Super good work life balance and flexibility. Great comp, or at least before stock plummeted.
Leadership doesn’t know what they’re doing. No investment in really anything. Big bet is really poorly built and kind of embarrassing. Not a sexy company or product anymore, but for some reason, leadership still expects you to sell it without any compelling reason for a customer to buy.
Thought this deserved its own thread aside from the going back date one. We know companies like FB and Dropbox etc. announced to become a Remote first company. Who else? Let’s make this a good resource for people being asked to go back to office who want to find a new job. #remotework #wfh
there are many open source tools and paid tools out there to get the job done just a little bit of wrapper here and there should suffice as long as the right tools are chosen and properly architected to the use-cases I get it, big tech's approach to infrastructure is via software engineering approa...Read more
I'm not getting far with online applying at all but referrals/recruiters work well, however I don't have connections with all the places I'm interested in. Here's my small sample size and results: Online Applications - Twilio, Redfin, Dropbox: all rejected, non-specific reasons. Referrals - Micros...Read more
Companies can go remote for many reasons, but a lot (Dropbox, Airbnb, etc) still mandate regular in-person meetups. To me this sounds like hybrid with more steps. Requiring meetups (especially in the middle of a pandemic) completely undoes a lot of remote benefits and creates different classes of ...Read more
Looking at so many startups laying people off I have come to realize from an buisness point of view FAANGs and Googe/Amazon in particular are basically conquering the world by having so many different revenue streams Amazon is invested in cloud, e-retail, retail(Whole Foods), Alexa, Kindle, Prime T...Read more
After a year of founding a startup, it's now stable enough to hire some full-time/part-time employees that I trust. They have been working with me on an intermittent basis, and I'm confident in their ability to manage/scale it. However, the business does not yet have enough revenue to support them a...Read more
I understand that: 1) You work in no name company. 2) You don't get free quality food and onsite services. 3) You don't have fat packages and living paycheck to paycheck? 4) You have shit culture in your workplace and don't get the best possibilities for growth 5) You work on contract jobs or consu...Read more
I am seeking any and all referrals as I am desperate for work after being laid off since October. I am almost out of savings, I have less than one more month of savings before I cannot afford my mortgage and bare minimum expenses. I have applied to 2,000+ jobs. I’ve had several phone screenings, h...Read more
--FAANG tier-- Facebook: Too political, disorganized, elitist Amazon: 'nuff said. Harsh culture of algorithmic stack ranking, long hours, low pay. Apple: Secrecy breeds siloed culture, top-down tyrannical, cheap about pay. Netflix: ? Don't they do stack-ranking but it's not as bad as in Amazon o...Read more
Sorry this post is late, I know some people were waiting for me to write this TL;DR: Got laid off, was sad, studied hard, did a bunch of interviews, did a bunch of back-to-back onsites, got 6 offers, doubled my previous TC This is my story on how I went from someone that never leetcoded or done a ...Read more
Hi For myself * worked at a startup from seed to series C (2 years) * worked at another startup from series D to series E (2 years) * work at Google ( 1year) I have some input to compare working for big tech vs startups I personally think big tech is better for the following reasons: 1. Startup ...Read more
Article: I If there were ever a time when Lyft had a chance to catch up with Uber, it was last year. A constant barrage of negative publicity, including a #deleteUber social media movement, offered Lyft a gift in terms of picking up business. But while Lyft made some gains, it still finished the ye...Read more
Good write up from The Information. The People Who Matter at Lyft Below are 104 of the top employees at the ride-hailing company, including operations (the biggest group) and two organizations that are gaining importance within the company—growth and autonomous vehicle research. Employees a...Read more
I was diagnosed with Aspergers at 17, Bipolar at 24, and ADHD around 27. Now I’m 30. However I had a conversation last night that led me to think my root issues are actually much closer to OCD and anxiety. And I’m wondering if anyone here has experienced something similar. These conditions have ha...Read more
(Long post warning!) Thanks Blind for all the inspiring and motivational posts! I hope to give back to the community by sharing my own personal experience and I hope this can help others who are going through a similar situation. Current TC: 200k, 7.5 YOE, L63 New TC: Base 200k RSU 491k (33/33/22/...Read more