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- What work tools are used internally @ Airtable? I would love to know what's the typical work stack? I noticed Airtable uses greenhouse for recruitment and it got me wondering on how the product is used internally.... Airtable can easily be used as an applicant tracker complete with email automations and user permissions.... Specifically what do
- Full Stack Dev Training 15+ years experience in private aviation management along with some product manager work the past few years. I have some coding experience but would like to potentially move into more of a developer role. Any advice on courses/training programs geared toward full stack development? Ideally part time
- Principal Program Manager job at Microsoft I'm a Sr. Program Manager-III, product delivery, looking for a L65 -66 Program Manager role at Microsoft. Deep tech experience in MS tech stack, active MVP on Azure (since last 5 years). currently work for Amazon. In process with Google but really really want to get in MS Anyone, any recommendation
- Modifying my previous QA title to add more YOE as a senior PM-T Hi all, I am currently working as a Technical Product Manager at a small startup in Canada. I've been here for 3.3 years. I keep applying at FAANG companies as a Sr. PM-T but I keep getting downgraded to an L5. I am thinking this is because I don't have enough YOE as a PM-T Back in 2016, I was
- Failed every interview in the past 4 months I’ll be honest, I didn’t spend months prepping or thousands of dollars for prep materials. I did spend 4 weeks prepping for Google, which had the strongest results out of all. 1. Meta: failed the execution phone screen 2. Pinterest: not sure - thought interview went well, but didn’t pass the design
- Splunk vs OCI? I currently have 3 offers - - Splunk Software Engineer (Cloud) ($135k base in Seattle) - Splunk Full Stack Engineer (Security Products) ($135k base in Bay area) - OCI Software Engineer (IC2) (Objects Storage team) ($128k base in Seattle) My interests are in Distributed systems. Only career grow
- That time I was fired from Microsoft. Back in 2009 I was fired from my job in product planning at Microsoft. I had been doing customer and market research for what became Windows 8. At the time there were lay-offs happening all over Microsoft and actual terminations (i.e. firings without severance) were amped WAY up. My manager put me
- Audible Teams taking Interns? Hi, I recently received an interview invitation with Audible, and was asked to choose a team to apply to. Some of them include: Player, Library, Consumer Domain(Shopping;Discovery;Accounts), iOS, Android, Homestead, ACX, Content Systems, ADAM, dataX, International, Financial Systems, Enterprise, Es
- Strip Finance Interview and WLB #finance #interview Hi everyone - interested in applying for Stripe Finance. Does anyone have any insight on interview process (ie vague finance case study/ writing super dense white paper / putting together presentation panel?) Also how is the WLB at Stripe? (ie are people constantly being stack
- vote Offer Eval: Google, Snap, Amazon D&S I have three offers: Google, Snap, and a dive-and-save from Amazon that came in lower than I expected. Offers with numbers rounded: Snap - L5 First year TC: $565k 10k more base than Google, 900k in RSUs over 3 years, no stacking refreshers Pros: great team, interesting product, good culture Cons:
- CVP “addresses” MSFT comp The CVP of my org recently “addressed” the topic of MSFT’s low compensation relative to the rest of the industry: Given how Microsoft pays, why would I recommend this organization to the best developers that I know? In all our of listening channels from the All-Team Q&A to Signals, to Yammer and S
- Is infrastructure a SWE or EE at FB? My FB recruiter asked me what I prefer during initial call, full stack or infrastructure, and while I prefer infrastructure, I just want to make sure infra is tied to product teams and not enterprise. She did say I would be interviewing at E4 level. Passed technical phone screen, virtual on site Jun
- Software engineer that are not fullstack? All the developer's at the smbs I have worked on, are either frontned or backend developers. Like they work somewhere on the stack. But from what I can tell bigtech faang developers, some work on niche like products like testing frameworks, some cli tools, web frameworks themselves like the people
- How to get traction and become productive fast at a start-up, when it's a new domain and sw stack & goals are obscure ? A few things first This is my first startup gig . Sr SDE. I have 10YOE @ big companies, so still getting used to the usual differences like lack of documentation, process , some infrastructure (in terms of automation , CI , etc ). To add to the challenges, I'm working in a completely new domain ,
- How to evaluate startup growth opportunities I got offers from two startups, and their engineering leaders have impressive careers, and I enjoyed talking with them. TC and the company size are about the same, so I want to choose a place with the best growth opportunity. What should I look for more to decide where to work? Breakdowns A: post-I
- Advice for team match @ Google Been @ LinkedIn almost 6 years, currently SWE manager, worked on various parts of the stack but I enjoyed frontend the most. Been managing for 1 year and want to go back to an IC role. Interviewed with Google for L5 frontend SWE. Recruiter said interview feedback was good and we are starting team m
- Indeed is hiring | 10+ fullstack devs (open for WFH/REMOTE) Hi, We're in need of full-stack devs who lean more on the frontend. Two teams: Team 1: Java | React Team 2: Django | Python | React Strictly L2s (3.5 - 7yrs of experience, given the comp) Culture: very flexible, can wfh/remote, HIGH autonomy, very collaborative. These roles aren't posted yet.
