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Silicon Valley Bank
- silicon valley bank thinking about an offer. whats the culture like? i got the impression that people work 24/7. whats the new leadership like? hows the new mission?
- Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) Posting for my friend. He got a job offer at SVB for Senior Software Engineer and has 10 yrs of IT experience. Base - 170K Bonus - 20% No RSU's Is there are room to negotiate the base? Howz the work culture? #swe #software #engineering
- Silicon Valley Bank PM role A recruiter reached out to me regarding a PM opening with svb. Now, I don’t know much about this bank other than that it is primarily focused on providing funding to tech startups. Can anyone please help me understand more about the bank, wlb and pay range for PM roles? Tc: 155 🥜
- Silicon Valley Bank - Principal SWE Hello Blinders ! Seeking your inputs on how is the work culture @ SVB, growth opportunities, and how does TC looks like for a Principal SWE. #silicon valley bank #goldmansachs #SVB # google #facebook #apple #microsoft #salary #salarycomparison #salarycomparison #compensation #tc YOE : 15
- Silicon Valley Bank vs. Goldman Is working in Venture/PE more prestigious at Goldman or SVB?
- Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) vs. Chime Since Fintech is growing, there are a lot of positions opening in this sector. I was contacted by Chime and SVB. I wanted to know any thoughts on these two companies if anyone is willing to share. i.e. would you want to work in Fintech; what are your thoughts about copanies stated above TC 140k
- Does Silicon Valley Bank hire H1Bs ? A recruiter from SVB reached out to me to schedule an interview for SWE. In the past they’ve always shied away from me since they didn’t sponsor H1Bs. Has this changed now ? TC: 104K YOE: 10
- How's work culture at Silicon Valley Bank? I am close to getting an offer from SVB for a director role in Tempe AZ. I really liked all my interactions with people from different groups. Any insights into work life balance? Feel like they work long hours. What kinda total comp can I expect for a director role?
- link More migration to Canada + Silicon Valley Bank in Toronto https://betakit.com/silicon-valley-bank-opens-in-canada/ https://www.axios.com/exodus-us-tech-workers-canada-0a42cd15-9294-4157-acb2-fc5850e3b766.html Guess the Bay area exodus of foreign born talent is going reaching high levels.
- Silicon Valley Bank - how is the work culture and comp? SVB - how is the work culture, total comp for a senior SWE? Planning to take some interviews there
- Silicon Valley vs Wall St These days, is it better to be an engineer in silicon valley or a banker/consultant at Wall Street. FANG or Goldman/Bain? Comp wise, Wall Street wins in the long run, but the hours and work can be grueling. I know wall St people try to exit to silicon valley, but how about the other way around? C
- Evaluating offer from SVB Received an verbal offer from Silicon Valley Bank, below are the details. Any room for negotiation? Title: Senior SWE Location: Tempe,AZ Base: 133k Bonus: 20% Offered TC: 159K Current TC: 107k YOE: 10
- Silicon Valley Branding for Every City Have you guys heard of other metro areas rebranding as "Silicon X"? I keep hearing more about this. For instance, "Silicon Slopes" in Utah. But to my knowledge, they don't manufacture silicon transistors, which is where the name comes from. History lesson - Silicon Valley got it's name because of
- What’s the next cool industry? So pre-2007 Banking had the best lifestyle (parties, concerts, Pebble Beach Golf outings, general excess). The Great Recession killed the fun there. Then, along came MarTech. Again, crazy parties, concerts, and general excess. Eventually, GDPR started a death of fun, but I feel like COVID accelera
- link No Macbooks allowed at GS? I came across this in a wsj article... “Coders wooed from Silicon Valley had their requests for MacBooks rejected by Goldman’s compliance department, employees said.“ https://www.wsj.com/articles/goldman-sachs-tries-banking-for-the-masses-its-been-a-struggle-11569643252 Goldman doesn’t let devs u
- vote SF Bay real estate market getting hit along with tech and RSUs. The 2019 buying season is setting up for a major crash. Bank are already gearing up with mortgage operations layoffs. Fake news? https://wolfstreet.com/2018/11/16/housing-downturn-arrives-in-silicon-valley-san-francisco/ www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/amp/Well-this-is-new-Price-cuts-on-Bay-Area-homes-13400672.php https://www.nationalmortgag
- Offer evaluation Received an offer for senior devops engineer at Silicon valley bank. Offer: Base- 160k Bonus-15% No equity or joining bonus Current TC-125K YOE-3yrs How is the culture at SVB? Negotiations not going anywhere. Does 15% bonus really awarded for decent performance reviews? #Svb #siliconvalleybank
- Fallout with manager. Urgently looking for jobs Looking for any and every positions I can get a job at in a month. Fell out with manager and need a job ASAP. Do you guys happen to have any pointers where a dev from one of the top Silicon Valley companies can get a temporary job say a banking company or start ups etc. Any leads appreciated.
