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- vote Am I throwing a good thing away for faang glam? Tc: 220 Yoe: 6 Family obligations means I can't do more than 45 hrs a week. Startup: Recent unicorn C series. Strong lead investor All strong independent workers Maybe 35 hour weeks. Company wants to double in size. Con: Industry is a bit of a bubble Con: less collabs. Higher ups divided it lik
- Compensation in Semiconductors A post from tech lounge got me wondering about a analytical breakdown of reasons for the huge pay disparity between the semiconductor and pure software sector. These are some of the obvious ones I could think of - 1. Semiconductor is a low margin game. Engineering comp has a direct visible impact o
- vote Series B Offer (SWE) or FAANG Startup: Base Salary: $200K # of shares: 21,000 over 4 years 400M Valuation (expecting to raise series C early next year at 1B+ valuation) annual TC based on current valuation: ($302,144 / 4) + (200k) = 275k annual TC based on very likely 1B valuation: ($908,567 / 4) + (200k) = 427k annual TC based
- RSU Newbie - Strategies on Selling to Diversify? I am new to tech and being paid in RSUs, so what strategies do people use on deciding when to sell RSUs to diversify (I’m thinking of an index fund) and to do so tax efficiently? I am curious how others have approached this. Is there an app/site to try out different scenarios? For instance, if you h
- Mercer Island / Bellevue - trading off with Bothell? Spouse and I prefer suburban life but it has gone progressively worse in Bothell/Lynwood/Milcreek due to commute times - it takes anywhere between 45minutes (leaving at 645am) to 1.5 hours (830am) to an hour 930am. Inversely our TCs have been going up and collectively we will be taking home ($1mil+
- Rejected after Uber on-site Was super excited to make it to on sites for Uber 2 weeks ago. Living in the DC area and from a non tech background was excited to finally have an opp in DC that wasn’t consulting and not requiring me to have SWE expertise! Unfortunately I botched one question during the case interview. I literally
- Why is Ads business so successful on FB, Google etc? Though I acknowledge that ads served by Google, Facebook are relevant, I don’t find myself clicking on them. For eg My mind is very well tuned to ignore ads on Google. I don’t even look at them. I don’t even recall clicking on any ad in last 30 days. I have spoken to many friends who also never clic
- High paying tech companies India I am just curious about which other companies pay at the higher end of the spectrum for tech roles in India. I am aware about Tower Research, but from what I have heard, the work pressure is insane over there. On the other hand companies like Microsoft have comparatively much lower pay but with a gr
- From Data Scientist to MLE or SWE I have been a data scientist for the last 4 years and I strongly want to transition to more software roles, like machine learning engineer or even software engineers outside of the ML bubble. What's the best way to approach the transition (in terms of preparation) and what positions should I aim at
- Thank you Lyft for a reliable experience! I took this challenge of using Uber Pool every day for the last two weeks, to see if the service is reliable and trustworthy. I live in the Bay Area. First thing I noticed consistently is that Uber gives incorrect timings on their map. They always place a bubble stating "4minutes" for the closest
- vote Bay Area/SF Long Term Living situation I think SF is okay, but difficult to truly enjoy if you make less than $300k single or $550k double income. Or you can give the middle finger to your 401k and investments anyway. Do you see yourselves living here long term? The idea of paying $3mill for a shitty, old 1960’s box with homeless convi
- Money laying in bank uninvested Its been a year I am working in US and have like 100-150k laying in bank for no reason. I am planning to buy house, but covid wfh , location uncertainty, recent price increase in last year real estate 25% yoy atleast makes me think. Initially i thought not to invest in stocks because its greedy and
- Myths about Google Engineering Recently got an offer to work in AI Research at Google as an L4. Currently at Amazon as an SDE II. Some of my Google interviewers mentioned Amazon is very top down, and that Google is a much more open place, where ideas can bubble up(Amazon culture claims this can happen but I haven't seen it in p
- Very depressing place, Blind. It could be selection bias or just trolls, but this app exposes an appalling side of humanity. Greed, entitlement, lack of empathy, and...just so much entitlement. 75% of the posts here are people wet behind the ears complaining that they don't get paid some ever increasing inflated number. Or, mayb
- Is this a dark age of software engineering? I guess you may not agree with me because of high TC. But 1. No one is willing to buy software, including online ones. In stores, people still prefer to hire a cashier to handle purchase. Non tech companies still hires human to do what computer can do like verifying bill, resulting a lot of mistakes
