Will be joining Amazon soon as SDE II in AWS. Please share any tips, tricks, or things you wish someone had told you when you were just starting out. This will be my first time working in a FAANG company. My goal is to speed run to SDE III. Old TC: 130k New TC: 285k #engineering #software #swe #am
Current TC 300K YoE 13 Role: Senior Software Engineer What’s the best plan to achieve higher TC in next 4 years. Targeting it before I reach 40 Which companies do you think can help me achieve this. WLB is not important. Money is king. #tech #apple #google #meta #netflix #nvidia #microsoft
I am 6 months into Amazon and I have been working day in and day out and completed 2 projects. In my meeting my manager told me that I have done very good work in past few months but all I see is rating "Achieves". I am very disappointed 😞 I don't understand if I have done good work, why did I get
Hey everyone, I wanted to share something that I feel good about. I now have been finally been able to achieve my goal as a son of Indian parents. For those of you who don’t know the Indian tradition, it is the son that takes care of parents when they become old. I being in the US have always felt
I feel guys from such countries always keep looking for girlfriends till their 30s. They may get married to a virgin but still doesn’t seem very happy with marriage. What did they achieve in the end? Isn’t it better to do enough sex and be satisfied in your 20s. I don’t see developed country guys d
I will go first. Lack of enough 8 hours+ sleep hindering my recovery. #fitness #gym #diet #nutrition
Honestly speaking, I don't trust pulse surveys, and RTO is kinda good, to see you all, but what about waking up at 6 AM, just to reach the office by 9 AM :( Also, it doesn't make sense to force us RTO in dead winter
I'm curious to hear your thoughts on which company or organization you believe will be the first to achieve this groundbreaking milestone. For the sake of this discussion, let's define AGI as an AI system that surpasses human intelligence and has the potential to accelerate scientific discoveries at
To all the people out there trying to or have achieved their FIRE goal. Please provide me guidance on how to start an investment plan and grow wealth. I moved to US two years ago and don’t have lot of exposure in wealth management. Household TC 600k
Plan is to solve around 50 more mediums and then focus on System design. Targeting senior roles. I don’t look at the solutions at all since I am a stubborn person, and if takes way more than others to achieve 200 questions. I have an interview scheduled with Google for end of February. Please encour
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Never married, no kids, no debt, really low expenses in NYC because I was super carful about spending. I was able to quit a couple of jobs I didn’t like over the years without having anything else. Now early 60s thinking of retiring to tropical paradise. My advise is don’t acquire. Have few possessi
There’s a teammate who recently got promoted to sde2. The thing with him is that he works a lot. By a lot I mean works 12hours a day and even on weekends. Has not taken a single day off since the last 6months and is always working. He produces good quality work, no can complain about that but becaus
On A+ team but one person is aggressive in being an over-achiever. Ex: likes to work insane hours to show off (not necessary), likes to butt into other projects and take over, dominates team conversations, etc. This sets an unrealistic bar for junior members. How to handle?
My goal is to save up $10M and live off the interest for the rest of my life. What are your ideas on how I can achieve this? I'm open to risky ideas that make it happen faster, slow/steady ideas, etc. I just need to make sure I'm making the best decisions with each passing day. Current TC: $150
President Zelensky just announced today that Ukraine has lost 31k soldiers in the war while Russia has lost 500k. This confirms that against all odds, Ukraine has killed 16 Russians for every one of their own. Just imagine what Ukraine would accomplish if we gave them all the weapons that they nee
Data scientist, Yoe 5y, 1.5y at AWS. Got my forte review today as “achieves”. - super demotivated. Manager said there will be no annual stock refresh or bonus. Current project gives me nightmares. Bank account cash balance 1 million. If I wait till June I can vest additional 15 RSUs but need to
1. Ram Mandir 2. Article 370 Removal 3. National Education Policy 4. 3 Surgical Strikes 5. 15 new AIIMS in 10 years 6. 7 new IITs 7. 7 new IIMs 8. Top 5th economy of the world 9. 48 crore Jan Dhan 10. 10.3 crore Ujjwala Gas connection 11. 37 crore Ayushman Bharat 12. 25 crore people removal from Pov
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Congratulations to ISRO
As everyone is an expert here on international affairs, I am trying to understand what Hamas tried to achieve with this attack? Did they think they could defeat Israel and gain independence? Strategically this attack doesn't make sense. I am not arguing who is right/wrong here. But Hamas would hav
List the status you achieved in 2022. Here is mine: Chick Fil-A Signature status American Airlines- Platinum Pro Bank of America - Diamond status Hilton - Diamond Status TC : $500k
What are your thoughts on the below commentary by the ex-Google, ex-Meta multimillionaire Tech Lead? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVtoQAO4lLU
The number of cases are going down. I think it is because of herd immunity has been reached. Almost every in my family has had covid symptoms. I suspect lots of people were asymptomatic as well. I don't think it was mask compliance. Lockdowns worked for the first half of the year and then later eve
Managers: Are there two forms of PIPs at your company? One meant to be unachievable and push a person out and another that is achievable and for someone who just needs a bit of straightening out.
Just a laptop bag with a used laptop and the charging cable, not even the freakin adapter for the cable!!! Would that come separately or are there any other goodies that might come later ? 💀 #amazon
That's why having 3 year tenure at Amazon is one of the most prestigious achievements in tech. Nobody is impressed by a Googler or other coasting tech worker who slept at work for 3 years. Surviving Amazon can only be done by real men 💪 mere boys can't do it 👶 TC 400k No state tax, sorry poors it
Planning to apply for a principal PM/Pgm/TPM roles in India and have a question - is 1.5 to 2 cr range realistic to expect? I know for sure that 1+ cr TC is doable (through network) but I am not sure if 2 cr is within the realm of possibility. I almost thought that’s not possible but then I saw few
I come from a business intelligence and product analytics background with sound SQL knowledge. I also have built couple of ML models during internships and courseworks. ( no experience in building ML pipelines) My concern is investing time for Data Scientist roles at Facebook is worth it? Do I ever
hey, has any one achieved financial independence here. I would really like some advice on the journey and also some tips about real estate for FI. thanks