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- should i take a demotion as a principal engineer at @Raytheon to significantly upgrade my pathetic salary with the gov? I already accepted the offer but didn't realize it would be a junior position. 12 yoe current TC - peanuts new TC - 145 + 25bonus +20ish moving
- Is 140k in midwest to 220k in Seattle a downgrade? I make 140k in midwest but have a 220k offer in Seattle. Would that be a downgrade, upgrade, or even? What’s an equivalent salary to a midwest 140k in Seattle? Edit: Location: Columbus OH
- Is this frugal? Or too much and we should upgrade Due to some negotiation, my tc split is, 250 - 50 - 400 (grant), vest over next 4 years will be more. So 1.6m over 4 years is just equity. But I have a small condo (fully paid off) in Palo Alto (1.5m) and have no expenses coming up (in a good school district). We are planning to live just on base
- Are you getting any base hike this PCS? Amazon folks, How much hike are you getting or expecting in your base pay this PCS season? Following the recent upgrades in salary policy, anything positive to hope for? L5 SDE TC: 335k #tech #salary
- Shall I proceed with Amazon interview or turn it down??!! Hi Blinders, I truly need your advice please. Amazon contacted me for Finance L6 role in Seattle but i was hoping to join Amazon on L6.5 to L7 job based on my years of experience, plus the salary range after pushing the recruiter a lot is way less than what i was aiming for to change cities. I am
- Deloitter looking to move on, need help with referrals Thought Deloitte would be an upgrade over my previous position. They are very unorganized and Micromanage allot. Looking for opportunities I’m a cloud Security consultant over 2 years of experience , my salary was 90k base with a 15k bonus. If anyone can please help me out i also have blockchain exp
- People who successfully asked for a salary and got it… tips? I started last month, I’ve been doing everything above and beyond; finishing tasks ahead of time, helping everyone etc. I am an APM. I’ll be asked to relocate to HQ (Canada to USA) in 6 months or so… so the salary will be changed, but by then I know I’ll have done a lot of good work, tips of negotia
- Should I buy a 1.5M house in seattle? Not sure if I’m over leveraging or if it will be worth it in the long run. Looking for sfh in the city, not too far from work and downtown. I’m a single young woman in my mid to late 20s and care about living in a good and safe neighborhood with a good resale value. Although not ideal I’m also open
- Google India stock refresh How do the year end stock refreshers look like for SWE who've been at L3 for roughly more than an year? Also some context on salary upgrade and stocks after L3 to L4 promo would be helpful. I joined Google as a fresher and don't have any experience prior to it. #tech #swe
- Ditch Industrial design to product design? After reviewing posts from uxui salary, I just don’t think it’s worth staying in industrial design position. Looking at the post from product designers the salary seems like just another level. Limited positions available in industrial design, and abundance of product/ uiux position available anywh
- Anyone else frugal? I was recently mentoring a junior engineer that's newish to their career. I was giving them the usual financial advice about spending within their budget, avoid luxury cars, 401K contributions, limit your credit card debt, etc. It made me reflect that I've pretty much lived like that for awhile no
- Microsoft: lowballing? Level: L59 Location: Redmond, WA Salary: 112.5k Stock: 130K over 4 years Signing bonus: 50k Relocation: 6k I have competing offers from AWS and Spotify. I did mention this to my recruiter. They updated my offer twice already (once after my negotiation email, and again after a second email I sent af
- Sr Solutions Architect at Amazon (L6) what is a good expected comp I just got confirmation from recruiter about having cleared the interviews and wants to talk about offering. I am expecting the recruiter would be asking me about my expectation on total compensation. I realize there has been some recent upgrades in base salaries and scales at Amazon. Taking those r
- Does Microsoft try to retain an employee who received a better offer from another big tech? I work at Microsoft (SWE II, with TS/SCI/FSP security clearance which takes a long time to get). I'm interviewing at AWS and Oracle next week, not because I am unhappy at Microsoft but because I believe the market has upgraded offers and salaries since I joined. I'm wondering if I do get an offer t
- What is actually TC? Got a salary upgrade last week and on the pdf from the company it said TC for 2022 236k out of which base is 140k but actually I will not earn this amount in 2022 but gradually if I stay in the company 4y as RSU. My actually 2022 pay will be 165k for 2022 considering the vested stock. So my questio
- Fb London -> US? HR contacted me and told that they are hiring for London. I asked for US then she said it will take time and joining will happen in next year april/may. I want to ask fb blinders, if I go for London, is it possible for me to transfer to US office later? And if most importantly does my stock and sal