- Managed investments inputs You know, I'm working at Ford, so I'm not making a crazy Silicon Valley paycheck. Combined TC of myself and my wife: $280k, living in Detroit suburbs. I would like to invest $50k from my $200k savings into a managed portfolio. What do you suggest me to do? Go with, employer provided (Edelman Financ
- link Uber pitching $120B IPO https://www.wsj.com/articles/uber-proposals-value-company-at-120-billion-in-a-possible-ipo-1539690343?mod=flipboard The bank presentations show Uber gathering momentum toward an IPO that is among the most hotly anticipated on Wall Street and Silicon Valley and could come sooner than expected as the
- Finance Bros vs Tech Bros What do you think is the main difference between the two bro cultures? I feel like the typical stereotype towards both bros is "high paid and arrogant." Both bros get paid really well respectively in Silicon Valley and Wall Street in terms of cash TC. Investment banking and private equity associat
- Rent in Sillicon Valley. How much is too much? Who still has roommates? Everyone is complaining about how expensive rent is in Silicon Valley (not talking about San Francisco) and how you need a roommate or 2 to survive. I'm from a large city and currently pay $2300+ for a one bedroom. Expensive, I guess, but I like amenities. I dont make even close to some of the TCs p
- Junior PM - Moving from NYC to Bay Area - Need Referal I am a Associate PM with 1.5 years of experience in a financial services firm, working on end user products with front end teams. I am looking to move to the Bay Area, due to personal reasons. I was looking for some general advice about how to approach this move - in particular it seems super hard t
- My goal is to own a home: looking for advice Hey Everyone I'm 26 yo, single, located in Silicon Valley, 100k job, 0 debt (yay me), 30k in sellable stock, 10k in the bank and a traditional 401k which i contribute 18% (max). I was hoping to get some advice on what I can do to start saving to buy a home. I was thinking about changing my 401k
- which college major for our 17 year old? I know this never gets old :) and there are probably many articles here but wanted to start the convo again as the times are now different and old discussions I came across do not have relevant info. (e.g. remote culture will change many aspects of jobs and what employers look for) Our 17-year-old
- Finance to tech sales Hello everyone. Does the community have any suggestions for moving from sales in finance to sales in high technology? I reside in Palo Alto, dead center in Silicon Valley. I have a theory that some in the Valley/tech/financing tech happen to like, and others find upsetting: I do believe that valuat
- The Bay Area Housing Market. I'm so glad Microsoft is in Seattle... But I have many ties to the Bae Area (lolol!) and have always looked upon the housing situation there with ravenous passion. Remember Patrick.Net anyone? Rewind to 2000. Silicon Valley is out of control on fire! Electronica is starting to happen at the Limeligh
- vote I see many big companies offering remote, is this viable career or is onsite significantly better? Currently working in Midwest and have to come into the office 3x a week. My wife is looking for dental residencies in California, but the system sucks in that she has to apply to many but can only be ‘matched’ with one. I’d love to work in Bay Area but there are only like 5-6 residencies there, the
- Housing Market- what’s going to happen I don’t know much about understanding housing markets even though I do own a place in SF and looking to buy a slightly bigger place to start a family. I’ve been house hunting on and off for 3 years. In 2014 I almost bid on a place that was going for $1m. I decided not to and now the houses in that
- Multiple Opportunities in a Blockchain Fintech startup that just raised $6.2M seed round! Hey everyone, Wanted to share some details and job openings at Pontoro, a seed stage start up building a platform to revolutionize the Infrastructure Fintech space! $94 trillion of infrastructure financing is needed by 2040; however, financing capacity continues to diminish due to the declining ba