- Help me shortlist the companies Not in Adobe now. I am in one of the late stage unicorn startups. Joined for some preipo luck. But, looking at the developer productivity and tooling here, I am already thinking about my next gig. Which companies actually have a good software development practices? No developer will agree that th
- Amazon PARS team vs Microsoft BING (USA) I have SDE 1 offer from Amazon for product assurance risk and security and SDE 2 offer from Microsoft Bing team. I am confused which team to join. The problem which I see is the tech stack for Microsoft is on .Net. Any suggestions? Which is the better team to join? #tech #compensation #microsoft #
- What exactly is a TPM and what do they interview for? I’m currently a full stack engineer, I’ve always seen TPM and PM on here and I’m never sure exactly what they do. From what I’ve seen they do a lot of planning, note taking, talking to upper management… I also wanted to know what they ask in interviews for TPM. Is it all behavioral questions? How d
- Last day at Amazon - AMA Spent 4 years working in different teams across retail, ads and Alexa. Some lessons and experiences. 1. Your experience is very manager and skip dependent. I was lucky to have managers who were good human beings - not all were good leaders. 2. Any role can be tagged as a PM role in Amazon - in fa
- Is it good to gain experience on C++/Assembly for your career? I have been doing full stack development till now. Java, C# and JavaScript is what I have experience in. I got an opportunity where I could work on core CS fields like interpreter, compiler, jit, memory management, profiling for a very popular product. How does this kind of experience is valued and
- link Dropbox teams vs Hello sign Hello Dboxers, Dropbox has confirmed that they’d be extending IC4 level for me and I am currently talking to teams. Is there any major difference wrt functioning, wlb, growth etc between the teams that work on Dropbox product vs the ones that work on Hello Sign. I loved talking to managers on both
- TPM Job at Microsoft Azure I'm a Sr. Technical Program Manager-III, product delivery, looking for a L65 -66 Program Manager role at Microsoft. Deep tech experience in MS tech stack, active MVP on Azure (since last 5 years). Currently work for Amazon. In process with Google but really want to get in MS Anyone, any recommendat
- Forced to use Mac I just signed with a new company and quit MS, while my start day is approaching I was told to pick what Mac I want to use and I can only use Mac. During interviews I asked what OS they are using and I was told that they run mac, but I can choose Windows if I want to (all their tech stack can run on
- Daily reminder that Msft is a shit tier company, which chronically underpays and still stack ranks ☝️ Just mad at msft. Found out how much underpaid I was after leaving msft. New grads still doing their linkedlists were making more than me while I was shipping high impact products as an SDE2. What's more frustrating is this image wlb friendly msft , when in reality theres at least 30-40% teams
- What teams at Uber are good for interns? I'm interested in distributed systems, data processing, and ml. Don't really care too much about tech stack. What teams would be good to look into and which should be avoided? Thanks I'm thinking core infra, eats, or BI business intelligence • financial intelligence • financial products • money •
- failing interviews because of lack of experience in production I want to get into a dev pisition where I can work on cloud. so changed my current job description to have cloud related tech stack. During interviews I get questions like.. 1. how did you handle things on production? 2. tell me about scenarious ? not confident in these questions. FAANG doesnt ask
- Looking for a cofounder on a saas based tool that looks like Jira board or trello. Looking for a cofounder. Currently I have a stack up, bare minimum use cases but highly scalable micro services . I have one front end Junior developer helping me that’s being paid per feature . I am handling backed and infrastructure What I need is a visionary product person who can take this to
- University-Grad Microsoft Offer in Core Services Engineering vs Amazon Hi. I am a senior CS major trying to decide between Microsoft and Amazon. I was initially set on Microsoft but am concerned about the Core Services Engineering org. My position there would be as a software engineer, but I have seen some negative comments about CSE. What is the perception of the org?
