Google L4: 190 salary, 15% bonus, 430 RSU (frontloaded schedule), 50 signon Average first 2 year TC: 385ish Google is a great name but promo prospect to L5 is terrible. Also TC drops off in 2 years due to frontloading. Pinterest L4: 200 salary, no bonus target, 590 RSU over 4 years, 70 signon Av...Read more
Let candidates set their target TC, target locations, visa requirements, maybe some other stuff like health insurance etc to create a checklist that recruiters need to go through before being able to InMail them about a job prospect. If a recruiter checks everything but later turns out to be lying,...Read more
Gotten offer from both in bay area Google TC: 270K average without refresher, 300K average with refresher Robinhood TC: 296K without refresher + 50K sign-on, refresher from Y2 targeting 1/4 of initial grant on average, earning 50k less at Google for first year Where to go early in career? 2.5yoe,...Read more
I'm an E6 ML researcher at Meta. Decided to start looking around after the recent layoffs (wasn't layed off myself, but company's prospect doesn't look particularly promising). I have meetings with recruiters from Google and Apple this week. While I'm fairly familiar with the interview process and ...Read more
I’m at 1y as L3 (~4YOE total) at Google. Non-premium market, current numbers are: Base: $115k GSUs: ~26/year (106/4y) = $32760 (current) Bonus target: 15% = $17250 TC: $165k Ratings so far are CME (Noogler), EE (current) Would probably be looking to go for promo next cycle. Am trying to prospect h...Read more
Friday was my last day at Google. Now I feel compelled to share my experiences with those who may be still considering joining their “dream company”. I can not post this reality on LinkedIn and hence sharing in Blind anonymously. I saw the post (https://www.teamblind.com/post/My-Bittersweet-Goodbye-...Read more
I've been unemployed for 13 months while targeting TPM roles. Two drivers of such a long lag are that (1) I had recently graduated from an MBA abroad with a poor US network with the idea of transitioning roles to consulting or TPM and (2) I had moved to rural Florida in 2021 when I had a pipeline of...Read more
After understanding Amazon's structural problems, I am pretty set on shorting Amazon. Reasons: (because of the 8th reason I know I can win shorting) 1. Big companies can almost never fight a true competitor. Their structural issues are too deep and fixing them leaves them worse off. 2. Amazon clo...Read more
Hi, I'm a recent Master's graduate from a target university and now I'm torn between two offers: Morgan Stanley: • Title: Finance Analyst (back-office role, e.g., controlling). • Salary: Base: €50k, Signing bonus: €6k. • Location: The city where I currently live, which is famous for banking. • WLB ...Read more
Posting for them because they’re very upset So my fiancé was onboarded back in the beginning of August, so first full quarter was Q4. They were given a crappy mid west territory and only got about 30% of quota, at the end of the quarter manager said “don’t let this happen again”. End of January th...Read more
About a week ago, I posted seeking a NYC LeetCode Bootcamp. The post went viral, leading to the creation of LCSquad.com. Our first meetup was last Saturday, with 26 attendees! The more advanced participants stepped up and tutored the rest of us in data structures. We split into groups: the more exp...Read more
UPD: Stripe just called and upped base + sign on bonus (updating here). Offer 1: Stripe, L2 (their version of E4) 175k (up from 165) base + 10% target bonus 115k RSUs per year TC: ~311k + 35k sign on = 346k first year Offer 2: Plaid, E4 150k base RSUs: 354k over 4 years at 13.4B valuation TC: 238k...Read more
TLDR: The LastPass hack made me question my digital financial security. All the income and financial planning in the world won’t help me if I wake up to drained financial accounts through some targeted hacking. ($140K TC 🥜) Noting which banks and brokerages offer 2FA (two factor authentication) is...Read more
hope this message finds you well. My name is Elizabeth, and I currently serve as a Customer Service Advisor/Marketer at Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd in Nigeria. I have had the privilege of consistently exceeding targets and delivering exceptional service in my current role. However, I am reaching out to ...Read more
I hope this message finds you well. I currently serve as a Customer Service Advisor/Marketer at Guaranty Trust Bank Ltd in Nigeria. I have had the privilege of consistently exceeding targets and delivering exceptional service in my current role. However, I am reaching out to explore new opportunitie...Read more
He publicly admits it. Can't make this up. https://twitter.com/Zzzaikar/status/1576422834473091073?t=lypDLFTJX35G5iadeFyNXQ The entire war is due to series of provocations by US/NATO. Ukranians are collateral damage. Russia was always the target. By destroying Nordstream pipelines, US has elimi...Read more
After the Merge, Ethereum might introduce triple halving. Specifically, the triple halving will reduce ETH’s future supply by approximately 80% - 90%, which is almost equal to halving the Bitcoin system three times. By transitioning to a PoS model, most ETH will go to staking, effectively minimizing...Read more
Just thought to post my experience as an SDR at Grafana EMEA. I have been with Grafana for a while and the SDR salary in EMEA is a basic non-negotiable package. During the initial negotiation I asked for more, and they agreed with my ask after 4 rounds of interviews, I was given an offer with a low...Read more
To execute a successful marketing campaign, it is important to align customer needs and your industry with the objectives of your company and product. You should, therefore, ensure that you clearly define what your company's objective is before you begin. Let's begin with a very simple strategy for ...Read more
https://hbr.org/2022/11/tech-talent-is-flooding-the-job-market "A recent series of mass layoffs in the tech sector, including Amazon and Meta’s dismissal of tens of thousands of workers, has created an incredible opportunity for companies that previously aspired to grow their ranks but couldn’t bec...Read more