I'm on a two week sprint interviewing with a bunch of companies (fangs + a few startups). Done two so far. I'm interviewing for applied/data/ml/research scientist roles. So far I'm getting 1/2 coding sessions per loop. They don't even spend a full session on coding. I feel like I wasted so much time...Read more
I have relied on my apartment gym (pretty nice one) for a while. When they decided to close it, i picked up a 3 month at a club within walking distance of my apartment. Then that closed. I was obese much of my life, but have gotten into better shape 205 lbs and built a lot of muscle by having a g...Read more
Hey blinders, I joined amazon years ago, the old manager understand the stuff team’s doing and be able to properly shift priorities and communicate understand the problem well. Things start changing for me since the new manager join, feel hard to communicate and he would keep interrupt me during 1...Read more
So, keeping this post vague to avoid revealing the team/org, but honestly since COVID I have been feeling insecure about my work. The work is good (tech, coding, leading people) but the business problem I am solving is so freaking boring and I feel in every sprint planning session we have to come up...Read more
L4, $270k, 3yoe If not then how do you get there from L4? Switched orgs late last year. My new TL (L5) left and another L5 became TL. This team is the first time I've seen TLs who don't code a lot. Neither seems to code at all. But TL is still the primary code reviewer for our projects. Rather th...Read more
---------------- Update 11 Done! This process is a marathon, not a sprint. Nearly 3 months for me, although I got COVID which added 2-3 weeks worth of delays. I feel like I did very well overall. Execution was my weakest in both rounds, although my second Execution I felt was stronger than my f...Read more
Finding a job can be a rough ride. But hey, don't keep banging your head against the same wall. The game changes with every downturn and tech wave. It's all about catching the new tide, instead of sticking to the old tricks that everyone's now onto. If the job hunt's been a ghost chase, maybe it's t...Read more