- vote Offer Negotiation | Livspace | Bazaarvoice I received an offer from Livspace a unicorn startup with 22LPA fixed (only pf included) + 4 LPA joining bonus + 12.6Lacs ESOPS (vested over 4 years with no buyback). ~ 26Lacs for the first year(including the paper money) I gave the interview for SDE 2 but was downleveled to SDE 1 UI. Tech stack (Vu
- Marqeta Team matching Hello All, I got a verbal offer from Marqeta and planned for team matching. I am going to meet teams of Digital banking and core processing. How is the work balance in those teams? Career progression? what is tech stack look like? Current TC: 120K + 15% bonus Expected TC: 185K + 15% bonus, 200
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- Are AMZN or FB PM's subject to up or out or forced attrition? By now it has become common knowledge on Blind that Amazon fires a fixed percentage (6%) of software engineers every year across all departments and uses stack ranking. It is also common knowledge that for software engineers, FB has stack ranking and assigns ratings in fixed percentages every 6 mon
- link Senior Product Designer, Enterprise, at Hulu I'm the hiring manager for this role. DM me with your resume if interested. I'm being extremely selective so you should really only reach out if you: -have 6+ years of experience designing products that have shipped -are highly competent at presenting to executive level stakeholders -have been t
- Bloomberg vs Addepar Trying to decide between an offer from Bloomberg and Addepar for Senior SE/SE II role Bloomberg Team: Asset Investment Manager Pay: 198k base + 42k bonus Addepar Team: Completely new team for a new product being worked on Pay: 160k base + 100k stock option units priced at $1.15 Pay is better at Bl
- Should I buy macbook for programming? Hey guys, was always a Microsoft fan boy, used Windows from 95, love c#. Tried Linux but without much joy. Never been on mac. Recently started working with one startup as Dev. Their stack is react/node/postgres/heroku For a month I'm struggling with this WSL2 (Windows subsystem for Linux) it break
- How is infra experience useful for early stage non-infra startups? If you worked in infra roles (distributed system, etc.), then joined an early stage non-infra startups (infra startups are the one developing new databases and whatnot), how was your experience? How useful was your previous infra experience? Why did you make the switch? I'm in infra now (SWE, buil
- 3yoe in marketing - anything for me in Atlanta? Full stack marketer (adwords, inbound/hubspot, paid socia, product mktg, creative, partnerships, events, PR) with 3yoe leading US marketing of UK cybersecurity company (some nonprofit marketing experience too). Looking to move to Atlanta from Charlotte, fiancé got a really good offer in finance. Cu
- Transition from Big 4 => PM Hey guys, Currently working at a big 4 within their Advisory/Risk Assurance service line doing Technology Internal Audit. My client is currently a FAANG company and i feel like i have learned a lot within their engineering department doing various controls audit. However, I don't think my experienc
- FB SWE Product Responsibilities What does SWE Product do? The term *product* confuses me. What is it backend, frontend, or full stack? In my short careers (2+ yoe) I have been working in backend. Mostly building microservices using golang and deploy few times in a day in kubernetes clusters. During OnCall, keep sharp eyes on Graf
- How to negotiate with Meta E4 level software engineer without competiting offer I have 2.5 years of experience and I got offer from Meta toronto location E4 level for remote frontend engineer. Before interview I told my recruiter to hire me for E5 level but she told based on experience I will be offered E4 but if interview goes very well then I would be offered E5 ans yesterday
- vote [India] Switching from SWE/SDE in product to Infra Currently SDE at Amazon (Retail). Considering an offer as a SDE in a infrastructure development team. The services I will be working upon will be used by product SDEs. I have been quite interested about similar roles since I tend to be more technical rather than product oriented. I always wanted to
- How is WLB at Microsoft C&AI? Just received offer from Microsoft from C&AI for New Grad SWE. How is the WLB in this org? I'm a little surprised that I'm working in this one and I see that it is part of Azure which I know has a little bit on the bad side of WLB since it is a highly used product. Most of my experience is primaril
- link Looking for a Senior Full-Stack Engineer - SF Wanna come join my team? DM if you’re interested. -Kick ass product with a growing company in a growing space -Ability to work with a humble and brilliant team -178k OTE (depending on experience) -Generous equity. We succeed when you do so we’d like to share :) -Unlimited PTO/sick time and WFH fle
- vote Fb interviews I scheduled an interview with Facebook. I said I am more comfortable with system design (e5) and the recruiter changed my interview from software engineer, product to software engineer, infrastructure. I am a full stack engineer and I like what I do. Amazon make us sde to all work end to end and I
- How is the onboarding process at Amazon? 1. Understanding the existing code takes some time before picking up new stories. Will there be a transition documentation available on the product? 2. Will the knowledge of aws be required during the day to day job? 3. After receiving the offer letter, is it okay to contact the people who intervie
- Promising pre-ipo companies? Looking to start interviewing in a couple of months as a senior level product manager or higher depending on company. (Around 10yoe but my TC is nothing like ones on this board) While FAANG is always an option of course, I’m also curious which companies you would add to your list that: A) have not
- vote Easier promotion team vs more interesting team? If you have 2 teams to choose from: One is boring (something like enterprise software, or low level infrastructure work), and the skill is hard to be reused for personal project, but this team can be easier to get promoted. The other one is more exciting (maybe more consumer facing product, full s
- Barclays SWE or Goldman Sachs SWE Hello! I currently work as a first year grad SWE at Barclays and have an offer for a new analyst (fresh grad) SWE role at Goldman Sachs. Would appreciate any advice on what company I should stick with keeping in mind my goal of getting a job at MANGA (FAANG) as a SWE ultimately. The differences I