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- I work in Security Engineering / Operations domain. What companies should I target if I want to maximize my TC? Please suggest me the companies which I should target. Currently I have FANG in mind. I need a decent WLB and also solid job security. These are my top priorities. Security Folks working in the Tech Industry could you please guide me as to what I should do, which direction should I go? Due to some p
- Is it really ambitious to target top companies like (FAANG) with less work experience & hands on knowledge in security I am just trying to understand if I am going too far with my expectation.
- TikTok Cloud Security Pay Expectations Interviewing with TikTok for a cloud security DevOps position. 1 YOE but my skillset goes beyond entry-level. What TC should I target?
- Target TC range for app sec @applied material In the rounds for expected salary discussion. What should I target at B4 IC role in the application security team? #tech #appliedmaterials #appliedmaterialscompensation PS - they could try B5 - what’s the target tc for that?
- link Another H1B EO incoming; brace! Updated link to the rule. The Hill: Trump administration to impose new rules targeting H-1B visas | TheHill. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/519811-trump-administration-to-impose-new-rules-targeting-h-1b-visas DHS Announcement: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2020/10/06/department-homeland-s
- Qualtrics vs Tableau (Salesforce) SDE 2 Offer - Seattle Qualtrics offer - 250k TC (Target refresher 100k annually) Tableau offer - 230K TC (No refreshers based on my research) + Job security I guess What do you folks think I should pick? Unable to decide between Salesforce’s stability and brand name vs Qualtrics refreshers but unstable stock.
- Lowballed at Microsoft? Hi folks, Asking for a friend. My friend recently accepted an offer from Microsoft security team and she got the feeling that she have been lowballed. Wanna know your opinion. Title: Security Researcher II HR does know what would be her level (61 or 62) Location: Canada (Vancouver) 128k base (CA
- Looking for IT Security Engineer Role Looking for new opportunities on the east coast NC, Tennessee, Ohio etc for IT Security Engineering roles. Anyone have a insights to the top companies on the east coast to target ?
- vote Needs suggestions: Meta E4 vs Google L4 Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to land a new job, and luckily got 2 offers as the title suggest. However, I found myself cannot make a clear decision based on my own information. So inputs from your guys would be greatly appreciated. Meta MLE Base: 180k Equity: 450k Target bonus: 15% Signon: 75
- vote FB vs Google vs CitSec Current TC: 200🥜 Citadel Securities: $200k base / $150k bonus / $50k sign on Google: L4: 175 base + 15% target bonus / $320 RSU (33/33/22/12) / 50 signing FB: E4: 177 base + 10% target bonus / $400 RSU (25/25/25/25) / 50 signing All the offers are for NY. I don't expect Google/FB to go as high as
- link You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads. The Ad companies cannot be trusted. Facebook is using the phone number given to it for 2 factor authentication for targeted Ads. #Shame https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/you-gave-facebook-your-number-security-they-used-it-ads
- Google TPM - navigating TC when the level is not disclosed I was asked to provide my expectations on base, stock and bonuses for a Security TPM role at Google before meeting 4-5 teams virtually. I do not know the scope of the role or the level yet. But the location will be in Durham NC. My current base is above this L4 benchmark. Anyone have insight on
- What will be your next move if you were me! 11 YOE / I7 at visa (Lead /Director level) on H1B 234k TC Cyber Security I don't foresee much growth in the current team. Didn't solve any leetcode yet but wanted to join FAANG at least by end of 2020. I wanted to target L7 equivalent roles at FAANG.