- Apple Compensation Structure and Plan My fellow blinders, I’m trying to understand the Apple compensation range and structure (base+stock+sign on+cash bonus) for an engineer with 9 year experience. Just looking for high level info as I’m not part the FAANG circle :) Also, what is an ideal salary increase that can justify a move from Se
- Upgrading existing offer letter Let's say you've an offer from a company (C1) and you've accepted it. The joining date is more than a month far and you get an offer from company (C2) better than C1. Can you show C2's offer to C1 and ask for a new upgraded offer? I'm pretty sure salary negotiations go in India quite differently. If
- Is the CCNA's appeal dying down? I have been studying the last 8 months for this certification to take a step into I.T. but with automation and cloud. Is configuration more so a thing of the past? I'm in the new york area btw and looking to work in a noc, msp, or is. I'm currently only making 37k so the salaries I've seen for th
- What are PM salaries over time? Can one switch after a year? Currently at MSFT in bizops but have an offer from a startup to be a PM. It’s a huge pay cut (160kTC at MSFT vs 130k startup). Is it reasonable to be a PM for a year and upgrade comp after? What’s the typical PM salary over the years? Currently debating whether to stay at MSFT and attempt to intern
- Salary Review and Career progression tips. I am a full-stack software engineer at a mid-sized tech company in bay area. Base: 150k RSU: 80k (20k/year) Refresher: 6k/year Yoe: 6 Total comp: 176k Questions: 1) Is this the average salary in the bay area or I am being underpaid? 2) Also, I want to start interviewing. The problem is, the tech
- Microsoft Offer question I want to ask this question for two reasons : 1. To see if I can help myself negotiate more money with Microsoft 2. If it's too late for me to do this, help someone else in the future Context : I interviewed with Microsoft in February with the Azure Org related to VM service management and receiv
- Offer Letter Rescinded. Refs please I accepted an offer a few weeks back and sent in my resignation letter to my current employer. During Pre onboarding, the help people told me my offer was rescinded. Trying to connect with my new prospective employer but they have been ghosting me. Just upgraded to a more expensive apartment to line
- Wait for Promotion before Big4 switch I’m working with big clients with the current small consulting company (800 employees) and my manager started the process for internal interviews and justifications recently to get me into a senior position. It may take 6-8 months in his opinion. Got interviews for a similar position at all Big4s an
- Unconventional Opportunities (Tech?) For practicing family MD? I am trying to help a female relative, who is moving to the Bay Area for family reasons. She’s American of Indian origin, practicing family doctor, 10 yrs experience, board certified. She’s is concerned that her career /quality of life will take a hit as the doctor salaries seem to be lower in the B
- Upgrade my home after changing job Hi all, I recently changed job to Amazon. As many know Amazon salary is capped and rest all is Cash bonus in the first years and then stocks in year 3/4. However, I wanted to upgrade my home I casually talked to a lender she said I won’t qualify for 2 years for a big loan as lenders don’t conside
- Been in tech for long but lost interest in programming and S/W Development I have been around for over a decade and have good salary ( more than I can spend) and WLB. Team is also great. My problem is that I have lost complete interest in any sort of S/w development. I used to love it till I no more. I dont even feel like upgrading myself while my Role requires me to be at
- vote Quitting new job at Google and for how much (poll) What difference in TC would make you quit your job (for example at Google) that you've just started within 4-10 months from the start date? Let's assume the that: - you've just started at Google as a senior developer, you kept interviewing and you got a new offer at another company with higher TC t
- My stocks are earning more than me. This is all thanks to blind. 4 years ago I used to think 99% TCs on blind are fake. I was happy with my job. Then one fine day I decided what the heck I should atleast try Interviewing and see what's out there and see if blind salaries are real. After few jumps around the industry I realized you can
- vote OCI vs Adobe All figures in INR. YOE: 2 Current TC: 18.5 + 2 = 20.5 Adobe: MTS-2 18.5 base + 30/4 stocks + 2 performance + 3 joining = 31 first year OCI: IC2 27 base + 30/4 stocks + 3.5 joining (+3.5 second year joining) = 38 first year I have already accepted Adobe's offer, joining in 2 weeks. Do not want to
- Amazon (NYC) offer - $150k TC - 3 YOE - Good or bad? I got a verbal offer from Amazon, and the recruiter said the amount is likely to be $150k total compensation (shares + salary + sign on bonus). I might be missing something, will know everything when the written offer is extended, but this seems a bit low (at least salary wise, I'd imagine the salar
- Buying a Single Family Home Hey all looking for advice as I’m trying to purchase a 4b 2b house in the Pleasanton/dublin/San Ramon bay area. My wife and I wanted to upgrade from our 2b 2b condo. The loan amount for it would be 670k (rest is downpayment which is over 20%). Monthly payment would come out to 4300 with property ta
