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- Need suggestions in taking right decision for my next career move I am currently working as a Software Engineer III at Cisco. It's been 3 years. Current TC: 185K I have received offers from 2 companies: Pure Storage Role: Member of Technical Staff in DevTest operations team: role involves around developing automation tools, maintaining infrastructure and operati
- New grad referrals needed! LC 250 Hi guys, I will be graduating in Spring 2020. I am looking for Full-Time New grad referrals for these companies: Atlassian, Airbnb, Affirm, Citrix, Dropbox, Databricks, Expedia, LinkedIn, Lyft, Lime, Paypal, Pure Storage, Palantir, Pinterest, Wish, Yelp. Currently doing my Masters in CS. I have i
- Looking for Referral Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to a larger company. I'm a SWE with 3+ YoE. Looking to join a larger company full-time. Any help will be appreciated! #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #Adobe #Microsoft #Confluent #Wish #Pure storage #Robinhood #Quora #Qualtrics #Rob
- Looking for Refferal Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to a larger company. I'm a career switcher with 6+ YOE in consulting. Have been doing freelancing and personal projects for over a year now. Looking to join a larger company full-time. Any help will be appreciated! #swe #engineering #software #referral #hi
- link Looking for SWE referrals Hello, I'm looking for referrals to the tier 1/2 companies for backend/big data positions in the Bay Area, NYC, Seattle, Austin, or D.C area. I've completed 400+ LC questions and ready to start interviewing. Please leave a comment so I can DM you my info. Thank you in advance! Current TC: $150k
- link Senior backend engineer looking for referrals -Around 8 years of total backend development experience -Hands-on cloud infrastructure experience - Docker, Kubernetes etc. -Proficient in Java. Good knowledge of Kafka, Storm, Zookeeper, NodeJS etc. - LC > 200 - Good at System Design. Referrals needed; I am interested in big companies as well as
- Good SWE Recruiters Not a rant, just wanted to shoutout a few companies that had a great recruiting staff even though I either did not accept or did not get an offer from them. Two Sigma: very personable, attentive, and wanted you to succeed. Streamlined process with clear expectations. Pure Storage: nice people, nic
- Bombed an online assessment and feel sad Alright, so I just finished taking the online assessment of Pure Storage (new grad). 1h, 9 questions; 2 coding (1 easy, other VERY long/medium difficulty), 3 debugging, 4 multiple choice on OS related stuff. Did a very silly mistake on 1st coding that took up much of the time (resolved the issue in
- vote Help offer selecting Have offers from PureStorage, Coinbase, Coupang and Meta pure storage: 200k+15%+550k/4years+35k (+annual refresher) coinbase (senior): 200k+10%+175k annual+30k (seems no refresher but high multiplier 1.5-2 if perform well) Coupang (senior): 380k max according to recruiter, no detail Meta (E4): 280k
- link Concurrency and multi threading interview questions How do you guys practice or prepare for multi threading and concurrency related questions asked in interviews. To be more specific, I am talking about questions like those asked for pure storage interviews, confluent.io interviews etc. Not theoretical questions like difference between mutex and sema
- Streak of Failures (Experiences) Interviews are tough. But it's gets tougher mentally when you have all failed attempts. I started interviewing couple of months ago, 1. Pure Storage - out first round 2. Box. Cleared first round, onsite 2 hour coding did well, 1 hour had bad interviewer experience. 3. Google, out first round.
- Best Data Infra teams at FB? I'm moving forward to the offer stage (E5) and likely picking a team instead of Data Infra. I may either do 2 month bootcamp or pre-allocation. What are the best teams or ones to avoid? Based on 1. Good WLB (I expect some on-call, but hopefully not putting out fires all night) 2. Experienced Manag
- State of interviewing with 1 YoE After graduating I went with a mid-size startup (MSFT was internship) and while things are pretty chill, I want to move to a company that has harder engineering problems. However, it feels like the best time to get into interesting companies is either as a new grad or after many YoE (the job postin
- FINAL ULTIMATE SWE Company Tier List Ordered based on various factors (compensation, engineering talent, WLB, prestige, etc). Tried to keep the companies in each tier ordered but if they are close together its fairly equal but something at start of T1 > end of T1. Let me know if you have any company to add. TC: 240k YOE: 0 - not a
- vote Crowdstrike, Pure, Startup offers I’ve got 3 offers on the table, listed in order of preference. I really wanted to like Crowdstrike but they left a bad taste in my mouth after the VP asked for a copy of the other offers then decided he wouldn’t counter. Also some red flags in the interview with him. Too bad because the team otherwi
- Need a Referral for Data Scientist/DSM/DSD Hi, I am a data scientist with 10 years experience residing in SFBay. I want to transition into a public company. My current TC is 320K, so I am targetting above that, and from what I understand the following companies may pay me more. I have applied to lot of companies, and have not heard back y
- Staff S/W Engineering Technical Phone Screen at Twitter Can I know what is expected in phone screen for Staff level @Twitter? (And the Interview process for the Staff level) I haven't applied to any jobs yet. Just updated my LinkedIn profile. Recruiter/Recruiting coordinator reached out to me on LinkedIn saying few teams at twitter are interested in y
- Sharing experience Hello Blinders! I have used blind to prepare for interviews, offer negotiations, h1b related questions and many more things. It's time for me to give back. It might not be much different from other post but will share it anyways. I was laid off from Uber in May and as I was on H1B, I had only 3 mo
- 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.
- 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
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections
- Looking for a Tech Mentor I am 26 and in early stages of tech career. I am a Software developer but very interested in ML stuff. I am looking for a mentor. Can any one help me or tell me how can I find a mentor
- Biden Win- Tech What does it mean to Tech when Biden wins?