After my entry level ->; mid promo early career, I have never been promo’d again. But I’m now “Sr” (not at Amzn) due to job hopping. And I’ve known staff level ppl who also got there from hopping companies. Probably happens to ex-Amzn especially because Mid->;Sr at Amzn is a chokehold that mos
has been avoiding to meet me via zoom for weeks only replies via slack message unnecessarily verbose I asked about my promo and he said “As an AI language model, I'm sorry, but I can't predict specific future events like when you'll get promoted. Promotions depend on various factors, including you...Read more
Is there an advantage if I join betterment via referral on top of availing promo 5.50 APY? #personalfinance #investments
I have been with LinkedIn for 4.5 years. Accumulated $2M in $MSFT via RSUs and ESPP. However, my 401k, mbd, bd are maxed out and diversified. I know I got lucky. Any others from aapl, googl, meta, LinkedIn that kept large part of your vests as is? You must have 2 to 5M now. How do you feel about yo...Read more
It’s weird but in my team within HWE org, neither our Director or Sr Director or for that matter any other manager doesn’t make any promo announcements. I got to know about my colleagues promo to Distinguished Engineer (Director) via LinkedIn and have many such examples. Really sad 😞 TC: 480k ICT5...Read more
Currently deciding on whether to take an offer from Datadog. With a signing bonus my Y1 TC is higher (270k), Y2 is pretty much on par with what I'm on now (245k) but base would be lower and in this market, don't really wanna have stock making up a decent chunk of my TC. Was hoping if folks from Dat...Read more
Just wanted to give a shoutout to doordash for finally fixing the android app. The android app was pretty much unusable (insane load latency per click) but still used it anyways b/c of its more options and dashpass promo via chase. Just used it for lunch earlier and i noticed its UI change and laten...Read more
I’ve been eyeing a dream (as far as dreams go in VHCOL) home for a few weeks. With the run up in tech stocks and a raise + promo on the horizon, I’m wondering if I’m crazy to push forward with it. The price is listed at 1.6M but my buyers agent says we’d probably have a competitive offer at 1.55M i...Read more
Google chrome already has a bookmark manager. And now I see another way to manage bookmarks via. Bookmark sidebar which is accessible using an icon on the google extensions. The only difference i see is that bookmark manager opens on the left side pane and bookmark sidebar on the right side. Is t...Read more
1. What has been your experience with those? Have you ever been backstabbed by a colleague? (I am guessing yes for nearly everyone). 2. Is there any way to avenge oneself? Is there any value in going 'after' the liars via project work or HR? Assume you can prove the lie conclusively. 3. Is the best ...Read more
I haven’t updated my Blind info in quite a few years, so for the purpose of this post assume I am an industy hire SDE1 who started at Amazon Alexa in Boston 1 year ago. This is my second pure software gig and I have 5-7 relevant YOE non-dev before then. I interviewed for L4, tried to push it to L5 ...Read more
Just for fun poll. I’m not mad about anything, just curious what Blind peeps mean if they say “stealing work” Situation: I am working on project X. Coworker was not involved. Then I left for a competitor and handed the project X to my coworker. The project is already 95% done at this point. 1 year...Read more
Hi guys, Last time I looked for a job was a very long time ago and it looks like my negotiating skills became very rusty. So I would appreciate any advice. March 1 is the time when I expect a promo and I shared this with a recruiter who contacted me via LinkedIn. I also shared descriptions of proj...Read more
Both Bay Area. 10 YOE (including 8 at Google), coming from L4 at Google. TikTok 2-2: Base: $280k Bonus: 25% ($70k) RSUs: $620k / 4 years (15%/25%/25%/35% vesting schedule) @$195/share Signing bonus: $100k No guaranteed refreshers 15 vacation days TC: $500k Facebook E5: Base: $210k Bonus: 15% ($32k...Read more
So I have a PhD in a fairly niche area of geology that doesn’t have a lot of industry scope. So I switched over to SWE at the end of my PhD mainly via leetcode. After graduation 3.5 years ago, I got hired at apple in an SDET role. Got promo to senior SDET 2.5 years after joining. At this point, I fe...Read more
Building a new calendar/Gantt chart type tool to improve viewing and tracking long term events, past and future. Hypothesis is that current digital calendars are great for organizing our week but ineffective at larger time frames like when visualizing a month, a year, or multiple years. Still tryi...Read more
Few years back I met with an accident which costed me dearly as my homonal balance got titled the shit out Had my blood test & testosterone level came out to be around 200 Ng/dl which I know is very low and I am already on biyearly injections recommended via my doc But holy shit my mental health i...Read more
TL;DR: I'm getting a lot of mixed signals from my manager and this is taking a toll on my mental health so I wonder if I could trust online therapy to talk about work. I need someone to talk to and my budget is a little limited. I could use my health insurance to use therapy sessions, but can I tru...Read more
For the last 2-3 months, I’ve been using GPT in a bit of a unique way to help me with my job. I’ve been a SWE 1 here for about 2 years now while about half my peers have been promoted already. Why wasn’t I promoted? Idk. I decided all this effort to try and get promoted isn’t worth it, so I devise...Read more
Started looking around back in early Feb (right before the worst of the META stock drop) after feeling stalled career-wise on my team. Wanted to share the outcome of talking to 10+ companies, spanning from before the market drop (everyone's hiring!) to the recent hiring freezes and reductions. TC 1...Read more