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- Google solution Architect interview- Help! Applied for solution architect data role. Recruiter mentioned there will be a coding round and their expectation is to have coding skills equivalent of L4. What to expect from the coding interview for SA role? TC: 180K #googlesalesengineer #solutionarchitect #googlecloud
- New job! I accepted a new job that will involve SAS coding. It’s been a few years since I’ve coded in SAS and I’m a bit rusty... anyone have any code text to share that can help me brush up on my syntax?
- is going from SWE to Solutions Architect a downgrade? My friend says yes. I will be coding still in the SA role. Idk what to do. It is my only offer (200k/yr ) Yoe: 3 TC: 130k
- What is required for L4/L5 AWS SA? I've mostly seen tenured people join the SA organization but I've also seen some junior or fresh out of school join. Currently a Cloud Support Engineer (network) and would like to make some short term and long term goals in becoming an SA. I'm coming from a network heavy background and would like t
- Learn Python What’s the best way to get started learning Python? I have a bit of VBA coding experience and about 15 years of SAS programming experience. Takk
- Stripe Solutions Architect Interview Got an interview this week with the recruiter. I was looking at some of the other posts on Blind about the interview process and it looks like there is some coding involved in the later rounds. How familiar should I get myself with the API and for those who’ve done the round or are a current SA at S
- Senior Solutions architect interview at NVIDIA I had a recruiter from NVIDIA reaching out to me for senior SA role. From what it looks like, it is a customer facing role with little coding involved?!? Can someone elaborate the role and how the interview process goes like? PhD+3 YOE; TC: 🥜🥜
- Leetcode required for Amazon swe? Been a dev for 7 years, no CS diploma. Have all the AWS pro certs but have a passion for coding and not sales like an SA
- Google solution Architect interview- what to expect? Applied for solution architect data role. Recruiter mentioned there will be a coding round and their expectation is to have coding skills equivalent of AWS SDE L4. What to expect from the coding interview for SA role? Thanks in advance! #googleinterview #Seniorlevel
- Amazon SDE 1 Vs Solution Architect 1 ( SA 1) Recently interviewed for SDE2 role ata amazon but rejected. Recruiter said he got very positive feedback for system design interview and asked me if he can connect me to HM directly for SA role. It will involve less coding and I might like it. Should I consider it and go forward for SA or stick to
- Prerequisites before switching to Solution Architect Role I have a strong background in Networking and currently working as Cloud Support Engineer . Planning of moving to SA in AWS. As of now I do not have much experience in coding/scripting or devops kind of role.. Was thinking if that would be required and should I learn serverless before planning f
- I feel like a failure Graduating with a CS degree but I feel like a total loser. All my friends are getting amazing swe offers (TC: 180+) from FAANG. I suck at LC and do terrible in coding interviews. Worse of all I don't really enjoy coding all the time for work, mostly just as a fun hobby. The best I could manage was a
- Amazon SDE3 I interviewed for SDE3 and had bit of trouble in one coding round with a LC Hard problem. So recruiter says that its a no-go for SDE3, but they like me or sth. She says, they can consider me for SA. What does that mean? Is this common? Also, its weird that, even though they say they are considering
- Solution Architect Amazon required skill set I am from Telecom/Networking background working in Pre-Sales. What are the skill set required for Solution Architect position at Amazon? I am very well versed with networking concept, vendor hands-on,doing demos/POC , customer engagement etc. I applied online through portal and got rejected via cold
- SA at AWS looking to transition to TPM at Alexa. Should I ?? Hi guys! I’m currently an L6 SA with AWS and I’m looking to explore new roles. Would a PMT or TPM be a better fit ? Also I’m looking to explore a new org. What org should I stay clear off completely ??? - Alexa AVS - Alexa smart home - AWS serverless - AWS Code services team #Aws #amazon #alex
- I'm an AWS SA - what's next? I'm trying to figure out where to go next. I have extensive system design/SA experience with most of my previous career in coding (Java). It seems like going back to coding would require me to leetcode for a couple of months, which I can't envision doing. Also I like interacting with people and oth
- AWS Solutions Architect Offer - Tech U, worth it? Appreciate SAs to respond I'm currently going back and forth with the idea of working solely as a Solution Architect for AWS. This might be considered a lateral move, however, difficult to determine as I'd be going from a Intermediate SA to Associate SA. 1. Current Job - Infrastructure, hybrid SA + Developer (80/20 respecti
- Is there an epidemic of Solution Architects that can't write for loops or something? I stg every interview I've done they really hammer on making sure I am/was "hands on" in certain roles in my career, which I certainly was. I just wonder why this is really a sticking point in a lot of SA interviews. Most don't have a coding round but they still see this experience as key to the rol
- Is L6 Solutions Architect a dead end role? (AWS) For someone with a heavy software engineering background and lots of architecture experience. (Not a sales guy) I took the role because it seems easier than coding. I went for a specialist role as well. Pay stays the same. It is easier, but I realize there’s perhaps nowhere to go from here. And am
- Boring job -> AWS SA Hi Folks! I'm looking for your advice. I'm an SA at AWS(L5), I've been here for almost 1 year and I find SA job boring and not interesting. There is no action, you're not building anything(don't tell me about "Hello World" POCs), you're not creating anything innovative, basically showing customers h
- how to move to US, Canada or europe top countries? hi all, i live in eastern europe, and want to move to US, Canada or top europe countries my background is finance + analytics in F100 multinational companies. skilled in SAS, SAP and SQL what is the best plan for me to move out of this shithole? learn to code?
