot" back then to work for a bank. After graduated from U
- How to find a therapist for FMLA at Amazon when you get a Pivot Entry. The process has been very confusing, so here's what I wish I knew upfront: 0. Noone knows which conditions qualify and which don't qualify for FMLA. It's said that "burnout" alone may not qualify as serious enough. It's said that "adjustment disorder w/ anxiety + depressed mood" may qualify. As w
- Should I follow or stay? I’ll try to keep this as concise as possible. Currently a contractor making ~84k a year no benefits/ no paid holidays. At the moment I do not need their healthcare as I have my own private insurance. I’m trying to stay remote because I’m a single/sole parent for 2 kids. The firm is going hybrid and
- link From ‘boomer’ companies to encroaching giants, Canada’s tech sector has a labour problem If you want to understand the biggest problem in Canadian tech right now, ask someone who jumped from a Canadian company to an American one how their life has changed. You’ll probably get one of two answers. One of them is about money. A Toronto-based engineer who spoke to The Globe and Mail recentl
- Advice, please: Struggling after maternity leave - quit? Hello. I'm wondering if the community has any advice for me and/or if there are any folks out there who have been through a similar experience and how you dealt with it. TIA for reading to the end (I know it's a bit lengthy). Long story short, my infant (first and only child) just turned 7 months o
- link I made it!! From 85k to 350k TC in less than 2 years EDIT1: looks like this post blew up!! Thanks everyone!! I promise I will reply to all of the DMs/comments later tonight! EDIT2: I replied to all of the DMs, but won't be able to reply to any more DMs/comments. It's too much for me to keep up! However, as I mentioned in most of my replies, I am givi
- vote MSCS at NYU Courant vs. Internal Transfer to SF Office Hey folks, I'm a 24-year-old CS graduate and I'm currently working as a senior software engineer at an overseas office of an SF-based company. (I don't want to disclose the company name.) I'm recently admitted to NYU Courant to pursue MS in CS starting in Fall 21. I also knew that my company does in
- PM Community Thanks (Google Prep) I joined Google a few weeks back after a few months of interviewing around and wanted to give some thanks and relevant advice back to the community. I got a lot of value from reading a ton of blind posts about the interview process at Google and many other top tech companies and want to at least pay
- Recall the time when I used to make $20/day (road to 250 tc) TL;DR VERSION: Respect people, everyone is fighting a different battle, I hope you will come out on top. Here is my whole career progression. I started from the absolute bottom where my parents and I used to get dead threats and robbed and how I pulled my self out of it. Now I’m the bread winner of
- 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