Excellent benefits, great people, remote-first culture from pre-COVID, great work/life balance.
The company used to have a rich culture of supporting the development of community, but since current CEO joined and company was sold, it’s had major cash flow problems and management does seem to know how to react. Then GenAI came around and all strategy and vision went out the window.
How does the machine coding round work? It is for 2 hours. 1. Will the interviewer give me the problem and sit for 2 hours watching me code and explain? Or will they give and ask me to submit it offline and connect back after the same? Tried to search on Leetcode discussion forum but couldn't unde...Read more
Hi all, I've been focusing on studying: - algorithms (CLRS, MIT Open Corseware, LeetCode, Project Euler) - C++ (concurrency, templates, the books on the "The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List" Stack Overflow page) I have been doing the minimum amount of work at my job in order to study. From my ...Read more
So I've been thinking about dating. A lot of us here on Blind are ambitious. We chase the TC high, the prestige, the career ladder. I think it is safe to say that most of us here are somewhat ambitious overachievers - even when compared to our peers in the software industry, let alone all industrie...Read more
Good: I like LinkedIn jobs a lot. Recommends based on profile and the interface is clean. The estimated salary ranges are fairly unrealistic though. Stack Overflow Careers is nice but I'm not sure if as many employers use it. Meh: Glassdoor Jobs is alright but feels a little less polished than L...Read more
I had a deadline, it was a Monday night I drank caffeine to keep my focus tight I started coding it, but my mind began to drift And then I fell down the Reddit hole And that's about the time my code crashed on me Nobody understands the bugs I see What the hell is stack overflow? My coworkers say I ...Read more
Im getting absolutely fucked in my career because of my learning disabilities. In college, I was able to put in more hours than everyone else and get decent results, but where I now work, no one has FAS or any other learning disabilities (thats why they're here) and still puts in more hours, which ...Read more
I’m not new to this as I have 5yoe, but am feeling really stressed out lately. I’ve joined a new project as basically the only senior SWE on the team and the amount of things to learn is simply staggering. Just to name a few things that came my way very recently: - Java - Groovy (for tests!) - Many...Read more
I am an Indian citizen and wish to work at any of Europe, US, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Israel basically for better TC so I can be financially independent before I'm old, and WLB. It is well known that such locations give 5 to 10 times compensation compared to India for the same role and experie...Read more
Hi All, 7 months ago I switched from one consulting company into another consulting company. I was attracted to the new role because the the new role had the promise of “building startups from the ground up”. While the move has made work significantly better , I still find myself looking for more...Read more
About me. Currently t3 at ngc. 136k Tc (including overtime) 6-7 yoe, ALL IN DEFENSE/AEROSPACE. Currently in early 30s, living in socal (not willing to relocate due to family reasons). My yoe has been all based on designing test systems, with 95% coding exp. all done in labview. I did a bit of c++ an...Read more
I am a software engineer from India with 3+ YOE looking for a change working on python and cloud but mostly on Cloud. I deliver my tasks by searching and understanding across docs, GitHub or stack overflow or Googling it. I write scripts or code for my work in way so that the required functionality...Read more
Hello Blinders, Please help me figure out if I am a good fit to continue being a Software Engineer. I have about 5 years of work experience as a Software Engineer (Not working at Visa). I started out as a New Grad. Concerns 1. In my 1:1s my Manager mentioned I have self starter problems, wants me...Read more
For those struggling in behavioral interviews, here are some questions from the top companies: ## General - Why do you want to work for X company? - Why do you want to leave your current/last company? - What are you looking for in your next role? - Tell me about a time when you had a conflict with...Read more
I signed up as a mentor for an environmental hackathon hosted by NatGeo and EarthX. They are still looking for mentors so hop on and help if you can. Here is the info email I received: Hello Mentors, We’re thrilled to have you with us for EarthxHack. Before we say anything else, we have to take a ...Read more
You have a phone interview. Software Engineer. Google. You get an instant hard-on as you look at the compensation on levels.fyi. It's time, the stars have aligned. You have memorized the optimal solutions to all leetcode hard questions. You're going to cheat. Again. After failing over 20 interviews ...Read more
Blind wont let me post a google sheets link so here it is in raw format. It contains 95% of companies with more than 10 reviews. company ratings career growth wlb compensation culture management overall Formidable 12 4.7 5 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 Boston Scientific 38 3.6 4.9 3.5 4.2 3.8 4 Hudl 14 4.4 4.9 ...Read more