- Should I buy an apartment in Silicon Valley? (My analysis of the situation) Warning: This is a long post with some of my analysis of the whole situation. First of all a little background about myself. I am a 26 years old Masters student who is graduating this summer. I have 3 YOE before I started my Masters. I will be relocating to Silicon Valley for my full-time job, and
- With high TC comes high depression Wife and I both work at FAANG in the Bay Area. Ages 30/29, combined TC 850K+, net worth 1.5M. No debts (renting, student loans paid off), no kids, perfect health. Aware of how lucky we are to have this life. Just had another of those stressful days at work, where both end up fully exhausted. Then w
- vote Are startups prepared for recession and no-layoff? hypothetical question: Are startups prepared for recession? Which one is most prepared? I did a bit research by myself, folks can add more comments, might be useful information. I can add more if folks can help naming startups. Probably I should add other dimensions such as expansion rate etc. I do
- vote SWE at Hedge Fund vs FinTech Startup - New Grad looking for advice Hey Blind community, I am current CS masters student at top school in London and have received offers from two companies a hedge fund (no not 2S, Citadel or JS) but still has about 60b AUM but is generally quite small ~300 employees globally and HQ in London and a FinTech startup which is currently
- Indians in the Green Card backlog - how we can move forward A little bit about me - I am originally from India. I moved to the US after high school and have an undergraduate degree from an Ivy League school, and a graduate degree in a specialized field. I am very grateful for the opportunities afforded to me in the US to get to the top of my field and build
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health
- vote Which of the following stocks will double fastest? If you were to risk all your wealth in one tech stock which one would it be at this moment?
- all stocks have gone up considerably high but I still lost 40 k due to day trading I would like to invest in longterm stock. Which stock will double in next 3-6 months? holding apple hoping it would run up to 130
- link We need energy that doesn’t destroy the environment Look at this - how can this kind of destruction of natural beauty be allowed? https://imgur.com/gallery/kzEtb7w
- The world is what it is. We have to make the best of it... I am sick of people always complaining the world is going to the dogs. Leftists are snowflakes - Parents Right wing is bigoted - Friends The west exploits the developing nations. - My countrymen Google and facebook are stealing our data and we are the product. - Almost everyone You live so far away
- Need help for referrals in LA Just moved to Los Angeles earlier this year. I am a TPM with ~4 YOE. Current TC 200k. Need help getting referrals here, would be greatly appreciated. #la #losangeles #referrals #snap #netflix #tinder #twitch
- vote Do you trust Wealthfront retirement projections? I was planning retirement at 55 but Wealthfront says I'll have more than enough at 50 which is only 7 years away for me. I'm leaning toward rest and vest at this point because I'm running out of funks to give! Do you trust Wealthfront?
- Expected TC change after potential Biden’s presidency? So basic economic theory says that if the government raises the tax on some goods, the price will rise and how much it’ll rise would depend on the elasticity of the supply&demand curve (which side is more sensitive to the price change). Given that, do you think TC of overall tech companies will ris
- link What websites do people use to find jobs in India? Monster.com?
- Part Time Degrees worth pursuing I have a BS, MS (in Computer Science), MBA - all from top schools in the US. I currently do Product Management which gives me the opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business - and I really like the job! I have found that both my advanced degrees (MS and MBA) were a great way
- Elon's Presidential Vote Given his strong support for re-opening the country, we know who he's voting for, right? For... the raise ur hand all the damn time student..., no I'm not looking for a poll, opinions only. Data and logic are not allowed in this response. Simply opinions based on nothing but how you FEEL. TC: $1