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- 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
- link should i cancel my refinance? Wanted to pick people's thoughts here who have refinanced. I bought my current place last year and started on the refinance journey in December. Had two offers from Loan Depot and Better.com LD - agent offered my 2.5 no closing costs no points and lender credits with guaranteed waived appraisal. 4
- Wait for potential layoff or leave for new job? My company was acquired recently and there’s concerns that most of my department(digital innovation) will be laid off before the deal is finalized for cost restructuring purposes. HR and my boss have assured my team that there will be no layoffs anytime soon, yet have told each team in my org about
- 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
- Contract work for BI analyst at EA Asking for a friend.. My friend has received a job offer for contract work as a BI analyst at Electronic Arts (EA). The contract is for 6 months, paying $45/hr. Currently she works as full-time data consultant at a health care company for $37/hr. The hiring manager at EA assures that they would be
- Google recruiter acting weird Role is Marketing DS at gTech. Got 2 rounds of virtual onsite 3 weeks ago and recruiter promptly assured me 1 week after that she was still awaiting feedback and that she would update me asap. A few days later she emailed me saying there was some update but it’s better to discuss via a call. I immed
- Fragomen fucking up my GC process. I joined Amazon in March, 2019 and had my GC process initiated almost immediately. I had clearly indicated before joining that my final H1B extension was till March, 2021 and would only join if the GC process was initiated asap & they assured me that it gets done quickly in Amazon. My case was assig
- Share free Coronvirus checkup locations Fellow Blinders - I had some symptoms of Coronavirus 2 weeks ago but when I tried to get myself checked up at Stanford and Sutter health, I was told to just stay home. With a pregnant wife and a toddler at home, I wanted to be fully assured by getting some tests done but I don't have any options or
- Accepting same level position when my promo is upcoming Been at Amazon since graduation, over 2 years now and still SDE I. Dealt with some issues with management a year ago that lead to my promo getting pushed off but I get extremely positive feedback for my current manager and he and my skip assure me I have everything lined up for a promo in Q1 and am
- Interviewing at microsoft for UX research I’m new to tech and have an interview with Microsoft for a UX research role and have no clue what to expect but so far the process hasn’t seemed typical. A recruiter reached out to me via email asking a list of high level questions about where I am in my job search, why I’m interested in the role, w
- Referral Required ( Worldwide ) Hello Everyone, This is my first post so please pardon for any mistake. I am looking for job switch, I have 1 year of experience as SDE-1 in a product based start-up in India. I need referrals in companies to increase my chances of getting interview calls. I am willing to relocate anywhere in the w
- What QA/SDET Role Titles/Levels does your company use? I’m working on developing a proposal for a career progression plan for our QA Department. Currently we have no standardized career profession flow or even so much as defined role titles. We have loosely adopted the SDET delegation as a catchall for anyone under the Quality Assurance Engineering depa
- vote Leave job before H1B transfer submission? Hi All - Having signed a new job offer, I have been working with NewCo immigration team to transfer my H1B. The I-129 submission process took a bit longer than expected, but thanks to the pressures of my hiring team, the HR is moving my application as top priority. My original target departure date
- Promotion from Engineer to engineering manager Hi, My friend, with an experience of over 12 years as a software engineer, has been working as an individual contributor at his current company for the past 2.5 years and he would like to move into management. He has brought this up with his manager at 1-on-1’s for over a year now. The response ha
- Job Switch and current TC Hello, I am looking to change jobs since I have been at this company for more than 4 years. Current TC in Texas Base pay: 130k No bonus RSU: 20k this year, not sure about refreshers since most of them are vesting this year. YOE: 5 I recently found out that new grads are getting 120k + some RSUs.
