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- Tips on Coding and System Design interviews format and time management? I am preparing hard for coding (grinding leetcode) and system design (grinding YouTube videos, DDIA book, etc.). I thought i gained good enough knowledge. So, I tried some mock interviews with few folks in real companies and I failed. The reason is that I fail to do time management and format foll
- vote Alere vs UCSD My wife has a job offers from two companies. She has been tester all her life with few years as c/c++ dev. She currently works at UCSD as a contractor and getting paid $105k with full time bemefits. Now she got a job at Alere/Abbott for $120. UCSD likes her and wants to match Alere. UCSD has lot
- Communication gap w manager Hey Blinders, I recently graduated and started my first job in a taiwan based company in the US. My supervisor is a very high level employee (system architect) and i assume is very busy. However because of WFH we havent been able to connect well. he never replies to my messages and for a week I have
- I got recycled after onsite rejection? I did an onsite with YouTube for TPM.. then they asked for an additional interview via Hangouts to have more data abt my technical judgement. After that i got texted and recruiter told me to wait 1 year to reapply but couldn't give me any other feedback other than there were no red flags. I asked i
- Low balling @Apple? I recently received an offer from Apple, the offer was 50k lower than what I make at the new organization. I honestly told the recruiter that this is what I make, so could you please try to match them. And that was just the base I'm talking abt.. The recruiter simply came back with +10k and said, th
- tax saving strategies I used the turbo tax tool to do my taxes this year and realized that me and my spouse (married filing jointly) underpaid our taxes this year by about $8k owe abt $10k in total. Our combined TC is about $260k so we are well above the limit to make deductibe contributions to IRA. I did book some loss
- Aws CSA Internal transfer to SDE - need suggestions i am an CSA in aws for abt 7 months now. i am from CS background and realizing that my skills are best used as an SDE. i m starting my leetcode prep an planning to inform manager in about 3/4 months from now to my manager that I will be looking internal SDE position. I am not sure though for certai
- Breaking into software engineering with just Python & SQL? I’ve got a question for FAANG devs in here. How does one go from being at beginner-intermediate to advanced Python dev who can ship software? Right now, I do scripting/number crunching & creating pipelines. Work involves parsing abominably formatted files and creating pyspark jobs on EMR. Also wel
- H1B Transfer & i140 My current H1B is expiring on Dec 28th 2020. My current company started the Green Card process and I have a valid i140 with priority date in 2016(originally from India ). I have spent 7yrs on H1B. I have an offer from startup which I am planning to join. I have following query abt H1B transfer: Wh
- How do you deal with FOMO(fear of missing out)? These startups turning unicorn are hiring like crazy. It's hard to believe that most of these will work specially the ones in fintech(Sorry I know I am not expert. Just feeling) specially after PayTM IPO debacle. But at the same time how do people in relatively established companies like FK, Uber, O
- Evaluate Indeed Offer TC: 42 lakh (30 base + 6 jb + 14.5/4 stocks + 10-20% perf. bonus) (assuming 10% perf. bonus) YOE: 2 yrs Current TC: 23L I have a competing offer from a startup for SDE2. Indeed's offer matches it barely but they reduced the base a little and increased jb, comparatively. Later I'll be havin
- How do i ask for raise? I was hired in 2019 as SDE (new grad). I have 5 yr of relevant work ex in in India before my Masters in CS. Not that it matters here. But i was offered only $108k base & 39 stocks & joining bonus was $44k over 2 yrs. I know other new grad sdes who were hired around same time were offered same Tc.
- How to pivot to back end and cloud based web tech.? Hello fellow blinders, I want to move to a web tech. company like Amazon, Apple (their web back end), LinkedIn, Microsoft (Azure), Adobe, FB and google. I have been in R&D EDA coding in C++ for a long time abt 6 years, which is mostly very limited exposure to web back end. Although, I am quite wel
- Flexport PM Offer Hi Folks, Expecting a Sr Product Mgr offer from Flexport. What TC should I expect? What should the base be? There also seems to be 10% bonus target. What is the realistic bonus% ? Equity? From blind posts it looked like they are offering shares at $10 per share at $4b valuation and it is already
- Can I give interviews after saying yes to one offer So I started interviewing last month just to test the waters. To my surprise I cracked the first interview I gave at Expedia and two small startups (not considering, gave for experience) I have an amazon and yelp onsite that needs to be schduled but expedia wanted me to decide by last week so I sai
- Looking for a job in Biomedical Industry - Mechanical Engineer Hi blinders, I am looking for a full-time job in any healthcare/ medical device companies. I graduated with BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2019 and hoping to stay in the healthcare industry possibly in product design or anything related to it to gain knowledge and experience before I go for my mast
- Career pivot out of semiconductor industry into medical/healthcare tech - Accept a job with lower salary for better WLB? Hello Blinders, I guess my question is actually two parts: 1) I have been working as a Sr. Product Marketing Manager for a global semiconductor manufacturer based out of Silicon Valley for the past year after having completed my MBA from a top-15 biz-school in the US in 2020. The compensation is
- vote New Coronavirus Test Provides Results in as Few as Five Minutes, According to Manufacturer On March 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use to Abbott Laboratories for its rapid COVID-19 test designed for doctor’s offices, urgent care centers and smaller hospitals without complex testing labs. According to the Illinois-based company, the test can give positive resul
- Taking a break in India and returning back to US I'm a SWE. I've been thinking for quite sometime now, about moving back to India and trying out organic farming and learning Indian traditional medicine spending a couple of years. If I like pursuing these, I would just want to settle down and continue doing the same. Neither my parents nor my wife
- The Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Market to reach an escalating US$ 1503.8 Million in 2024 The Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Market Share is expected to witness a CAGR of 7.9% between 2024 (reaching US$ 1503.8 Million). Vertical integration is the latest trend concerning the healthcare vertical. As such, drug manufacturers, hospital systems, wholesale distributors, PBMs (pharmacy benefi
- Google follow up interviews Hi everyone. I did my on-site a couple months back and finally HC rejected my case saying they don’t have enough data to evaluate on coding skills. I guess it’s because I got some SH and some LNH. I was asked to attend 3 coding follow up interviews. 1. I did very good in one. 2. And another round
- The Dysphagia Supplements Market Is On an Innovative Errand The Dysphagia Supplements Market is expected to grow on a vigorous note shortly. Though telemedicine has turned out to be an easily accessible service, proper amalgamation with therapy decisions is of utmost importance. At-home lab tests are a good by-product of telehealth. Remote monitoring and dia