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- How much did you save up for kids college? Can you post how much you saved per child and how old? My child turned 5 and we’ve been putting 5k a year since he was born. Our principal investment is 30k but after gains in the market it is up to 50k. We are not sure when to stop or to keep going (they say private college will cost 400k by the
- How do you save up for kid college? A friend of mine told me that once your salary went over 100k, your kid will not get any financial assists. But 100k means nothing in sf Bay Area. What do you do to save up for your kid college fund?
- [RANT] I messed up by not applying to safe colleges for Fall 21 I am an engineer at VMware with ~2 YEO in India. I had applied to a bunch of MS in CS programs in the US for the Fall'21 cycle. Unfortunately, I have been rejected by all of them (I couldn't accurately anticipate how difficult this year's admissions cycle was going to be. I thought I had applied to
- You wake up and find yourself back in 2nd year of college, what would you do differently? Clarifications - Most of your memories are primarily career and your own life related (family events, trips you went on, career path) but nothing super detailed. - You don’t remember much outside your bubble ie stock market or bitcoin or politics (unless your family was heavily involved somehow) m
- I am a college student. Cant sleep till 4-5 am and wake up at 12pm. How do i change this? My sleeping schedule is so bad. And especially with virtual school, most of you guys have not experienced virtual school but, it is absolutely terrible. So don’t really pay much attention in classes or use my brain so i am not tired enough to fall asleep. Becoming a huge problem for me
- From 60k to 185k Just wanted to share my journey here: I started my first job after graduating from college last summer, and my initial compensation was 60k. This month, I got an offer to join another company and they offered me 185k, which is even more than what I asked for. This company is top-tier in the industr
- Why marry and have kids? Life is a competition. When in high school, we compare who gets into top college. Then we give up crickets or other things we like to study in order to win. The same way should apply in career. Marriage is not helping you get high TC. Although parental leave won’t affect your review, it still delay
- List a college and say I dropped out? Lie on resume Curious here. I graduated college, but I’m curious on how a company would verify if I I said that I went to Stanford but dropped out? Would I just send some fake letter? Or do they never even verify that kind of stuff. If your gonna comment don’t do it, shut up. I’m not, I’m just strategizing for t
- vote If my goal is to hit 1M TC in 15 years, which road could be faster - MBB or FANG I am graduating college and my goal is to maximize my earnings. Would it be faster and easier to hit 1M TC if I stay in engineering and move up ladder within eng department. Or pursue a managemrnt consulting path to become partner? #tech #career #consulting
- Where will the leetcode bar be in a few years? Bar keeps going up. When I graduated college Trapping Rain Water didn't even exist, now everyone in this swe interview prep group I've joined has it and its related questions mastered. For the Blind 75, will that hold up in 5 years time? Will swe interviews pivot to a different format? Edit: TC 10
- Were you happier with less money I remember waking up when I was 25. I only had 50K in the bank, nothing invested in stocks, and my TC was 80K. I had just taken a big long vacation around Europe and felt like the richest person in the world. Not a care in the world. Great friends, great relationship. It was a beautiful summer. I di
- vote How much do you have in your 529 plan? How much have you saved up for your children's college (529 plan) ? For folks who saved up more than 100K in 529, what is your YoE? TC: 250K
- College Saving Plan We recently had a baby and was wondering if we should set up a College Saving Plan. Or are other investment options better than a College Saving Plan?
- ML master with bad gpa? Screw up my gpa during college, is it possible to still get into good ML program? tc 250
- Bullying/Ganging up/Fights in US schools ? Hello, My cousin is looking to get her son ( 6 years old) into a school but she is afraid of the bullying which happens in the schools where kids gang up on one person and beat them up for no reason. University/Colleges are a different thing because people are little more mature and don’t pick up o
- I miss school so much I haven’t had any friends or meaningful social contact in 2 years. I moved to the bay and I’ve made no friends, I want to blame COVID but that can’t be true. Also haven’t had a gf since college. Life in college was heaven compared to this. If you’re still in school live it up for me kid!!!
