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- Never trust dems for legal immigration https://twitter.com/gsiskind/status/1441465267775807489?s=20 They want to keep legal immigrants out. But put on a drama to the contrary.
- vote TC Contrary to the prevailing Blind culture do you report your TC lower than what actually is?
- vote E5 == L4? Based on recent offers ppl posted here, they got E5@fb and L4@G. But levels.FYI suggests quite the contrary where L5 has a slight intersection with E4! Which one is it?
- link Satya on remote work very interesting and contrary to popular opinion https://insights.dice.com/2020/05/19/microsoft-ceo-not-huge-fan-remote-work-covid-19/
- Software engineers are underpaid Contrary to what some people think, most swe in tech companies are severely underpaid. Yes, even people at recent IPOs. Reading some stories here and anecdotes from friends, most only made a few million in equity while founders are worth billions. 10+ billion in Airbnb’s case. Investors take very li
- Friend got hired at linkedin without coding A friend of mine got hired at LinkedIn sfo office as staff software engineer without a single coding interview. He has been working in big data for few years. Contrary to this, In my phone screen, interviewer asked me 1 medium and 1 hard question. Want to know exactly how it works. My friend also
- If your manager.. If your manager retaliates against you for leaving her team, in the form of telling your new manager that you didn't do well (despite evidence on the contrary including an exceeds expectations rating), what would you do? Should you even do anything?
- link The Uber self driving car that ran the light, car was in error http://www.theverge.com/2017/2/25/14737374/uber-self-driving-car-red-light-december-contrary-company-claims
- Sell Ripple? Does it make sense to liquidate Ripple if it's even still possible on any exchanges? Or on the contrary are believers buying and HODL for the long haul?
- Google hiring orgs Which orgs do you think will still be hiring over this year ? At the contrary is there some orgs that you think will have the lowest HC ?
- How to sell your car with a good price Contrary to the other post what if you care more about the price than fast turnaround?
- How far advance notice for leaving? For at will employees, what is acceptable notice for leaving? Is it rude/faux pas to give very short notice (1-5 days)? On the contrary is 2 months too long?
- Isn't now a bad time to buy a house? Contrary to what everyone is saying and doing, isn't now a bad time to buy a house? Sure, the mortgage rates are almost the lowest they have ever been but on the flip side, house prices are also the highest they have ever been. Don't you think that once the dust settles, the overly priced houses tha
- Google rejection after bad Internship A while back, I did a Google SWE internship, didn't get a return offer. Reached all my goals (including reach goals) but didn't have good code quality. Am reapplying now, but I got straight up rejected, no interview. Is this legit? Would a bad or any no-offer internship result in a perma or semi-p
- Why no good zoom competitors with good UI? On the surface the user interface is horrible for most online meeting apps other than zoom How difficult is it to make a good user interface for online meetings app? #tech On the contrary food delivery has 5 big competitors. Skype, google meet have horrible interface.
- GoDaddy culture Exploring opportunities at Godaddy. How's culture, growth opportunities, future Outlook? Any GD employees can chime in here? I work in extremely fast paced team at Intel ( contrary to popular belief about relaxed work environment at Intel) focusing on delivering results. So getting into a smaller c
- Does Amazon have an unfair reputation? Started working with amazon 6 months back and was mentally prepared to have a hectic WLB. Had heard rumours about the “toxic” culture. On the contrary, I have had a good work life balance, have learned a lot and I like the fact that my team and manager have high standards for the products we own. I
- Has anyone taken a gap year and returned to the industry? No moralist musings about why not to do it, just actual experiences please. Curious on how much can this prevent you to get offers (my intuition is that it shouldn't matter much if you keep your skills sharp, contrary to popular belief)
- Why are companies insisting on bringing employees back to office? WFH doesn't decrease productivity, on the contrary I think that people even work more in WFH. Then, why most companies are consistent on bringing us back to office?
- Dead tired after work. How to sustain? I am very tired when I get home after work. Can’t do anything useful at home. I tried getting out of work at 5PM, 4PM and even 3PM, but still tired. On the contrary, if I stay at work, I’ll be super productive till 6. Anyone else feels the same? What do you do to keep your energy up during evening?
- vote Amazon Seattle L5 vs Facebook London E5 relocation from Amazon India I am currently preparing for Facebook London E5 interview and also have an internal offer for Amazon Seattle L5 role I have heard that even in L5 role in Seattle, you would save more than a E5 role in FB London. On the contrary, I have seen people saying about Seattle as a depressive city and Lond
- Is WLB as an intern same as WLB as a FT employee? It seems to me that my team at Amazon has good WLB contrary to what I have been reading on Blind. Do I feel this because I am an intern?
- Am I allowed to post sex worker sites here? A lot of software engineers don't realize that sex workers have higher TC than them, and more time as well since they didn't need to go to school or stuff like that. They can easily clear 500k a year since they also can get away with paying very low tax. They can also be fat and older, contrary to
- Do Asians have an advantage in tech? Asians including South Asian and East Asian. Since other groups are disadvantaged, that must make Asians advantaged right? Just curious what advantages we have other than needing higher GPA to get into college - my low income immigrant family doesn't work in tech and I never got any motivation to