Unlimited PTO Great work life balance Remote Company paid offsites twice per year
Tons of politics, resulting in overly competitive toxic teammates. I heard slack had good culture, but maybe not anymore. Senior leadership does not give proper support nor listen to anyone other than C suite. Really top down feel.
Hi Awesome folks! I am trying to come up with a frontend architecture of Slack, Spotify as preparation for System-Design rounds for interviews. Looking specifically into building it with React and focussing the design on 1) When and in which components in the tree should data-fetching happen 2) Sta...Read more
I'm good with System Design, Architecture and real-world scenario questions but haven't been coding since last 5yrs. Currently employed but looking for a change, if you can refer please comment so I can DM. TC: 320K YOE: 15yrs #Google, #Meta #Apple, #Microsoft, #Netflix, #LinkedIn, #Salesforce, #U...Read more
What's the point of code quality and architecture when Microsoft teams can replace slack in many companies? Slack is way better. Sales has more scope. Learn how to sell and build an average quality product. Any opinion on this?
Name the companies who relies on only system design and architecture type of interviews for swe. One example could be Slack. Tc : 210k Note: I know market is not good now. Just doing some homework. #engineering #software
Worked as a Sr. Engineering manager and promoted to a director for a product development company in Washington DC. Experience of around 15 years with like 12 years coding and architecture, 3 years people management experience, during these 3 years have been involved in design and architecture specia...Read more
I have a Frontend Architecture interview coming up. I have not given any interview on Frontend Architecture ever. I have over 2 years experience working with Javascript and React. Can you guys please help with the kind of concepts that companies generally test in such an interview ? What is asked ...Read more
Because of layoffs and whatnot, my new grad offer was rescinded recently and I'm without a job offer before graduation. Would anyone be able to help me out with referrals in SWE, Embedded, Architecture, AI/ML, or similar roles, or just any advice on what I can do to get a job soon? I am graduating w...Read more
Hello! I have a mobile system design interview coming up and am trying to get a list of questions asked at other companies. Please contribute to this list with your experience :) 1. ride sharing services between three buildings of a campus 2. photo streaming app 3. Instagram stories 4. Design Slack...Read more
I have recently started reading research papers / white papers (C-Store, MillWheel, etc.). I am able to grasp high-level architectures but struggle to understand key ideas sometimes (e.g. in C-store paper "implementation of snapshot isolation - why low watermarks?"). Is there a community (e.g. slack...Read more
I’m interviewing with Lyft, Google, Dropbox, and Slack so far. I have 1yoe in backend web and I havent interviewed since internships. What level of leetcode problems should I expect? Any particular fields I should study? I’m assuming I wont be asked about architecture? EDIT: Should I get to the poi...Read more
Posting for a family member. They have 30+ years of experience in development, and are very strong in C#, Windows Application Development, SQL, and Data Architecture. Mostly interested in a remote position, or something in the New York City Metropolitan Area. Thank you in advance! #swe #engineering...Read more
I'm currently a SWE and transitioning into Senior Dev / Associate Dev Architect. There will be a one -year long architecture curriculum. It is cloud focused but it seems like the track is very tailored towards the company. I also don't want to stick around forever since the pay isn't good. Any tip...Read more
first 2 years at this company was an absolute slog, with extreme unresonable deadlines and politics. Now all of a sudden I am SME of an area and work consists of just providing info to colleagues, minor amount of code, code reviews, architecture guidance, meetings. I only work 4 hours per day now bu...Read more
I have an Indian manager who is not technically strong and a new mother. The manager seem nice but softly avoid inviting me to architecture meetings or adding me to important slack channels. This prevents me gaining visibility and technical depth. Instead, another junior Indian colleague got the opp...Read more
Hi Everyone, I'm a fourth year studying at UVA. Return offer for ICT3 SWE from Apple Core OS from internship rescinded for odd staffing reasons. Given the return offer, I was not actively applying until today, and am stressed about finding a job before graduation given the market circumstances. I w...Read more
Trying to leave a toxic work environment. Looking for an opportunity for technical and team leas growth. Preferably hybrid, cool with remote/in office. Current TC: $117 2 years of experience all over the stack: - distributed systems (micro-front ends) - JS / TS / React / HTML / CSS - web accessib...Read more
Hey all, I just want to know if there are any related field especially in the tech firm field where there are city planning, urban design, or related positions. It’s quite different from my architecture firm but want to learn from a different industry and if hire for a similar work position. Probab...Read more
Hi all, I'm a backend engineer with 10 YOE. Very strong architecture and design experience and breeze through LC medium. I'm starting on my search for a new job and looking to apply to a bunch of places that I've listed. Hoping to interview at a bunch of places all at once to coordinate offers. I'm...Read more
Thank you blind for all the help! I am here to give back to fellow blinders with prep materials. 12 offers secured so far: Verkada - 285 Google - 260 (low balling and crying they won’t budge if u don’t have FB - L4) LinkedIn - 290 Bloomberg - 270 Goldman Sachs - 240 Twilio - 260 6 other series C a...Read more
Hello everyone 👋🏻, my employment with my current employer in the US came to an abrupt end due to a visa issue. I am planning to avail the HPI visa and move to the UK. I am seeking product, strategy and architecture roles in tech companies. I would appreciate any lead or referral from the communit...Read more