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- Need Advice Total YOE : 12 (8 years of Engineering and 4 years of Management). Working experience in python, selenium and creating automation framework Area: Software Test/ Quality Assurance TC ~185k in Folsom If I would like to keep my family in Folsom and work 3 days in Bay area and 2 days WFH from Folsom,
- Is it necessary to disclose I was on PIP at Amazon, if I want to rejoin? In 2018, I was on PIP at Amazon, I cleared the PIP and left the company two weeks later as I didn't think I was best fit for the team, and was scared that I was put on PIP, and I wanted to move to bay area. I didn't raise any complains/issues about my manager/team/company and left the company in mo
- I’m so grateful to work in tech So many posts about things that suck. Tech employees don’t even know how good we have it. Came from a corporate retail company: - that told all employees that we couldn’t work from home because the retail employees can’t wfh. Old coworkers say that except for 8 weeks in 2020, they never stopped co
- Truth about Microsoft Hi Guys, I can't believe Microsoft hiring and pay standards are gone so much down the hill. I had interviewed with them recently and after doing amazing in all rounds when it came to the last round they wanted full assurance that you promise to join us and no one else. Also they asked why were you
- Switching roles even if it means looking outside AMZN? Before I joined Amazon I was writing automation code, APIs and sample Android apps for security, metrics, and quality assurance. Joining Amazon as a QAE was exciting because it's a huge company and during the interview they told me they had concrete plans to write automation. However, a few days aft
- Shopping for a new job but hoping for internal transfer? Currently at Salesforce. On third round interviews at 4 different external companies, but my first choice is an internal transfer to a new, more interesting role at Salesforce. I'm bored out of my mind on my current team, and the internal transfer keeps getting held up, and I have been waiting for
- Investment advice for new SDE Hi everyone, I joined amazom about 6 months ago. I have my joining bonus and some savings which I want to invest. I don’t want to invest in crypto, want to play a bot safe because I have many financial responsibilities I need to take care of. TBH my family back in India has no savings and is totall
- Microsoft Interview Feedback results I had a virtual onsite interview with Microsoft on July 16th. There were 4 rounds and got the feedback from recruiter in 2 weeks that I got 2 hires and 2 no hires. So then one more round(5th) was scheduled and got the feedback from recruiter that it is positive result. But the recruiter says that I
- Transfer Approved but Status not Updated Folks at Blind who are in visa, Did it ever happen to you wherein the Lawyers came back and said that the transfer is Approved, but when you checked your case status on the online USCIS portal, it still showed that it's pending/inprogress? It happened to me recently. I asked the Lawyers and this is
- Why do I get pushed toward customer service? I've been doing tech support for the last 5 years while finishing school. I'm now looking for my first engineering role. I'm applying to entry level positions and have the skills and projects to back it up (was just accepted by Triplebyte), but I keep getting offered or asked to apply to customer su
- Early Stage Startup MLE Intern - What to expect? Hi, I'm starting my ML internship this week at an < 10 person (very early stage) health tech startup. I'll be paired with one other intern to work on three designated projects for the summer. I've only held full-time positions at a big dino tech and a larger-sized startup (300+) and kind of not su
- Ireland Critical Skills Visa in IT/Security Greetings, I see a lot of info/data about software developers/programmers who've been able to get jobs under the 213 ICT Professionals critical skills category in Ireland, but I'm curious to learn how many people from the US have landed a job, and what type, that falls under the 2139 category of "A
- IMAGINE LIFE IS A GAME OF 5 BALLS I needed this today after an HR rejection e-mail. Coca-Cola CEO Brian Dyson. (He gave a speech in only 60 seconds) He said: Imagine life is a game of 5 balls that you manipulate in the air trying not to fall these balls. One of them is rubber, and the rest is glass. The five balls are: Work, fami
- vote When is it time to walk away? I've been at Credit Karma for over six years. I've been trying, and failing, to get promoted to Senior for 3-4 years now. Last time I went up for promotion, I was on the verge of getting Senior but ended up at a newly invented level just below Senior. It's been 2 years since then. I transferred to a
- Just broke up on Jan 1st. Feeling low. How do you get over it? We got along great. Slightly different personalities but made it work. She wanted move in 9 months into dating. I felt a loss of independence and suggested we wait it out for atleast a few more months till I sort my serious health problems, family problems back home and stabilize in my career and fi
