Remote work, work life balance. New CEO is increasing the stock price
Career framework, cost reduction efforts have impacted engineering quality significantly.
Like if you failed two on site interview opportunities, then you won't be allowed to try for any openings of same role in the future. Does anyone of the FAANG or PULPA company have such kind of rules? Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix Pinterest, Uber, Lyft, Postmates Airbnb, etc.
I have mutiple offers. Recruiter asked to share my salary expectation and other offers so that they can match it. Assuming the other offers are high, should I break the rule of negotiation and give them a number, or still “never say the first number”? It’s a Google vs Facebook/Pinterest situation. ...Read more
From your experience, what is the order of difficulty among the following companies for L4 equivalent roles? Google, Facebook, Databricks, Doordash, Instacart, Snap, LinkedIn, Airbnb, Dropbox, Pinterest, Robinhood, Coinbase, Snowflake, Plaid, Stripe, Brex, Square, Amazon, Microsoft Rules 1. Commen...Read more
Hi Fellow Blinders, I'm trying to make an ultimate thread of recommended ML/ML engineering resources. Contributions much appreciated. I'll add them to the OP. Looking for anything, from resources for learning machine learning theory to deep learning to the latest trends in ML engineering and system...Read more
I am trying to rank companies where I want to apply. My target is to maximize first (TC, WLB) and then (reputation, growth opportunity). So far I have: - established and safe, good WLB/TC: google, netflix, dropbox, twitter - healthy pre-ipo: stripe, databricks - healthy post-ipo: twilio, square - hi...Read more
Hey guys, First time poster so excuse me if I'm breaking any rules here... Would appreciate it if anyone can give me a referral to the following companies (also open to companies not on the list) for an internship? I have 4 previous internships under my belt, all in software development (back end)...Read more
1. Flash Sale (Google, TikTok Interview Question) (*exact* counters -- CRDTs and even sharded counters on their own won't get you there) 2. Video recommendation service (ML Interview Question) (no "black box ML service" -- do proper collaborative filtering / matrix factorization) 3. Digital Wallet...Read more
I feel sort of fortunate to finally be working on something interesting (ML but nothing too special), but with lackluster leadership and subpar investment. It’s been six months and I’m learning a lot and writing interesting code, but I’m working completely on my own and feel like my work will only ...Read more
Harvard ~ Google : Your parents will brag about this to relatives at family reunions. Hardest part about it is getting in. Yale ~ Meta : Big blue. Second fiddle among the big boys and always has a chip on their shoulder about it. Full of Slytherins 🐍 Princeton ~ Jane Street : Small but exclusive....Read more
Have been through a few interview loops at this point only to find out later that the advertised remote work policy isn't actually what it claims to be, and keeps you chained up in the US (and often even in the same state you're employed from). Compiling a list of US companies (public, startups, an...Read more
This is a part of 3 part series post. Read them in order. part 1 https://us.teamblind.com/s/isDNuYPU part 2 https://us.teamblind.com/s/VXz1n07A part 3 https://us.teamblind.com/s/ij5tgwfF ___________ I left Microsoft some time ago. I switched job several ...Read more
[I didn't write this but found this old post in 'Tech Industry' group which not everyone has access to. Sharing this to more broad group to increase exposure. Original post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/SDE-guide-to-getting-the-best-offer---part1-isDNuYPU ] I left Microsoft some time ago. I switc...Read more
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...Read more