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- link My Approach to System Design It is not an exhaustive list and might not work for everyone. Also it is not a one size fits all thing but I hope it helps you to draft a plan and figure out how to tackle the sys design. Resources: 1. https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer 2. https://github.com/binhnguyennus/awesome-s
- SWE Interview Prep Plan Going to start the interview process again and want to make sure I got a good plan in place so I can hopefully get multiple offers. I am in no rush to accept a role, so it's more of creating a solid plan I can implement over the next 3-6 months. Let me know your feedback/ideas: 1) Review Data Struc
- Lost job and now idk what to do... So, i little bit of my experience, when i was in brazil ( home country) i was a 3d artist and video editor, then i moved to US and got a job at youtube content review ( contract), then google play music data analyst(contract), facebook dev ops (contract), Baidu autonomous vehicle operator (contract)
- Completed my TPM L6 Interviews with FB / G Want to share as much as possible with the blind community so someone else can benefit from this in the future.... Note, I'm not going to share my questions. Most of it is all found off the interwebs, educative, youtube, etc... anyways. Prep: I took 4 weeks off work, studied like my life depended
- 330% TC bump in 3 years - grateful to this community TL;DR - My TC went from 160K to 688K in 3 years and this is my journey. I am grateful of this community to provide me motivation and help me prepare for my interviews to find the right roles & compensation related to my experience/skills. I want to share my journey to help motivate someone else who
- A 32 year old clinically depressed loser who wants to revamp his life. Hello everyone, I'm a 32 year old loser whose networth is just 150k (mostly due to Amazon stock appreciation). I work in a non tech job and my TC is 145k. I've been stagnant in this same role for 5.5 years in Amazon. I've had opportunities to progress, but my depression and procrastination made sure
- link Coding Interview Preparation in Seattle I see several posts asking for how to prepare for coding interviews. I commented on 2-3 of them with details about a few eastside coding meetups. Let me try to gather my thoughts here, will update if I need to add more. Here is how to Prepare for Tech Interviews * Time to Success: Depending on
- link Sharing the love (but mostly bragging) 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
- vote Offers: Microsoft vs Twitter vs Chime Currently working at Microsoft, 1 yoe. Staying on my current team is out of the question, although the excellent wlb gave me time to LMAO (Leetcode My A** Off). I tried internal transfer, but I have to go through an interview loop for each team. So I decided to look internally as well as externally.
- vote Tip & Offers & result Thank you for blind(er)s current TC 250K YOE 6yr SD2 tl;dr; I would like to share what I learned. Please scrolldown if you just want to see numbers(offer) I accept an offer today Meta(ex facebook) as Partner engineer (IC4) English is !perfect 0. status I worked 6 years and not made senior. I was
- link I did it! Final Interview Results/Advice If you’re thinking about interviewing but are overwhelmed and feeling down from all the people on Blind who work at top tier companies boasting sky-high TCs, tons of offers, and don’t feel like you have what it takes to end up at your dream company, this one’s for you. I've learned a lot on Blind t
- Offers from Facebook, Google, Uber and 6 others | AMA I learnt a lot about interviews from blind community. This is my effort to give back to the community. This thread is not about TC, but for the curious ones, I have multiple offers around 550k and I still negotiating, I will start another thread with comp details. Offers I got - Facebook (E6), Uber
- Google Team (Borg) That Keeps Services Online Rocked by Mental Health Crisis https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-20/inside-google-s-brewing-mental-health-crisis-claims-of-toxic-work-environment When Chewy Shaw left Google’s site reliability group in April, he told colleagues in a memo that interactions with his managers had made him depressed and suicidal. “I n
- Sharing experience Hello Blinders! I have used blind to prepare for interviews, offer negotiations, h1b related questions and many more things. It's time for me to give back. It might not be much different from other post but will share it anyways. I was laid off from Uber in May and as I was on H1B, I had only 3 mo
- 20 companies, 6 Offers MLE Interview Prep AMA 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
- link PM Interview with Facebook (Meta) - documenting my experience ---------------- Update 11 Done! This process is a marathon, not a sprint. Nearly 3 months for me, although I got COVID which added 2-3 weeks worth of delays. I feel like I did very well overall. Execution was my weakest in both rounds, although my second Execution I felt was stronger than my f
- Options moving forward Currently talking to 4 places: TuneIn, Sr/Staff SWE. Applied for Staff but I think they probably expect considerably more YoE based on first phone call (non-technical). Tech call scheduled soon. Numbers quoted put TC at ~180-190 (with potential to go higher if I blow them out of the water and
- My Google Interview Experience Update 2 -------------- My recruiter went on leave and a new recruiter took up my case. I received a call from the recruiter and unfortunately I didn't make it to HC or Team Matching. Disappointed. Surprisingly, not as devastated as I was about 5 years back when I first got rejected after the 2nd ro
- 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
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google
- Rationale behind a 15-min interview, and what to prepare? I've got an interview scheduled with a hiring manager of a BB bank and was told by HR that the call will be a 15min. I was curious who has had experience doing a 15min interview as an interviewer or /viewee and can share what was the focus of the call during the short timeframe. Also, if you were th
- Facebook referral Hi, Can someone refer me at Facebook for a SWE position? Really appreciate it! #tech #software #referral #job #opening
- vote How Much Are You Spending on Healthcare? I realize I'm spending a ton on healthcare (premiums + out of pocket). I have a couple of health conditions but I'm not dying. I'm averaging about $1100 per month this year. How much do you spend per month on premiums and out of pocket combined? #healthcare #health #personalfinance
- H1B appointments in India Reaching out to understand the current situation with H1B in COVID. I visited India in 2019 December and got H1B visa (previous employer) on my passport. I started with new employer in February 2020 (with new H1B) and have not visited India since. I have a few questions w.r.t. this: 1. Do I need to
- vote Did you take PTO to Vote today? 📩
- Referral to FB Hi - I was wondering if someone from #facebook could provide a referral to a specific role in the ProdMgmt org? Appreciate it.
- Need Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role at FAANG (plus..) I have 12 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Already scheduled for Amazon next month. Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #
- Referrals I am interested in a back-end software engineering role. I have 2 years of Industry experience. Would you mind referring to your company? Thanks. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #google #instacart #squa
- vote Are you taking PTO tomorrow? Election results
- Anyone still holding crypto? how to liquidate? I just remembered I had a bunch of crypto across several exchanges....a significant amount. Wondering if anyone else is still hodling or how you transferred back to cash.
- Where do people do their stock trading? I have 100k cash, want to diversify (will wait until election stabilises (or screw *shrug*) market. #investments #personalfinance
- vote How many of you bought the election dip? Blinders love to all talk a good game, but how many played the gamble before the election? How’s it going? What did you scoop up? What do you wish you were in? #investments #personalfinance #politics #elections