- Referral Request Hi All, Looking for referrals for Cybersecurity Profile in good product based companies. YOE: 13 years Please drop a comment so that I can dm you. Thanks!! #Airbnb ##cybersecurity #interview #Anduril #Ansatz #AppDynamics #AppliedIntuition #Arcesium #Atlassian #Bain #Bigbasket #Blackbuck #Bloo
- Looking for security and compliance engineer Hi Blinders! We at a series A startup are looking for a security and compliance engineer with devOps skills and around 4-5 years of experience. Our startup has some famous institutional investors like - Verily, Venrock etc. We offer competitive benefits and pay. We are in biotech space. My dm is o
- Looking for Referral Looking for roles in Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance in companies where I can work on cool techs while bringing my skills onboard. I will like to bump my TC too. Targeting Google, Amazon, Apple. Will sincerely appreciate it. #jobopening #hiring #recruiting YOE - 9 TC - $172k
- CEO that didn't hire me accidentally emailed me their new board deck... What now... I interviewed with a tech company a couple months ago for a digital security leadership position. I had interviews with the CEO, CFO and other LT. I wasn't selected for the role. About a month later, the CEO accidentally emailed me their board deck with financials, sales targets, individual sales m
- Microsoft L60 offer eval Current tc: 130k YOE: 1.5 Offer: 125 base, 75 stock/4, 15 signing. 25% of base yearly bonus for security clearance which is nice. The recruiter added the target yearly stock and cash bonuses to the Tc, which including the clearance bonus puts me at ~207k
- Verizon Offer Is this offer from Verizon decent for band 6 QA Automation? Also is QA at Verizon decent and what can I expect in terms of WLB at Verizon? Bonus Question: is it remote these days or are they going to make me go into the Alpharetta office? Offer: 127k base, 12.5k bonus, no RSU Target bonus - 10% Ta
- Risk of Anti-Asian Hate crimes commuting to work While I’m more than happy to go back to the office, I’m very concerned about becoming a target of violent hate crime given that many have happened around the SF office location and don’t seem to be subsiding. Commuting without public transportation is very expensive, as is having a secured parking s
- Options Screwed! Hey guys! This year has completely screwed me over. I got carried away with options and have lost 50k $ in Option Trading this year. Currently I dont see any way of recovering such amount from the stock market. I am feeling completely hopeless. Don't know what to do next. Seems like Target Date Fund
- AWS Cloud Support Engineer vs VISA Cybersec Engineer Hello, I’m looking for suggestions on my 2 offers. 1st is AWS Cloud Support Engineer role at Dallas. TC: 92k. Sign on - Y1:30k, Y2:21k and 19 RSU. 2nd is Cyber Security Engineer role at VISA at Austin. TC: 125k, Sign on - 15k, Target Bonus - 8%. Which one would be good in terms of Career growth, WL
- vote GCP Security vs Meta L3 decision Hey guys, I'm interested in cybersecurity, but have little professional experience as a recent grad. I'm expecting offers in the near future from a team in Google Cloud Platform's Security org and also from Meta. Both are for new grad positions. I've seen GCP get some hate on here, but I'm thinkin
- vote Highspot vs Millennium Management Hi fellow blinders, this is my first post here. Blind has helped me a lot during job search and interviews, wanted to get some feedback on the offers I have: Highspot: Sr SDE Base: 185k Stock Options: 24k (~ $90k per year) Signing bonus: 25k Millennium Management: Software Engineer Base: 180k Targ
- Personal Trading Restrictions - Investment Banking Associate I got accepted into top 15 target MBA school and want to work at a BB IBD (GS, Citi, MS). I have a personal trading account with individual securities that have large amounts of capital gains. What are the trading restrictions for Bulge Bracket Investment Banking Associates? Can I invest in individ
- Best new grad trader company/location Hi, I'm a Software Engineering Intern at Two Sigma and don't know what companies to target for new grad quant trader recruiting. My list so far: Tier 1. HRT, Citadel/Citadel Securities, Jane Street Tier 1.5 DEShaw (I heard the pay is low) Tier 2. Akuna, Five Rings, IMC Trading, SIG. Tier 3. Get
- Companies that offer $500k+ for remote senior/staff sde Starting to explore new opportunities. Which companies are offering $500k+ for full remote senior/staff sde? My priorities: 1. Job security(layoff, company business going down, and so on) - I’m a single income source of my family with 3 kids so it’s the most important factor. 2. TC 500k+ ideally,
- Noogler goodies india I am joining gcp india on 2nd August 2021. Have just received a laptop and security keys. What all noogler goodies can I expect and when? Also what all should I buy from 1000 dollars? Can I get iPhone once I start? Google Bangalore office L3 Tc - 22 base 44k stocks (33 percent in first year) 15 perc
- When Blind gets hacked ... Blind is a great target for paid hackers, and it'll become a more lucrative target as it grows into a wider range of industries. From what I've seen, they have very limited (if any) ways of protecting against security attacks and breaches. If I were to put my money on it, I'd say there is a more t
- vote Amazon or Atlassian Hello, I have an offer from Atlassian (Mountain View )and Amazon (Seattle) for the SDM role. Amazon - TC (~350K first year targetted compensation ) Atlassian - TC (~320K) if I see only as money I can go for Amazon but I'm thinking of more balanced life (money is required but not to compromise on
- vote Evaluate offers: snap or start ups Do your thingg blind Current TC: 350k 2yoe + phd in us Offers: Roku 490k, but 85% is base Snap 445k, but 425k 1st year, half is stock Start up Verkad camera security: around 500k, but vesting schedule is 10 20 30 40, 1st year TC is effectively ~350k Amazon 455k, base is max 160k or something, but 1
- MANGA Advice Looking to get the highest TC for my YOE. Targeting MANGA as I’ve talked to people whom worked at a few and the mentoring thats possible (if you get the right team) is phenomenal!! Currently an L5 app sec analyst with SOC, NOC and help desk experience. Been doing debugging/ packet analysis/ dll inje