- vote Currently an SA at AWS, had a recruiter from Google reach out, worth pursuing? Been at AWS just over a year, don’t hate my current position, but comp appears to be lagging behind many others in my same role. Worth pursuing the contact from G, or is GCP too much of a mass to bother getting into? I’ve heard mixed things. Assuming it’s a CE role, message referred to it as “Pre-sa
- SDE vs. technical non-coding roles - salary? Does technical non-coding roles pay just as well as SDE roles? I love the technical side of things but don’t want to slave away on leetcode for months. Thinking of just getting a bunch of AWS and Azure certifications and applying for an SA role. Any advice? #tech #aws #amazon #faang #microsoft #azu
- Can someone tell me what the salary difference is between a Solution Architect and Solution (Sales) Engineer? My first instinct is an SA would typically be a more technical role and include more development/coding work, whereas sales engineers would be more involved in the pre-sales discussions and developing prototypes or demonstrations to prospective customers. But.. who gets paid more typically? Based o
- Confuse between Software Engineering -VS- Cloud SA & DevOps I have some programming experience as well as framework architect and recently working in AWS stack including IoT, Infrastructure and DevOps. Should I start doing Leet code or Various Certifications in Cloud? What is the future for SA and DevOps? Any scope for FAANG companies? How to prepare if yo
- vote Which Cloud Platform Should I Learn? This question keeps me up at night. I know there isn’t a correct answer, but please shed some light. I am currently a Datacenter SA, with no coding experience. I want to break into cloud. A lot of people say AWS because it’s the leader in the market right now, but GCP just looks SO SLICK and I feel
- Deloitte - fullstack developer? Question about #deloitte - Software engineer / Fullstack Developer. Group: Applied AI - Analytics and Cognitive During an interview I wasn't told much about what I'll be doing or even what tech stack I'll be using. How much coding/engineering will I be doing? I would hate to be a glorified ETL per
- Credit one bank Nepotism The VP of Portfolio balance growth at credit one bank is best friends with an analyst of the team. The analyst is utterly incompetent and unable to perform any analysis. Furthermore, the analyst has no technical coding skills in SAS or python. Recently, the VP promoted her bestie to analyst 2 and hi
- How to get into a coding heavy job at age 35? Aged 35 now, have long experience in analytics/data science in India and USA (2 YRS). Mechanical engineer from a top university in India. Masters in Data Science from US. Currently on H1B. From my experience with SAS, SQL, Python and R coding during Masters assignments, and as part of real data sc
- Data Science & Machine Learning Hey! Wondering if anyone has advice on learning coding for data science/machine learning. Which program/online learning tools are best (and cheap)? Which language(s)? I have an MBA and a master's in biostats (both from a top 20 school) and compared to the debt I'm in, the salary I make in a big cit
- Life after AWS Solutions Architect: Need Suggestions Hello Blind Community I m AWS Account SA (L6) around 3 years here. TYE : 15 CTC : 375K ( Premium Market, US) After one year I lost hope with AWS & it’s culture but staying 1/ Stocks appreciation 2/ Visa. As many of you know account SAs are Jack of Trades and master of None ( May be few ) so I m n
- AWS SA wants to go back to SDE Hi all, looking for some advice....I am currently an L5 SA on some big accounts and while I can do the work I don't feel intellectually challenged anymore. Just getting customer requests/problems, leveraging the one-team for the answer, looping the customer in, after actions, rinse & repeat. Sometim
- Professional Services I'm looking to make a career change. I'm a converted Net/Sys Admin that made the jump to AWS about 3 years ago. My focus has been primarily on IaC (cloudformation) for migrations deployments, architecture, etc. I have little to no coding background, though I have developed some basic python/lambda
- vote Is this a Joke? What do you think? Wasted my valuable time in this toxic place In my team the Manager is very lazy. Don't take feedback seriously. The intern writes more codes than all the SDEs. Then what are the SDEs doing? 1. We as SDE are just resolving SAS and other security risks over the last 8 months 2. Heavy Oncall once every month Is this what we are hired for? I
- actuary to swe i am recent grad from college working as an actuarial analyst, how do i go into SWE? have no idea where to start or what to prepare for. Can someone break down what’s needed for applications, any resources to prepare for the job? I have little coding experience that too mostly in sql and sas. Took
