Here’s my current ranking: dropbox > FB > twitter >> google | snap >> uber > youtube > pinterest | opendoor Heard good things about linkedin, still need to try it (can’t tag dropbox)
I have been at Google for a few years. Mostly doing ML in YouTube as an MLE. I have been thinking to leave Google since layoffs (and fucking up company morale with stack ranking). My guess/hope is market will pick up by H2 2024. But I am not sure where to leave. Google used to be perfect on WLB, g...Read more
Hello Blind Community! I just started interviewing for the senior Ml roles and I feel like I am struggling with the system design rounds. Are there any good resources to learn Ml system design interview tips and tricks. I’m already in the Ml industry ideating, building and delivering search retriev...Read more
I am building a comprehensive list of system design interview topics. If you don’t know where to start, start with these: SYSTEM DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE TOPICS: 1. Near realtime location based system (Uber, DoorDash, Dating apps) 2. Near realtime Newsfeed system (FB, Insta) 3. File storage system (Go...Read more
Googlers - What are your thoughts? TL;DR: Slowly eliminating rest-and-vest culture. Is Google = Amazon What do you do when you have over-hired but you don’t want to stoke panic by laying people off? Change the performance review process. And rip out the Toto toilets for good measure. Metrics to w...Read more
Saw this commentary about #google ‘s new GRAD performance review process and thought was interesting… Thoughts from people who work at both companies? #Amazon ————— What do you do when you have over-hired but you don’t want to stoke panic by laying people off? Change the performance review process...Read more
I work in tech recruiting (full disclosure: recruited in the past for Google and Uber ATG) and was helping a new recruiter with getting calibrated on profiles. So, I figured I would make a list to share some top tech companies with her while she searched for top Software Engineers (SWEs). But once ...Read more
Background: Bachelor's in Chemical/Process Engineering Analytics or DS experience - 4 years in India. I learned most of ML or Data Science stuff on my own, using YouTube and other blogs. Proficient at Python and SQL. The main intention of the masters was to go to the US and get a better paying job ...Read more
Based on various posts read so far for layoffs, here is the summary. - Every Product Area has or will do layoffs, Cloud and Youtube are pending. - VP and Senior Directors have more say this time (compared to Jan 2023). - Layoffs are happening at VP level, it's upto VP to determine the date and proc...Read more
A few months back, I started applying for jobs in the Bay Area. The community here at Blind helped me in my interview prep and also while negotiating my offer. I'm extremely grateful to be a part of this community and I'm sharing my experience here just as a big THANKYOU for getting me through the r...Read more
The closest thing I see in the world is an app called Ohlala, but that looks like it is only available in England and Germany. There are news articles talking about a USA (New York) launch but it seems that never happened. I remember reading a while ago the hottest app on the Chinese app store was...Read more
Five months ago I got fedup with the crap culture at Amazon (needs a separate post) and decided to start working on my game plan for interviews at tech companies. Now, I have three offers from the tech companies - Expedia is travel not in the same league I know. No trolls please. Profile: CS Engine...Read more
Hey Blind folks, Thank you for helping me get here. I prepped intensely for about 3 months and switched to Google from a mid-size unicorn. This is for ML engineer IC with ~10 years of experience in the Bay Area. I thought I should share my journey to give back. I interviewed around 10 companies an...Read more
I've been reading through Grokking the System Design Interview, System Design Primer for past couple of days but I'm still not sure how to approach the interviews(or rather, what the interviewer will be looking for) For e.g if the question is Design a video distribution system, there are so many as...Read more
Blind has helped me a ton throughout my interview journey! It can be hard to find information for machine learning positions (ie machine learning engineer, applied scientist, data scientist), so I want to share my experience interviewing for ML positions. All roles were primarily for MLE and I am cu...Read more
## Interview Experience (Facebook, Google, Microsoft) #### Profile: *YOE:* 4+, all at Amazon (Applied Scientist) *Education:* PhD in Machine Learning (ML) from a Top 20 CS school *Location:* Seattle *Current TC:* $270K *Interview dates:* Last two weeks of April *Facebook offer (MLE):* 205K/700K/100...Read more