- Challenge in getting Interview calls from h1b employers full Time(direct position) I have been in job market for more than a year, but I couldnt get interview calls from h1b employers as Full Time and Direct Position. Without applying my profile got picked by 3 FAANG companies and rejected for 2. I am not just aspiring only for FAANG, any good companies which offer me, good pay, d
- Amazon l7 promo vs google lateral move Current Amazonian. I’m up for a promo in q1 2021 from l6 to l7. Only been an l6 about two years but my boss plus skip boss are on board, and have promised to do their best to get me over the line. Two weeks ago, get pinged by recruiter plus hiring manager at google for an interesting role within th
- Handshake deal with old friend.. Just did a monster deal with an old friend. When we initially discussed, I told him what market price is. He agreed that that was reasonable. I told him to get the contract done upfront to avoid any issues and that id seen this play out badly before. He assured me we were fine. He has been hones
- Cost basis hasn't been transferred from RH to Schwab for over a month Schwab support told me that RH hasn't transferred the cost basis information, and asked me to reach out to them. RH told me that the information already transferred to Schwab. Schwab is now telling me to ask RH to transfer again. Their responses are so inconsistent. One of the agents told me they
- Upstart Reneged Verbal Offer TLDR Version: Upstart made me a verbal offer and pulled the offer under really odd circumstances. I interviewed for a Senior SWE position back in April and I thought all rounds went fairly well. I received a verbal offer and provided a couple references so they could move forward with a formal offe
- Need advice on answering "salary expectations" Sorry for a long post, but really need to hear from experienced blinders. Sorry cannot post company names, for specifics please DM. I am working as presales manager for a niche tech company and was recently contacted by a customer's VP to join his team as a product manager. When I spoke to him in d
- when to repply to AWS/Amazon I was recently LinkedIn approached by an AWS recruiter to interview for an opening in Seattle. After being assured that I would still be able to apply anytime in the future if failure, I gave it a shot. I made through the phone. Was invited onsite and greeted with 2 LC hard and 1 problem not seen a
- Google lowered their offer after it was already accepted and signed due to "location error" Got an offer from Google for L4 SWE position after matching with a team based in Seattle. At the time I had two other offers and after giving my recruiter the details Google came back with the highest offer (267k total comp), so I decided to accept. When I got the official offer letter, I noticed t
- #rant #suggestion Feeling lost and wondering about the next steps. I started my #tech career as a tech engineer in large orgs, and later moved up the ladder. Been a IT Director for last 7yrs at 3 different companies, making 200k+ base in my last job. when I took the job it was a mix of hands on and team buliding whi
- Google Interview Experience (lol) Had an interview at Google for a PM role. (L4) Interviewer had a sales background, moved into PM internally. Had a bachelors degree in HR with a total yoe ~ 4 (8 months or so into PM and doing interviews already). Okay? Asked me probably one of the hardest Product sense/design question ive seen to
- Lease breaking We recently moved from an apartment to our new home by breaking the lease. We opted for rent liability and gave 2 months of notice in advance. Now the unit was being renovated and will be in the market in June. The leasing company was asking us to pay the rent including the renovation period too. We
- Getting out of a credit card hole So, I spent the last year contracting from home to allow me the time to look after a dying family member. Contract is still awaiting payment, and the wife and I have dug a considerable hole using credit cards. We're about $65k down, across multiple cards. My monthly payments are close to $4k (an
- vote Amazon Benefits vs Other FAANG 🥜? I saw this post on another thread and thought it would be helpful for others considering to move from other FAANG to Amazon. Do you agree with these points that Amazon is the most employee “unfriendly” company with poor benefits and culture compared to other FAANG? 1. You need to wait for an year
- Amazon rejection or still hope ? I recently interviewed for a QAE role at Amazon, HQ2 in Arlington. I think the interview went ok especially the stuff revolving around LPs. The recruiter feedback has left me in a bit of a limbo. The recruiter said that the team really liked my QE background and the feedback was very positive. But
- Junior Dev Destined for Failure I’m a Junior Software Developer who currently works for a real estate company who is not a tech company. There is no DBA, Project Manager, Architect, Strategist, Designer, etc. We are full stack developers who wear several hats and this is severely unorganized. Prior to joining I was a PM and then a