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- career switch hardware to software AMA I actually got a lot of questions lately about this. So thought why not expose info to larger audience. I had both of my bachelor's and master's degree in EE, specifically VLSI design. I worked on physical design at various company including Apple for 5 years before switching over to software. Befo
- AMA: Data Analyst at Google Joined Google after competing my master's in Information Systems Management from a tier 2 college. Have an undergrad in Electrical engineering as well. Have been fighting spam on YouTube for the last 5 years. Got promoted once and hopefully will be promoted next quarter as well. Almost doubled my
- link Ask me anything about Google’s interview life-cycle, work and culture. 15+ years of engineering and leadership experience in the industry, most recently at Google across multiple teams. I have domain expertise in machine learning and large scale distributed systems applied to ranking and personalization problems. During this AMA, I can help shed light on the life-cycle
- link Google L8, ex Amazon/Apple/PayPal. AMA Director of Engineering at Google. Slow first week at work and too much caffeine. Happy to answer any questions. TC > $1.5M To all those asking for career related tips, Blind converted this AMA into a nice summary: https://www.teamblind.com/blog/index.php/2022/01/11/google-director-engineering
- Financially independent. AMA. I’ve done an AMA in the past that had over a 1000 questions. Thought I’d provide an update. Waiting for wfh to end before putting in my notice. 42 plus wife and two kids under 10. $1.1M primary home paid off in Texas. $2.3M (current market value of ~10 single family homes) in cash flow real estat
- Quit my job forever. AMA Hit 6M NW yesterday. Quit my job, feel free to ask me anything. Old TC: 350K. My New TC: ZERO Wife’s TC: 120K.
- Just divorced AMA ^
- Uber culture AMA I can answer everything about it - ask
- TAX AMA The years coming to an end and a lot of people fail to tax plan properly… One of the most frequently asked questions I get when prepping returns is how do I reduce my taxes after the client sees their tax bill. Share your questions and I can respond to you privately if you’d like! TC: 250k + sid
- Pipped FB, leaving soon. AMA. Update - AMA is closed now. Thanks all for playing. Tldr prioritize yourselves and don't compromise your inner values. ***** I don't need to be part of the rat race. Joined FB thinking that the grass was greener. It wasn't for me. I didn't sell my soul to PSC. Gave 3 months to my leader, documented
- I've been a SWE recruiter at FB for 5 years. Ask me anything! Ask me anything you want to know about interviewing, company culture, comp, etc. :)
- 8 offers out of 11 Apps AMA Recently was fortunate enough to receive offers from 8 of the 11 companies I interviewed with. Would like to do an AMA to try and provide useful information. Offers I received: - Amazon - Google - Meta - Doordash - TikTok - Startup (people) - Startup (Fintech) - Startup (Fintech) I interviewed for
- vote Principal/Staff Offers Evaluation.. + Prep Strategy [AMA] Interviewed with lot of companies in last 2 months and narrowed it down to below 6 companies based on team, level & TC. Priority: Long term career growth, Scope of work, company culture. Company: Level TC: Base + Bonus + Equity (per yr) + Sign-On Team (if known) Meta: E6
- AMA: Senior Recruiter @ Amazon Stuck in the car the next few hours, go for it 🌚 Note: I don’t know the comp for every role / location off the top of my head.
- AMA: Moved from amazon to google two years ago I have 7 yoe, moved from Amazon L5 to Google L4. Spend 5 years in amazon. I am creating this post to share some thoughts about amazon. During my time in Amazon, I never realized then that: - I was overworked, I would spend 12h on weekdays, but no work on weekends except during oncall rotations. Pe
- Leaving Amazon today. Phew. AMA Last day at Amazon. Moving to Meta after months of struggle. AMA 🥹 PS: Contrary to popular opinion I had no beef with Amazon or my org. I clearly jumped ship for the TC increase. Current TC - $450K with stock appreciation New TC - $730K Role: Senior Manager for software dev
- Made 1m this year as of today.. AMA Including Rsus and Salary Around 630k in profits so far. Big taxes coming🤪🤪🤪 Toast me or Boost me. Your wish🥳 #personal finance #investments
- AMA - First thoughts from Canada I recently moved to Canada as a PR after 14 years of living in the US. I’m going to share my first thoughts on life in Canada and contrast it with my life in the US (which was mostly spent in the San Francisco Bay Area). Some of my opinions are subjective but hopefully this is useful to anyone consi
- Giving back - AMA Hey Everyone, I’m just any other SDE at Amazon and wanted to switch companies this year. I found out so many resources here in Blind which helped me a lot. Its time to give back to the community. So posting this thread for an AMA which might be helpful for people preparing and trying to switch. I
- I work four jobs AMA I work 4 remote jobs. TC 450k cash and a lot performance bonuses and other things I’m not educated in. Let me know if you want any tips or have any tips for me! 🤗
- AMA: I caused 2 sevs at Amazon my first month! Before joining my current company, Lyft, I had a couple free months since I had already quit my previous job, and was trying to figure out what to do with the time. Sure, I could try to go on vacation, but travel wasn’t open due to Covid. So I made the decision that I would fill the void by doing a
- link Survived 4 Layoffs at Better.com AMA Non tech ~IC2 4 YOE Looks like we will have another in May, will I be laid off then? #Better.com #BetterStartLooking.com #BetterPray.com
- [AMA] I’m a former Amazon Bar Raiser. Ask Me Anything! I used to bar raise for Amazon prior to jumping ship. Did hundreds of interviews and I think I have a pretty clear idea how the BR system works. What do you guys want to know? Ask me (almost) anything. YOE: 12 TC: 600 #amazon #aws #barraiser #interview
- AMA: Got offers from Google/Apple/Meta Thanks Blind! Blind motivated me a lot to start job searching and ended up getting offers from companies I wanted to join. Happy to answer any questions. TC: 320K. YOE: 10 #ama
- Near Death Experiences Led Me to Found ClickUp AMA I’m a serial entrepreneur and Founder of a productivity software company that was recently valued at $1 billion. I was born an entrepreneur and at 10 years old, I was in an accident, which would become the first of several near-death experiences. In the hospital, I learned HTML and built my first w
- Former Democrat. AMA Supported Democrats my entire life. Voted Obama twice and HRC. Latest regressive left ideologies made me move to Libertarian. Support equal opportunity. Support fiscal responsibility. AMA