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- What parts of your own tech job could you outsource privately? Has anyone successfully outsourced tasks that they have to do for work? If so, please share your experience. If you were allowed to do this, what tasks would you outsource and why? In what situations would you consider this an acceptable practice and what is a no-go? With most people WFH these day
- vote At 38 I realized I have ADD... For years I was convinced that the fact it's difficult for me to start new tasks and just be consistent is just the result of a traumatic childhood. Don't get me wrong, being born in the USSR and raised by a volatile, helicopter mother didn't help much either (see Pete Walker on CPTSD). But even aft
- Why Kill An Innocent Virus ??? 😭😭😭 All lives are equal, this includes humans, animals, plants, bacterias and viruses. They were trying to survive in this capitalised world. Humans committed history's greatest genocide by creating Corona vaccines. Trillions have died and no one is counting their deaths. Delta was the last warrior wh
- [rant] what goes into the mind of an underperforming employee Kept it simple. Feel free to comment The facts: 1. Working at Amazon since Feb 2020. Been PIPed. Decided to contest it. 2. On F1-OPT 3. Reason for PIP looks legit to me. Not performing at par with my current level yet. Was up-leveled at the interviews I think. Root cause of my problem: 1. Lack of
- Tired I'm so tired of the phrase unconscious bias. I'm tired of the phrase micro aggression. I'm tired of people correcting me for weird things. I'm tired of not being good enough for this brave new world. When I joined my company I had been a lifelong progressive. Now I'm almost feeling more aligned
- DD: Basic Attention Token (BAT) I posted this as a reply to another thread, but it pains me to see Blinders new to crypto chasing animal coins or creating their own pump and dump schemes, or not knowing where to invest in market corrections. I've been in crypto since '16 and during the last bullrun did a TON of research on cryptos
- Feels like my anxiety has gotten worse! I like my work. Not overwhelmed or burnt out yet. Management is fine too. It’s the random team meetings/games/ on the spot presentations/ non work related activities that is stressing me out. I’ve been a quiet(shy) guy since the beginning and putting me on the spot for telling my life story to a g
- link New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, announces a lawsuit by the state of New York @ Amazon https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-sought-retaliation-when-it-fired-worker-who-led-coronavirus-walkout-ny-ag-195951868.html Remember my black brothers and sisters! Stand up for your rights and do not fear these self-absorbed and entitled corporate pigs who are trying to supress and retaliate a
- Immigration reform call to action Hello fellow H1-B holder, I am reaching out to you on this online forum because I feel slightly optimistic today. Just a tad. I say this because.. usually, I'm a realist. I'm reaching out here today because I see a small window of opportunity to make this difficult situation slightly maybe just sli
- link Good to see such support for Susan It is such a proud moment that you see so many people supporting Susan. Seeing Ack from fellow men that women do face such obstacles is good sign. But I am surprised to see some supporting comments from users that I got personal sexually harassing messages. Same people PMing you to send you their p
- Stay Optimistic and All the best With the number of covid cases peaking to numbers not anticipated earlier, Schools getting closed or moved to remote, parents feeling the heat because of increased workload and no help, in some places not even an option to WFH, I feel your pain. Apart from that there are people who are losing liveli
- vote Confused about the stock market 🤔 Unemployment is rising at worrying levels. Oil is at all time low and looks like US shale companies are on a brink of collapse. Financial institutions have had bleak earnings and are warning of loan defaults. US government is pumping money at the cost of accruing bad debt. Demand due to coronavirus
- Design Internship Referrals for Summer 2022 Hi everyone, I am a master's student pursuing an Interaction/Product Design degree in one of the top US universities. Before grad school, I was working in the finance industry for three years as a senior software engineer who also wore the hat of a designer. I have been applying to internships in
- vote Cancelling Interview for Health Concerm small comp wants to fly me out to washignton and i had to reschedued because their first time I couldn’t do Recently I’ve had unexpected eye issues (blurry vision) and although I can see. In order for me to read I have to be very close up to the monitor or piece of paper (like 2 inches away) shoul
- Career change! Looking for referrals After 9 years of professional working in Electronics industry, my husband is making a brave career change to Data Science. Over the course of past couple of years, he has been building expertise in Computer Science fundamentals, #MachineLearning, #deeplearning, and Natural Language Processing (#NL
- Thoughts on Seattle? Is it a nice place to live? Is it easy to make friends if I don't drink or club? I've never been to Seattle, but it sounds like a great place. I'm not a fan of mega US cities like NYC. I'm from a non-US big city myself, but my biggest issue is that people in US big cities tend to be less nice, harder to talk to and make friends with. I am a shy extrovert who likes to make friend
- Breaking into the ‘old boys club’ I work for a company that have a LOT of men in upper management. I work in the intersection of business and tech(Product Manager), coming from a tech background so not a lot of women similar to me here that I can relate or talk to. I am almost always excluded in meetings that I’m supposed to be in.