- Rate my investment - Milpitas Condo I am 25, work in Sunnyvale under H1B visa, living with my girlfriend, and not planning to have any kids at least within the next 5 years. I have been house-shopping in the south bay and the only affordable yet nice property I could find is a new 1200sqft 2-bedroom condo in Milpitas ($850K). HOA is $
- Would I qualify for 2nd mortgage? We have about $490,000 loan left on current home (24 years left on 30-yr fixed). We are thinking of upgrading into a slightly bigger home in $1 million range, will put 20% down. However we want to keep it current home & rent it out since we will likely break even on it. I'm told that for mortgage,
- career risks in corona times I recently moved to a new company 5months ago. It is a global company and the role was an upgrade in level and salary compared to what I had at Uber. The new company claims to want change, but in practice no one really wants it. My role is to support them in transitioning towards a better way of op
- Hubspot Offer Eval Hi I just got an offer at Hubspot for a Senior SWE I which I'm personally pretty excited about as it seems like a good company for WLB and tech Base: $160k RSU: $80k vested over 4 yr ($20k annually) Sign On Bonus: $25k The unli PTO + remote are huge pluses for me as well as the health benefits pack
- UC Berkeley Coding Camp Hi all. I've been accepted into a part time coding bootcamp through UC Berkeley Extension. Their program is very new and I haven't found any reviews or information about it online. The cost was very reasonable and Berkeley has a great rep in general so it seemed well worth a gamble. I love to have
- Sell or keep my SF condo? I was smart enough to buy a brand new 1 bedroom condo by ATT Park when I was 25. (I️ used to be homeless so I️ made it a goal to buy my own place to call home.) I’m 35 now and looking to get a bigger place to start a family. Unfortunately, even with my $125k salary and my hubby’s $100k salary, every
- Go back to old company? So my old company is trying to recruit me to come back, it’s a smaller company but they pay pretty well for the area I’m in. I left on good terms with an open invitation to return any time if I wanted to. I had no immediate plans of switching jobs though I had been taking with few recruiters about
- Life decisions with an improving Career - what do people do as they rise? Just wondering what other folks think as their career and income rise (Bay Area incomes). Life of a (hypothetical) successful eng/pm exec in a Bay Area company. Starting a career at 23-24 after a masters. Thoughts? Year 1-2: junior dev/pm 1 < 100k “I can’t make ends meet” - renting small 1 bed,
- link Why Canada allows so many immigrants when there are no jobs? There is a really good answer to this question which explains very well. This explains the situation why people are reluctant to go to Canada for tech jobs. Original Link: https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Canada-allow-350-000-immigrants-every-year-when-there-are-no-jobs-there-for-immigrants/answer/Pet
- help me choose I have 14+ YOE non-CS (hardware) in SF bay area. All companies with offers below are not currently profitable. Startup #1 220k+10% cash bonus + ~70k/year ISO's for 4 years in a large well funded late stage startup = 310TC (242 + equity) Startup #2 100k+no bonus+no 401k+ 1.5% equity in a very sma
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- Facebook offer Sorry for the long post :) Currently an SDE 2 (L5) at Amazon. Working here for the last 2 odd years. TC - 156 Base, 135 Bonus (Year 1 & 2 only), 170 RSUs (Only 20% vested. Would get another 20% this Dec). FB offer - HR said they are targeting 280K - 300K approx for Bellevue location. E4 is what th
- Albertsons: Claims to want to be high tech, but amateurs on the job market Summary: Albertsons appears to be recruiting heavy for tech, but clearly clueless when it comes to the job market. But they’re experts at gaslighting. Some background: I'm a senior manager in consulting; I'm progressing nicely (promoted three times in three years) and an SME in my space. A recrui
- 10 Interviews over 1.5 Months I saw a post that was extremely helpful of someone's interview experience and I thought I'd share my thoughts on mine. Thanks Blind for all the help! This was my first time interviewing for a software engineering position. I didn't need to do it out of undergrad and was already happy where I was at
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- ML/Applied Scientist Role will get commoditized out of existence! Do you agree? Seeking out fellow ML scientist bro/sis here on Blind. Having a mid-cliff crisis now. Punch line is that I think this role will be commoditized out of existence in at most 10 years. First, we need to get our definitions straight, because terminology varies. 1) Research Scientist (50% basic researc
- Interview Cycle: Facebook M1, Google L7, Microsoft L68, and Local Public Company Hello all. I recently interviewed for positions at a local public company, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft and promised in another thread to recount the experiences, since there’s not a lot of Blind info for the experienced/higher level folks. So I don’t have to GTFO, TC is currently $396k (was $5
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks