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- How you speed up your work? Any effiency rule? So, I am manual QA. For testing UI and all that stuff it takes so much time, just to setup, etc. My manager determine our work (performance) by the time we complete the task, I feel I burned out. Any advices?
- link DOL’s H-1B Wage Rule Massively Understates Wage Increases by up to 26 Percent https://www.cato.org/blog/dols-h-1b-wage-rule-massively-understates-wage-increases-26
- vote How much of your take home is house payment ? Bay Area I know about the 30 percent rule but want to get an idea of how much people actually end up paying for mortgage + tax + insurance all included. Take home net household income: 15k Monthly (after maxing out 401k etc, not counting RSUs) 2 kids school fee- 3500 monthly Taking on 8k house payment in
- H1B lottery My H1B got picked up today. What are the rules on international travel in this case?
- link Elon Musk is working at the CA factory "Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1259945593805221891 "Yes, California approved, but an unelected county official illegally overrode.
- vote Will you jump ship if Google and Facebook are deemed monopolies and be required to break up? Apple is not a monopoly according to court ruling today. For Googlers and FBers, will you consider leaving if your company (Google/Facebook) is ruled to be a monopoly and must be broken up? We know how these litigations impacted Microsoft.
- Do you have an Au Pair or Nanny? Need help Bringing an Au Pair from Colombia to take care of our 3 month old. Having trouble thinking of house rules besides “clean up after yourself”. What kid of rules did you have to make to make sure you didn’t grow to resent this person living with you?
- The fall of FAANG? FAANG has been here for some time, it's not that much but it feels like the industry is up for new leaders IBM, Bell Labs, and Microsoft used to rule the world, Facebook is falling, Apple and Netflix are not that interesting Microsoft is coming back up, Google is keeping up with Deep Mind, BABA a
- vote Definitive Ranking of Candy Bars Halloween coming up..🎃🎃 Pick the 1 Candy Bar to rule them all! Choose wisely...
- Amazon sign up bonus What is the typical Amazon sign up bonus and vesting rules to it. Mid senior position in a marketing field?
- H1B Wage Level on renewal. Based on the interim rule if you are up for renewal you will be expected to maintain the same level but with new wage level percentiles. Good luck, with that. Not just WITCH, even FAANG will get hit.
- Salary re-adjustment if I move to Sacramento/Folsom from Bay Area? How would they even know that I moved? Can I take up a PO Box and work around this rule? Planning to Rent, not buy.
- Offer negotiations When you get an offer, do you have a rule of thumb for how much to negotiate up (with no competing offer to compare)? Base, sign on, etc. Expecting an offer this week for L4 tech program manager and am gearing up for the negotiation phase. TC 170k
- Thanks Trump for the new DOL H1-B wage rules I would like to thank Trump for the new DOL wage rules where H-1B wages have to be increased by 30-50% depending on the level. My H-1B is up for renewal and since the company did not want to fire me, I got a 30% hike. I was already making more than my peers who are US citizens and as a side effect o
- vote Amazon Dublin vs Booking.com Amsterdam Basically two offers: Amazon Dublin (not AWS) L5: TC near 140k EUR Booking.com Amsterdam Core dev: 90k EUR base + up to 15% annual bonus + RSU based on performance +30% ruling The wlb will be probably the same.
- Buy investment property by April There is a new rule starting April where you have to pay 1-3% more on non principal residence mortgages. Now is the time to lap up vacation homes and rentals.
- Dear Outlook Team Hi Recently we had a bunch of morons spam my inbox at 2 in the morning with reply-alls that had different subject lines. So I wake up and there's 900 individual email conversations sitting in my inbox. I think to myself "Ooh! There all sent to this same email list! This would be perfect for an Outl
- Should I file as NR alien or Resident alien? Hi, my H1B kicked off last year from October 1st. Should I file my taxes as ‘non resident alien’ or ‘resident alien’? I looked up on rules and the counting the days for substantial presence is confusing. Can anyone in the same boat please advise? #tax #irs #cpa
- vote Is now a good time to be buying a used/new car? Used car prices are up 25% this year. I really need a car as my current keeps needing repairs. Drive a 2009 toyota camry 190,000 miles. Looking to spend around $20,000 - $40,000. Will only pay cash. That’s my rule.
- When to take gains Ugh, the stock market is a bloodbath today. I was up sooooo much in 2021, but I kept holding because I was greedy and thought it would go up more. Do you guys have a rule for when to take gains? Like sell a stock when it goes up 20%, or sell half if a stock doubles etc? Edited to add that this is
- vote When can China remove the unbearable quarantine mandate and really open up to travels? I'm fed up with the everlasting pandemic, and the super strict rules in China regarding traveling and quarantine. I haven't been back to China since 2019 and I'm yearning for a trip home to see my family. How do you all deal with this? I feel really depressed and irritated by it. For those who succe
- What’s considered fair pay outside of large tech companies? Trying to help a friend with negotiating but I have no idea what’s fair for junior / mid level / senior at places that don’t show up on levels, or are otherwise nothing brands. What’s even a good rule of thumb? Maybe 75% of whatever big tech makes, at least for earlier roles? Maybe 50% of big tech s
- Chase credit card recommendation Just got freed up from 5/24 and trying to see if I can grab another Chase credit card. I have : [Chase] Sapphire Preferred United Quest IHG rewards premier Looking into : Chase Freedom Unlimited (Like the 0% APR, i have some huge expenditure coming up that I can benefit; 3% dining cashback and 1
- Can you apply for multiple different positions at Meta? I thought I saw you can apply up to 3 at the same time or something. Is there a rule if you don’t pass one, you can’t apply for any or just the same position for a year?
- Fb onsite Oct 2021 E5 Coding rd 1 Lc 50 Can't find it on LC but first question was comparing two strings to see if equivalent, given the rules "f6k == facebook, i18n == internationalization, Coding round 2 Lc 938 Lc 133 Behavioral: look up practice questions on career portal Product design: design a leetcode algo c
- H4 EAD removal forgotten by Trump? Haven't heard any news about H4 EAD removal yet. It's been dragged so long. Hope USCIS is too busy to come up with removal rules and gets dragged past Trump's presidency.
- Getting creative with a spousal greencard to avoid exit taxes Hey everyone. Question here about spousal green card rules... Tldr - can one tactically obtain a greencard, transfer $$ from rich spouse to poor spouse l tax free, and then give up poor spouse's greencard without exit tax? Scenario: Partner 1 is US citizen, doesn't want to give up citizenship, an
- Technical analysis and charts Astrology and reinforcement via crowds following the same rules. Fibonacci levels to come up with absurd numbers paying no attention to actual underlying financials. Can a true believer explain to me why it should work? #stock #investments
- Apple Internal move Should we inform managers before deciding to interview to move internally within groups at Apple ? Does the "coffee chat" rule still exist ? What happens if we inform the manager but do not end up getting the role ?
- link EU Policy A Money Grab Every time I take a look at European News, I see the EU pushing more regulation targeting Meta, Google, Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. In reading through a recent article, I saw that the EU is taking up to 0.05% of annual worldwide revenue from these companies to “monitor” them and I think it’s absol
- TomTom Offer I recently got an offer at TomTom Amsterdam with 78,000€ annually + relocation package + sign-up bonus of around 3,000€. However, there is no RSU or annual bonus included in the package. I would qualify for the 30% ruling. Would this be enough for 2 people (me and my partner) + 3 cats to live comfor
- link Azure hitting limits! https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-cloud-services-demand-up-775-percent-prioritization-rules-in-place-due-to-covid-19/ Will AWS run into similar problems? How is AWS resilient given they run Netflix, Disney, Instakart, Amazon.com and still not struggling?
- H4 and EAD extension My H4, EAD and spouse H1 applied in Jan 07 2022, and we have valid visa till june 2022. My spouse visa is applied in premium processing, so will get approval sooner. But how long does it take for my H4. And can i continue working with just approved h4 and not EAD with the new rule? Amy way to speed
- What’s an appropriate amount to spend on your mortgage? Given that equity can end up being a significant part of one’s pay, what’s a financially responsible way to think about how much house I can afford? Are there any good rule of thumbs? TC 750k, about 50% in equity. #housing #mortgage
- I’m vaccinated & got Omicron recently. What do I need to get a booster? When will it all end? Hi everyone, For full disclosure: I’m fully vaccinated and recently got Omicron variant. I had terrible muscle pain, fevers, etc which lasted for a week. I am wearing mask every time I’m out the house. Full abiding citizen. However, given the recent updates from CDC (now switching the self-isolatio
- vote How well diversified is your portfolio? One rule of thumb I heard is to never hold more than 10% of your portfolio in one individual stock. This would greatly help control risk. What percentage is your largest holding (unvested RSU and locked up options excluded) in your portfolio?
- link New H1b rule for minimum salary for HW Was reading minimum salary requirement for level 2 (Masters) for hardware engineers in bay area. It seems to target h1bs to be in at least the 45th percentile- and is $170k base salary for bay area. See link below: https://www.flcdatacenter.com/OesQuickResults.aspx?code=17-2072&area=41940&year=21&s
- H1B next year not going to reach quota Assuming current rules hold up, does anyone else have the same feeling that total number of applications are going to be just around 85K only? At most it can go 100k+ but USCIS will end up rejecting private survey who claim wage levels higher than OES survey & ultimately they are not going to fill
- Housing market in Bay Area Just keeps going up. What will bring it down? 2008 people where self-certifying and borrowing 5-6x salary. Now it’s well controlled borrowing due to Dodd Frank rules and people are borrowing within their means. There is no structural weakness. Or is there?
- How much do lawyers and doctors make in the bay area? Traditionally, those professions have been considered superior to engineering. I have great respect especially for medical doctors but did we catch up with them at least in terms of compensation? As per Blind rules: Current TC: 220k New TC in a few weeks: 370k
- Reddit went full CCP today Da fuck is going on over there? Picking and choosing subs to ban for arbitrary reasons while leaving up worse offenders. That Tencent money just too good? Bending over for Winnie the Pooh feels too nice? Edit - their own "hate" rules say that hateful content is fine AS LONG AS IT IS AGAINST THE MA
- What's a good house budget in Chicago for 450k TC? Combined TC is ~450k (maybe a bit more). What's a realistic budget to buy a house in Chicago burbs? I know about the 28% rule and I personally think it's pretty aggressive. TC shot up recently so savings don't reflect that. Savings is 600k combined including equity in current house. #housing #chica
- New H1B rule seems like a terrible idea! 1. Startups are at a disadvantage as most of their compensation is in the form of equity? 2. Isn't it unfair fair to assume that an organization x (base pay 150k) has smarter people when compared to organization y (base pay 120k, 200K RSUs) for the same location? 3. This ruling only affects Indians/
- What happens in case of massive h1b layoffs? We are most probably in a recession. Incase of layoffs what do you h1b visa holders intend to do? Try to find a job in 60 days? Pack up and leave? Do you think the 60 day unemployment rule might be temporarily syspended by usa to help skilled immigrants stay until the economy stabilizes?
- 50/80 stock rule, be careful high TC complacency In stock market there is a rule that 50% of the previous market cycle leaders tend to fall 80% or more when the bull market ends. I think most of us can see the stocks that are 60 to 80% down from their recent highs. So buckle up and wait for your TC to significantly shrink or leetcode and jumpship
- Post Silicon System Validation Interview Help I know I am violating blind rules here but desperate times call for desperate measures I have a post silicon system validation interview coming up at some good HW companies and was looking for interview tips / topics to study / some interesting questions anything #hardware
- Flexport /Tesla/ any transportation company Referral Hello! Anyone willing to give my husband a referral to Flexport? His company has strict rules about using his email for outside purposes so he’s not sure about signing up for blind. He’s super qualified. US army vet, works in transportation business for the last almost 10 years as an operations mana
- should you work for Fisker Inc ? we have a security guard who times every person in time and out time , you have to walk to him to give your last name before he can let you go out of office(every time you step out) we have constant emails reminding us we should be in office from 9.30am to 5.30pm, (every department is so understaffe
- 😭 I feel worthless, I'm a new grad, just been around 3 months in the industry and I already hate everything. The rules, regulations everything else doesn't seem good. I didn't sign up for this life. On top of it I'm unable to solve anything on leetcode, I don't remember any concepts and it all looks
- vote Stay at Meta after stock drop as E7. Joined meta months back as E7. Amazing $2.7mln rsus. Only 60% of those left with price set at $360, now thank god back up to $220. Still loosing over 1mln over 4 years. Learning nothing here. I loved tackling hard technical problems, that is how I got E7 at Google. Here it is just talk, talk, talk.