- vote Companies that treat employees better do better Look at the big 5 tech companies. Google and Microsoft treat their employees well. Their employees feel secure, support their colleagues, and build out software for the long term. Google and Microsoft are doing really well. Amazon runs through employees like commodities. Toxic managers backstab re
- M1 Meta offer. Wondering which teams/orgs are the most fun I recently cleared the m1 loop and am currently setting up HM calls for team matching. Would love to hear about which orgs are the most fun, and ideally, support a remote m1 position. Any advice on updated comp ranges to target would be awesome too. To give back, here's how I prepared, nothing sup
- Manager said my position is no longer available!! Hi, I need some help blind. My manager called me and said my position is no longer available and the funding for it is now gone. He made it clear it’s not because of performance. He gave me 2 options either be terminated or resign. What are the benefits to each and which should I chose. I appreciat
- Best jobs for cloud solutions architects. Hi Blind community. I have been working 4 years as cloud solutions arch. Now i am working on a consultant company and helping fortune 500 companies for their cloud workloads. It is various types of projectsI have faced with in AWS and Azure like ( cloud security and compliance, big data migration, c
- Got an offer for Senior Design Engineer Got an offer from an Autonomous Driving startup which went public recently for ASIC Design. But I am a little concerned over the stability of the company and also I am on H1B. How would you judge a company for job security? The offer here is too tempting, but at the same time, I am scared to even c
- Role at FAANG Hey Blinders I've worked in internal IT for several years. Now I manage teams. I haven't properly touched code since college tough I'm not opposed to it right now and I like security topics but hate support. I'm great say what I do but would like to move away from support. Also I enjoy management
- Build custom home on a corner lot After a fair bit of searching, we feel we finally found a teardown lot that is in our target area and within our budget to build our custom home on, the only problem being it is a corner lot. It is a corner lot in a residential neighborhood with low traffic, 25mph limits and with the main door facin
- Looking at sales openings in tech - aws or google I currently work in a SaaS enterprise role considering similar positions in other organizations #enterprise #sales Most of my knowledge revolves around manufacturing engineering, automation, software, process engineering, cybersecurity, data centers, networks, cloud. I typically work with c-suite i
- AWS Tech U - Solution Architect Comp for Canada? Among many other Tech U participants here, I've seen a few posts regarding the process. I've passed 2 phone interviews and moving onto the "virtual onsite" (whatever that means). I was curious what do SAs received for target comps? Provided they're either new grad or have under 3yrs of experience wi
- How to cheaply validate a business idea I have come up with a list of 4 questions that would allow me to quickly and easily validate whether my startup idea is sound, if I can get 1000 unique responses to a survey containing them How do I most cheaply and reliably get valid responses to this survey, targeted at 2 or 3 cities? I was think
- link Yahoo; get your shit together! Probably my fault for still using yahoo mail... Dear Yahoo User, We are writing to inform you about a data security issue that involves your Yahoo account. We have taken steps to secure your account and are working closely with law enforcement. Our outside forensic experts have been investigating
- Cyber / Offsec Salaries in Germany (Big cities) #cybersecurity #security #pentesting#appsec#redteam Guys and girls, I've been trying to get a good reading on what is the salary ranges in the Cybersecurity space, more specifically Offsec stuff like Pentest , Red Team, AppSec with a dash of security research and anything in the middle. What I know
- vote Citadel securities vs FB I got a couple offers: - FB: E5, 190k base, 15% bonus, 600k RSU/4years, 75k signon, in Menlo Park. - Citadel securities: 250k base, 200k target bonus, 100k signon, in Chicago. On one hand, I am intrigued by Chicago because I am fed up with living in this shit hole of the Bay Area where renting a
- Facebook public perception Let’s be honest, Facebook is shitted on constantly by many people now (not on blind I mean in real life). I think there are fair criticisms/questions like is social media good for society, is targeted advertising wrong, fb should be better with security. These are things that should be questioned an
- Realistic to get L5+ @ FAANG as 48 y.o. dev? Financially secure, but want more challenge and envious of the high salaries. Working at a payroll company is cake, very low bar, but WLB is great. Based on experience, L6 is probably a good target, but I'm guessing that as a never-FAANG getting in as L6/Staff Eng is too much of a stretch? Curren
- Cybersecurity Manager - Please evaluate my offer I have been given a verbal offer at a mid size company for a completely remote position of Cybersecurity Manager with a base pay of $145,000 , Annual target bonus 14%, sign on bonus $5000, 100% 401k match upto 6% plus 2% in retirement fund . I have 13 years of experience and currently work at a con
- Facebook vs. Walmart Currently contracting as a Content Strategist at Walmart eCommerce for one year so far. Got a full-time offer from FB (177 TC, base 127) Walmart's counter offer meets base salary, but I'd have to interview for the full-time role in order to secure it. Boss says Walmart is more recession proof than
- link This cyber attack is our Pearl Harbor 99 countries. They locked doctors out of their computers. This is a new low. Wtf There's a whole lotta blame to go around and just like everything else in the news you're probably pissed/shocked/horrified and most importantly feel helpless. But it's different this time. There's not much we can do