- New college graduate: WFH setup allowance How much money does Amazon give to new college graduates to set up their work from home furniture?#tech #swe #bayarea
- How are young people ever supposed to catch up to housing? I’m in my early 30s, TC is $300k. I’m wondering house are young people like new college grads, in the Bay Area every supposed to catch up and afford a house? I’m struggling to make numbers make sense for myself high assets and decent income, how are they supposed to do it? It seems very broken. E
- vote Is it possible to get a job at a FAANMULA firm via family nepotism? textbook nepotism Hypothetical example: my child is graduating college soon, could you hook them up with a job at netflix? (Or whatever company) -> hired without going through regular recruiting process/interviews at all.
- vote FAANG obsession I have worked at multiple FAANGs and non-FAANGs. They are just companies ffs. You can do interesting and boring stuff at either. I really don’t get why Blind is so obsessed with FAANGs and putting these companies up on a pedestal? Is it a real thing or are people just going with flow like the Alber
- Microsoft New Grad offer in India What is the break up of the new grad PM2 offer given at tier1 Mba colleges in India in 2021/2022? Tc:0 (student) Yoe: 4
- Do Google and apple recruiters message PM candidates on LinkedIn? Never been hit up by either except for when I was still in college. Does it happen, and if so, does it happen less? What are the common characteristics of candidates that get hit up?
- vote Finish college? Or drop out? Edit: thanks all, I've decided I will stay in college and not pursue a start up
- I have only heard back for <$60k positions. I need help. I am graduating from college within a month and I haven't been hearing back from any of my applications except for 2 that do not pay well. I have applied to 300+ positions. I have a virtual onsite interview coming up for a new grad position with a company in the Bay area. This job will likely pay w
- Student Loan Rant The whole college student loan tuition system is terrible. Coming from middle class parents, getting 0 aid in college. I owe 70,000 dollars + interest. Luckily I'm in software engineering but how do they expect people who aren't so lucky where they ended up to pay the bills while supporting themselv
- Half a Cr Not a brag!! Proud of where I am. Was contemplating to drop science and take up commerce because of my family income. Glad i did take up science and got good grades, good college. Got help from a NGO. A big saviour. Paid up education loan. Paid up parents loan. Bought a bike. Manging younger sibli
- Brother makes more than me as a Construction worker Yes, I know that I’m at a place that pays peanuts but hear me out because he may also make more than your base. My brother makes $140k TC (no stocks, no bonus) as a construction worker and he’s 19 years old. He has 2 YOE as a construction worker. My parents used to get on his case for skipping col
- Every Indian Tutor On Youtube, Thank You They helped us through college and leetcode. During college finals when I partied too much, and during interviews when I couldn't understand weird graph algorithms, who was always there for me? My Indian knight in shining armor on YouTube. He emerges with a strong Indian accent, a very big brain,
- What's the point? What's the point of grinding for JEE for 2 years losing school life, personal life, everything, getting into a Tier 1 college but a non circuit branch and ending up with a low CGPA cuz of the high competition? I see peeps from tier 5 colleges making it to IVY league colleges simply because they can
- How accurate are salaries on Glassdoor for your position? Just asking since I recently looked up my position on Glassdoor and realized I make 20% more than what's listed as the top salary range for my position despite being fresh out of college. Also other people I know from different companies have noticed the same. Or maybe offers for college grads in t
- I retired early at 24, ama I worked for 1.5 years out of college and had passive income from mobile apps and a job board I set up in college that bring me $10k a month. I saved up $100k and just put it in blue chip and crypto investments to hopefully yield 5-8% a year. My side business income covers my bills in the Bay Area.
