I'm currently working at Amazon, get lots of challenging work and good learning wise. I'm looking for a switch in the next 4-6 months for salary bump. So, what factors do I need to consider in a company that would be helpful in long term career? * work in similar challenging environments (FB, start...Read more
Living as a dev in a tech hub city, it seems like a software career has a rock star esque trajectory. Get paid a lot, TC goes up a lot in the first few years, then a ton of people burn out/transition to management/do consulting/switch careers/etc after a few years. What age do other devs plan to re...Read more
Even 10 years into my career I spend my weekends in coffee shops doing sort of supplemental/remedial skilling to stay competitive or at least relevant. That is the God-honest and depressing truth.
TC: $150k ($125k base - 10% bonus - rest is RSU) I work at Facebook as an enterprise engineer. (Software engineer with different title and less RSU). I’ve decided to chase higher TC so I’m planning my next move. I want: 1. to maximize TC 2. opportunities for rapid promotion similar to Facebook 3. ...Read more
I'm a current DS manager and am exploring roles in big tech. I manage a 5 member team of senior data scientists. What are the levels of people leadership roles I can target at big tech? YoE - 5 TC - 200k
Hello, I wanted to know how Target is in terms of learnings, people seemed very kind and friendly in interviews and later discussion. I have other offer from walmart but have heard very bad reviews regarding wlb . Target Position offered - Sr. Engineer Team - pricing team. (Backend role) YOE - ...Read more
PMs of blind, please help! I am choosing between two offers in Australia. 1) product owner at a boutique investment bank building internal solutions and 2) deployment strategist role at Palantir. My goal is to do PM work in tech in the US (have a pending GC petition and an existing US professional n...Read more
Hello all, I've been learning a lot from the Blind community. My current role is a data scientist with heavy machine learning model development. I'm thinking about career change from non-tech company to a tech company. I have a PhD degree in a non-tech area, and 2 years academia (postdoc) experienc...Read more
Can I say "What sort of growth do you want to see such that I get 30% raise next year?" And how much should the target % raise be? #engineering #swe #career TC: 🥜 YoE: 6
I posted a few days ago about breaking into tech with a civil engineering background and got a ton of solid advice. I’ve been grinding leetcode, focusing a ton on bringing up my DS/Algo skills and started a project. I want to start applying to jobs within the 2-3 months to test the waters. Looking f...Read more
I don't mind to start from the bottom or take an internship but I want a big career in cybersecurity where I can learn with the best
#retail #e-commerce TC: 🥜
i have a very broad skill set in education as well as working experience e.g phd in computer vision msc in wireless signal processing / dsp bsc in computer engineering working exp in (sw and hw) hardware automation both PLC programming as well as PC programming research scientist programming in ca...Read more
#tech #snowflake #dataengineer #dataanalyst
Do not get blinded by your employers. They are trying to bring in culture/vision/mission to reduce management cost. One example, the performance review plays an important role in systematic mitigation of TC inflation. An employee in SWE world could go for $0.5M about 5 years into their career and ...Read more
Google: Bay area HFT (High frequency trading): NYC Target is to max career boost + TC in 7 years. TC: ~270K
Rate a msft offer : Base : 170K Stocks : 260K/4years Sign on : 80K Annual Refreshers : Target bonus : 0-30% Target Stocks : 0-48K Recruiter said its a out of band L64 offer. I think they are down leveling on level. Not getting L65 is surprising because I nailed all the interviews. Had 6 or 7 r...Read more
I am thinking of leaving Meta and joining Amazon. What are the best orgs to join with healthy engineering, low politics, and good career growth? Targeting for L6+ #amazon
Got an offer from TikTok for a Product Manager role 180k Base 25% target bonus 132k RSU (worthless since pre-ipo) Anyone have experience with their culture in Mountain View and thoughts on whether this is a good career move? I'm struggling with the decision considering we may be looking at a recess...Read more
Education- MS in Computer science YOE: 5.5 in US Senior Associate Software Engineer Location- Chicago Base- 116K Sign on/relocation - 10K No stocks/RSUs Annual bonus target- 5k-6k average Current TC - 133K ( SDE-II ) Current location- Portland, OR It’s clearly low-balled. any tips or thoughts for...Read more