- Compensation T/PgM @ Google-Seattle Question on what I should/could do for this negotiation Currently in Seattle, non-FAANG. I interviewed for a non-tech PgM role in a different location, but turned it down because it wasn't enough to move (was hoping for L4, but got L3). They eventually found a role in Seattle. A TPgM role, but HM
- link The virus changed, now get to zero or face catastrophe With the new variants immunity doesn't last as long as it takes to vaccinate the population, we will be in an endless cycle of half measures until we take it seriously and drive it to zero cases. Canadian analysis but it's on point' https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/01/28/Virus-Changed-Get-To-Zero-
- LE designation without a PIP Last April I received the LE designation for my group. I got a 0% raise. I had about 8 months in with the company. I did not get a PIP. I basically got nothing but a speech that the slowest member of the Olympic relay team is still fast. I received zero negative feedback leading up to the ann
- Bounce Out After 3 Months? Career suicide or Resurrection? I started a new role three months ago leading digital marketing for a fortune 500 company. I'm concerned this may not have been a good move. Should I bounce out now or stick with it? Throughout the interview process I was assured my new employer was focused on indus
- Delay in receiving Written Offer for an internship I received a verbal offer for an internship in a Tier 2 company in Santa Clara on 15 November. It's been 2 weeks and I haven't received a written offer yet. I have been corresponding with the engineering manager a couple of times through email and he cites the cause of delay as the HR team. He assu
- vote Leveling on shift to management I'm a senior staff engineer (P5 at Tesla) who's switching to the management track to lead a team of 17 engineers split into a few groups. No official second level of management, but tech leads are in place to handle day-to-day operations. I've been informally leading this team for about a year so th
- Google systems administrator A recruiter from Google reached out to me today and invited me to apply for a systems administrator position. The catch is this is not a Google SRE role, but one for Google cloud. She assured me that compensation wise this is the same for the same level. However she acknowledged that if I wanted to
- My option trades today! Trade with me! I have attached my option trades today. I believe if we all can unite together and discuss, we can find better trades and learn each other along the way. Join on a discord to discuss, share or learn https://discord.gg/63dvwCDeHB I have been doing options trading for a while. I am comfortable wit
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- AWS Sales Been at my current employer over 10 years and have it pretty easy but the CEO is intelligently incompetent and our product has been waning for some time with little pipeline of interest. I’ve been offered a good job at AWS but it’s global and I will have at least 8 international flights a year. Not
- I’m a seasoned QA Engineer and I have no idea what I’m worth I’ve been a “QA Engineer” for 5-years but my job duties are definitely more in-line with a Senior Software Engineer in-Test. I’m the sole QA engineer across four 10-person I’ve been a “QA Engineer” for 5-years but my job duties are definitely more in-line with a Senior Software Engineer in-Test. I’m
- Amazon Financial Analyst Prep - India Hi, blinders, I really need help to prepare for Amazon Financial Analyst Interview, I have 2-3 weeks to prepare. I am ready to put in hours, just feeling a little lost. Can someone help me out? I am so lost and I need a job. Have gotten my CV rejected everywhere. I can really use some help from the
- Looking for job & career change from QA to DA/DE/DS Hi, I am currently working with Land O’Lakes QA team as QA Lead and I am looking to switch jobs in the field of data analytics, data science, data engineering and business intelligence. I have extensive experience in Automated testing, ETL testing, ERP testing, and many more. I have recently comp
- PIP dive-deep Amazon managers please help, I got some questions about pip, after researching but I still can't find an answer: 1. What's the yearly pip quota for a 50 person org? 2. Say 2 people to be piped and there are 5 teams. How to decide which sub team is going to pip? Or every manager must pip at least pe
- Can anybody be my mentor for software engineering role? I am in testing domain but somehow not liking it (dev treats QAE as the street dog wandering at door asking build for testing lol) and want to switch to development profile. I need a structured preparation but more than that I need a mentor to talk about more on system design and discuss the concept
- Facebook recruiter rejected application instead of scheduling I am a student in my graduating semester and a Facebook recruiter reached out to me and started my application, I never even applied. She emailed me for my availability to schedule an interview and then never got back after I sent it to her. Suddenly, I get a rejection email from her that says it wa