- Azure Core interview I have an interview with MSFT coming up for Azure Core, passed the screen with some LC practice and not sure what to expect for the loop day beyond some Q&A and remote coding possibly. My recruiter said I’ll be interviewing for different teams but the email says Azure Core? (Kanye shrug). Interested
- Switching from consulting to big tech My friend is a technical consultant at Accenture. He wants to make the switch to Amazon. His current role is "technical architect." (As an SDE at Amazon, I find the existence of such a role where you design large systems and don't code and don't maintain interesting and think of it as a bit of a j
- Leaving AWS SA role Took the SA role because I was kinda tired of most of the SRE jobs out there .. hoping this to be a break and it ebbs and flows so far. Some weeks busy some weeks not... but that's a story for another time. My problem is I've been here for a year and the role isn't technical enough for me. I don't
- Any hope of being a Solution Architect/Data Architect/Cloud Architect without travel? I have an offer as a Solution Architect, but it requires travel and offers $100k over my current TC. I'm a Data Architect in my current role too, but haven't traveled for a very long time. I'm worried that with the return to office policies gaining traction now, is it even possible to make a career
- Google CE - enterprise data - what 2 expct All, Profile: I have 13yoe. 1+y AWS - Cert SA associate. Know top level concepts of Azure (may clear AZ fundamentals). Have ton of knowledge on Teradat/data warehouse/ETL/ELT/BI/infrastructure side too. Worked on Hadoop for couple years. Soon will be having HR call for GCP enterprise Data CE role
- Career options with AWS Premium Support experience I’ve been with premium support for about 2.5 years now, developing decent skills related to Networking and Linux. Being a fresher, I’ve enjoyed the work and was also able to get my Aws solutions architect certification during my tenure. I know that the path to grow if things remain as is, Is to get
- 5 offers/1 month Hey guys I figured I would help the community since you guys are awesome 👏 I got 5 offers out of 9-10 interviews over 1 month Fb - reject , one coding round I needed help. No feedback but everything else went good . I did finish that question . Very high bar . L6 Goog - downlevelled to L5 - I w
- vote AWS vs Slalom offer - SA vs ProServ Currently juggling 2 offers, thinking of moving from a major bank to a new role. AWS Cloud roles. Experience: Solution Architect / DevOps Engineer (50/50 split between architecture & coding) YOE: 4 Location: Canada Offer 1 - AWS - Solution Architect Associate (pre-sales SA) Base / Bonus: 105k RSU:
- How to get a job at Microsft (or any MS owned company) I am a Bootcamp graduate Software Engineer with 1.5 years of experience. I am on a team that maintains a tool written in Java. By maintain, I mean we just fix bugs and there are no new features planned for this tool. My request to switch teams was denied. I have started studying again and am curre
- should we take job for wrong reasons? hi all, I work in Data science. i got an offer from Amazon. after a heavy heart I accepted it and now I have submitted papers for my H1B transfer which they still havent filed yet. My current job is also not that great and my company wont do GC filing. But I dont feel like joining. I am not excited
- Technical Consulting to.... what? I never learned DS&A, no CS degree but I'm a smooth talker and been able to keep up with SWE TC here in the midwest generally (~150k). However looking around now post-covid at the open jobs from companies in CA/Startups there aren't really roles like that, certainly not at those high TCs. My experi
- Solutions Architect to Google Product Manager - Tech? Hey everyone, hoping to get some leads about transition. Please comment if you see anyone making switching roles before, it will be greatly appreciated. On top of my regular duties as an SA, I write user stories/pain points, contribute a lot to UI/UX, code and work with marketing to get the word ou
- Getting back into more technical roles Hi - I am currently managing a small integrations and solutions engineering team. I moved away from software development 4 years ago. My current roles are more functional and less technical which means I am not in touch with latest and greatest. I can talk APIs and stuff but cannot code, cannot le
- Need career advice. Feeling lost. I have been at Databricks for about 4 years now as solutions architect. Previously I was a software eng and tech architect for almost 6 years at various small startups. I liked the aspect of interacting with customers and knowing different projects but more and more it started to feel like a tech su
- Amazon's BS Hiring Practices Last year recruiter reaches out for an AWS presales SA role. I got excited because the job description is the same as what I do now in my current company but with AWS I would get more exposure to different companies and learn a ton. I think this was a L7 role. I prepared for it, studied their leade