- S386 failure might not what we want, but that might exactly be what we need. Guys just do the math, it takes $400k to send your kids to college. Let's go back to India and send our kids to college there for $50k for 4 years. Send them for masters here, I am pretty sure they would beat out most kids who went to college here. But a property if you are in 20s, let it appreciate
- Let’s be honest - H1B is Unfair to the Average American Full disclosure! I am an immigrant. Now lets face it. You go to school in your home country, get a degree for a fraction of the cost of a US equivalent! You are brought to the US on H1B, to take up a job, that is one college grade who won’t have a job even though he already borrowed at least $60k to
- # of months from Amazon L4 to L5 ? New college graduate at Amazon. How does an L4 get promoted to L5 position ? How long (# of months) would it take for a motivated engineer to move up to L5 ? Thanks
- vote Why does Google down levels to L3? When I was in school/college and even in my early 2-3 years of working as SE, Google was my absolute dream company. 4 months ago I interviewed with them got L3, whereas other companies like Microsoft, Amazon all offered me one level up, and most offered better TC than Google. Recently a friend als
- College requires vaccination for online students So my girlfriend's college revealed their vaccination policy: all students have to be vaccinated. Presumably anyone that doesn't will get kicked out (only the policy was revealed as of now, not the consequences for not following it). The requirement specifically says it applies to: - Fully online s
- I feel like a failure because I consistently achieve less than what I'm aiming for. Any advice? I like to think I can do what I put my mind to. And I have pretty high goals / expectations of myself but I've been reflecting on my past goals and realized I've never achieved anything 100% to the degree I want. Examples: - Wanting to go to Stanford, ending up in another really great college - W
- Self taught software engineers? How did you get to where you are today? I dont mind the traditional college set up. However if I can get a software engineer role faster by being self taught Id rather do that. Advice? #softwareengineer
- link Why are more women pursuing degrees? I read some stats that show that women make up around 70% of grad students and 60% of undergrad students. Men seem to be checking out in droves. This may not seem like a big deal but this is seriously hurting women’s chances of finding an educated partner in many urban areas. What do you think is dr
- Will I ever be able to afford a house in Austin? Was born and raised in Austin and long term hope to end up back in Austin at some point. Wanted to live somewhere else for a few years though. Is it even conceivable for someone 3-4 years out of college to ever be thinking about buying a home? (I wouldn’t be returning to Austin until I have at leas
- Why doesn’t everyone just work in tech? Like I don’t understand why anyone would major in say, Sociology. You really will probably regret majoring and finding a job in sociology when your a crazy depressed adjunct professor living out their car at 35 working at “Western Mississippi State” because that’s the only school who called back. Yo
- Help evaluate my TC [INDIA] Some Background. Graduated from tier 3 college. Started with a WITCH company with starting salary as 2 Lakhs. Please help me evaluate my salary. FWIW I'm shit at leetcode and interviewing :( For someone from tier 3 college and an ex WITCH what would suggest my TC can go up to say in next 3-5 months
- PM internship opportunities Anyone know of project manager internship opportunities for the summer before senior year of college worth looking into? Follow-up, how much programming experience are they expecting?
- Do you all mind if I tell my story? I’ll start from a decade ago. I was off to college at 17. I was excited, I was the first in my family to attend college. My family grew up poor, so I was fortunate to attend but paid for everything off student loans and grants. I was young, and stupid, made a few mistakes in college that led me to g
- Is it normal to spend 40% of post tax income on bay area rent? First job out of college. All of the apartments I’m seeing within walk/bike distance from the office end up gobbling up 30-40% of my post tax income. I still end up saving a bit but this is ridiculous. Anyone else in the same boat? TC: 170k
- Best non-technical tech jobs out of college? What are the best non-technical jobs in tech you can get out of college? In terms setting yourself up for a great career in the future
- What skills should an SWE student learn? Hello! My boyfriend is a 30 YO college student studying Computer Science - went to college at 27. Any advice on what tech stacks and other skills he should pick up, on his own, outside of school to give him an edge? He knows Java and Swift, currently, and is interested in general Backend Dev and iO
- 26 y/o, no degree PM making 300k TC (prev 72k) Dropped out of college due to mental health issues and depression after losing both my grandparents in same year Worked 60-80 hour weeks starting at minimum wage at a no-name startup and worked my way up to a senior leadership role over the course of 4 years Got a chance to interview for a new rol
- Anyone willing to do a mock PM interview for Google? Or any experienced PM willing to provide actionable feedback out of goodwill? Folks on Lewis Lin’s slack are fresh college grads who either cancel last minute or don’t turn up
- link Dynamic programming Anyone willing to share grokking dp patterns course? I have interviews coming up next month. College grad currently intern at WMT https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-dynamic-programming-patterns-for-coding-interviews