- Vancouver real estate We just received our PR from Canada and thinking about moving to Vancouver instead of dealing with immigration shenanigans every year(Indians on h1b so US GC wont happen). Both me and my wife are in tech and we are starting reaching out to our network in Vancouver. We live in Seattle and Vancouver
- Amazon leak? " Based on a Q2 2021 unregretted attrition (URA) update held with the Boom-Directs in July 2021, there is not support for traditional URA path-to-green (PTG) work. Although Music was trending Green with a strong start to the goal cycle (7.4% annualized as of 6/30/2021), we had insufficient pipeline
- Maximizing comp after the market crashes? Say this crazy bullrun continues. SPX hits 5000. Goog is $4000+. FB is a trillion dollar company. Amazon stock is $6000. Then it all comes crashing down. The everything-bubble bursts and this one is worse than 2008/2009. SPX hits 2000. Goog is under $1000. And so on. Your RSUs are worth 20-25%
- Yet another tax questions. So let's say in 2017 I bought $10k worth of Bitcoin. I traded my BTC for ETH, LTC and other Alt coins. Since crypto to crypto is considered buy one sell the other, I realized the gains of my BTC. And have a higher cost basis on my Alts. Let's say in 2017 I have $70k short term capital gain from tra
- How much land does a man need? Been on Blind for a few years and, honestly, the level of entitlement and greed demonstrated here continues to amuse me. Gandhi counted "Money without (commensurate) work" as one of the biggest destroyers of peace in life. Nothing rings truer in tech companies today than these wise words. So, you w
- Boss ask me to interview his former direct report Let's assume it is not a leadership principal topic. Based on his resume and experience he is much more experienced than me and would be one level higher than me. Just by looking at his resume, assume that he is not lying i would have hired him on the spot. I don't want to ask him silly generic que
- Amazon Music - Beware ! Hi, Thought of re-sharing this article (from another past) for people who have recently accepted an offer with Amazon music. You are at risk ! I was confused when I got an offer with them about 6 months back, but not anymore.## “Based on a Q2 2021 unregretted attrition (URA) update held with the
- vote This market feels like a Ponzi scheme. When I was in high school a couple of friends of mine convinced me to join a Ponzi scheme. I did not know ins and outs of it, but even for a teenager it felt so suspicious. I fought back and did not recruite anyone (and thus lost all my saving as a teenager and a couple of friends). Anyways, after
- WFH Camera Pity Party Luls I am not sure why nobody is talking about this but i was really thinking... In very expensive places like SF or NYC there are couples stacked up in their 600sf 1br apartment struggling to WFH from the same cramped space with a joint income well over $250,000. At the same time you have more senior p
- Advice on leaving startup Hey all, I need some guidance about what to do next in my career. I am working at a startup currently in design management and have 4 YOE (not counting a lot of years of education.) Have been at my startup (not RH) for about half a year. Current TC is 400k, but about half of that is in stock optio
- vote Where do you see tech salaries going in the next 10+ years? I'm just starting my career, and compared to my friends in other engineering majors(chemE, EE,) I feel like I know almost no specialized knowledge or math/skills. Their job security/jobs supply is based on that and not a lot of people can understand the math behind Fourier transform or group theory.
- LinkedIn Premium - Applicant Ranking How worried should I be about the applicant rankings on LinkedIn? I was in a bubble where I thought with 2 y.o.e. in a niche domain, I am one of the top applicants in several jobs (entry-level to mid-level). I got the free trial of LinkedIn Premium, and turns out I am top 10% in a few that I am not
- Stop blaming around, fight together Found a lot of posts that blame China about coronavirus. Funny thing is that no matter what, there is always a reason to blame China (maybe thanks to someone’s tweets). But remember who said “it’s just a flu” and who acted like nothing is happending and our communities are fine (maybe they sell thei
- Ph.D. in physics feeling trapped Posting for a friend: “I am in my final year as a PhD graduate student in theoretical physics (doing large-scale simulations on supercomputers, and making reduced mode using python). I have been doing physics research for almost a decade. I have been inside of this physics bubble where almost nobo
- [change my mind] Investing in cryptocurrency is nothing else than gambling. 1) When you invest in stock market, you give that money to the share holding company, which they utilize to produce more, profit more and then in return they give you part of profit in some way. You see a physical thing is produced and consumed so I see the value being real to an extent. But when y