- Looking for referrals. Might be getting a PIP. I have been feeling low and disheartened all day today after my 1:1 with my manager. I was not expecting him to bring up the conversation about my performance. He mentioned that my performance has been bad after talking to some of my peers. It has been escalated to the senior management according to
- Thanks Blind, went from being laid off at Uber to joining Airbnb before IPO I wrote about my story in a different thread but felt compelled to post since my memories came back strong. I am non-tech and the companies I worked for were "normalish" companies, think 3M, Toyota, Johnson & Johnson. After discovering Blind and learning the ins and outs of interviewing (had no id
- About to start my next job. How to change my attitude so that I am respected from day 1 Hi Blinders, I am about to start my next job soon and I wanted to be respected in my job from day one. I am a strong guy only behind a keyboard and on an anonymous forum like this. In real life I am a coward. People take advantage of me (At least I feel so). In both of my previous jobs I allowed
- quarter life crisis compounded with H1B I know this topic has been discussed a bit here. But as a H1 holder experiencing a quarer life crisis, the tragedy is just on a different level. I am the regular guy spending most of my 20s life fulfilling the college->master->FANG (OK I do not even end up in those top companies). I feel like my
- 1yr PM prep plan Hi all, need your help planning. Quit my current data job for a number of personal reasons and want to get into PM. Have something like a year of runway. How should I use it best? tl;dr a few years as business side DS, am worried about not knowing modern data products, have a reading list already
- ⚠️ The SEC Will Halt Trading | Friday January 29 This is a game I’ve seen play out many times before. A story I’ve witnessed from beginning to end. Are you ready to hear it?? Listen carefully... here’s the context of the story. 1. Robinhood and a bunch of other brokers blocked buys of GME, AMC and plenty of other stocks today... 2. MarketMakers
- When an employer mentions "Diversity" does that also include one's upbringing? (Upper, Middle, & Lower Class) Its a "Brave New World" out there. I've recently been applying for lots of jobs, and have noticed alot of the applications having sections on diversity/inclusion. A recent application for Discord even had a "non skipable" open ended question about suggestions on how to improve their diversity & incl
- Friends trivializing my next career move — but are they right? After 7 yoe at larger tech companies, I'm looking for something else and signed with a startup. I'm not expecting to make much money, and am mostly doing it for the learning experience. I'll be in the senior most band (but not CTO) and I'll be responsible for hiring and overseeing the other engineer
- Donald Trumps statement Statement Regarding Recent Executive Order Concerning Extreme Vetting “America is a proud nation of immigrants and we will continue to show compassion to those fleeing oppression, but we will do so while protecting our own citizens and border. America has always been the land of the free and home o
- Medical marketing murder-for-hire drama. David Phillips, founder of NKP Medical, was arrested on drug charges and his attempt to have the founder of my company killed. My boss worked with Phillips and built the company up from nothing to one of the biggest in the industry. After a falling out my boss started a new company that offers a be
- Hypocrisy in showing solidarity with BlackLivesMatter After seeing lots of FB posts, whatsapp status and speaking up in team meetings by my fellow indians, looks like the selective outrage is making this whole discussion on systemic racism an act of hypocrisy. I totally support the brave people from all backgrounds who are on the streets (only the ones
- Don’t join Amazon Aurora database team in Palo Alto, AWS, Amazon Web Services If you are a new grad, don’t join AWS Aurora team. The following is my friends’ experiences. But I put it in first-person perspective as following: The golden ages for Aurora has past: Coauthors and most experienced managers for Aurora paper have left Aurora team because of constant intra teams pol
- Alabama Kid Cracks Big Tech? Hi Blind, I am getting ready to apply to FAANGMULA etc. tech companies, maybe even Albertsons if I'm feeling brave. I have been doing some leetcode lately, and am I able to complete most mediums within 20 minutes. Some hards I complete relatively quickly, but others are just too hard. Generally, in