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- Insight on NTT/Dimension Data? Potential for me to jump to PM role with this company, anyone have experience with them in DC metro?
- Unable to Crack Data modelling Interviews Questions Hello All, I have been interviewing for Data engineer and as part of it, I need to design data models. I get confused if a columns come under fact or dimension. I know all concepts of the data models (relationship types, normalization..etc). But can't divide them into concerning facts and dimensio
- Facebook Research DS vs Google DS Got an offer for FB Research DS that I didn't think I'd get (one interview went not great). Now have to decide whether to leave current Google DS role. Offer: IC5, 185K base + 15% bonus target, RSUs 350K/4 yrs Current: L4, 158K base + 15% bonus target, RSUs 104K vesting next yr 4 YoE. Both are loca
- Facebook DE preparation Last week I appeared for Amazon but it won’t go through as per recruiter I was not fit for their team and recommended for other team for interview, but I am not much hopeful. Now I am preparing for FB data engineer role, I want to know what’s should I prepare. If you have some points so I can start
- What are data engineer skills to work in big organization? Hey folks, are data engineers supposed to have skills like creating an API or other software engineer skills? I am a data engineer and my skills are primarily data analysis, data warehousing, dimension modeling, SQL, Python, Spark and ETL pipeline orchestration tools like Data Factory, Airflow etc.
- Is the 'data engineer' title @Facebook classified as IC or E? A general SWE at facebook is obviously classified as E (ie: E3, E4,... etc). I am wondering if data engineer role (aka SWE heavily specialized in data) is classified as E or IC? The data engineer role I am talking about is the role that facebook interviews for the following material: - SQL - Data
- vote Uber vs Coinbase vs Spotify Pretty much same TC for Uber and Coinbase. Need to go through with onsite for Spotify so no info yet. Not even sure if Spotify comp will match other TC from looking at levels.fyi data... any thoughts here? (Please leave in comment!) Given this, which company is the best choice for the following dim
- vote Do you prefer Bar charts or Pie chart? What would you choose when the use case permits both charts? Looking for your personal preference to represent findings with one dimension and one measure . Assume that the data labels with values included in either kind of chart #data #dataanalytics #datascience #visualization #tableau #charts My
- Do i deserve reply and retest ? I gave a coding round for startup for data science and only R,python were provided in options. I had practiced DSA problems only in C++ and don't use python and R regularly (I used them for specific projects in data science). I would have solved both problems in 15 minutes if C++ was allowed. Also
- Data Scientist supporting Business Strategy? How do you think a Data Scientist position which is supporting Business Strategy? So frustrated. We dont own data - need to talk to Product and Engineer to get data We dont own strategy - sometimes Strategy team just tell us what data they need and they wont share what they are doing Hard to manage
- Paypal Data Model Review - for DE onsite interview Can anyone please review or confirm if the paypal data model is correct or not ? **Dimensions - individual user - business user - card details - currency codes - payment method - paypal charges **facts - Transaction In transaction table, below would be the fields: - Id - payer_id - payee_id - pa
- Applied Scientist at AMZN : What is it like ? Hi folks, So I'm fully aware that Amazon has a bad rep over here, but most times it's about SWE. I wanted to know if those problems (pip culture, really bad WLB) translate to other roles as well, specifically applied Scientist ? Also, how do salary bands compare to SWEs ? I'm a Data Scientist and
- Referrals - Data Science/Data Analyst Hi All, I'm a statistics undergrad'20 from Cornell, with a background mainly in R-Studio and Excel (also comfortable with SQL, Python) and with almost one year of work experience in Finance. My coursework interests revolved around Time Series/Dimension Reduction/Regression Analysis. I want to inte
- Data Analytics Referrals Hi, I'm graduated from Cornell University as an Applied Statistics major last May of 2020, with a background mainly in R-Studio and Excel (also comfortable with SQL, Python). My academic coursework interests revolved around Time Series/Dimension Reduction/Exploratory Data Analysis. I have one year
- Data Analyst/Scientist Referral Hi, I'm graduated from Cornell University as an Applied Statistics major last May of 2020, with a background mainly in R-Studio and Excel (also comfortable with SQL, Python). My academic coursework interests revolved around Time Series/Dimension Reduction/Exploratory Data Analysis. I have one year
- vote Answered a Leetcode easy question with an over engineered but objectively better solution. Pass or Fail? Just had an interview for a Google SE 1 position. The question was definitely a leetcode easy (simple linear search). I didn’t acknowledge this solution, because the interviewer and I both went down a rabbit hole for my other idea. My other idea was to basically index the data so we have a constan
- What are the good things about Wayfair EU? I have an offer from Wayfair and I am seriously considering it. It's a supply chain optimization opportunity where I will be driving change and creating strategies (based on facts and data driven), taking a look at business and tech dimensions. I have gone through a lot of posts here (most of them
- There are 4 dimensions of software engineering to master 1) The elementary particles: pass by ref, pass by val, garbage collection, stack space vs heap space, thread management, locks, reentrant locks, deadlocks. This is where we question how is it possible that the world of software engineering can exist and where it came from. Was there a big bang ? 2)
- Engineering Manager vs Product Manager - which one is more stable in the future and long run? Hi All, what would be your choice and on what all dimensions would you compare these two roles..? I have been in the industry for many years and have background in both development and product management (<1 year). I have never been an engineering manager though. Given a chance to choose, what do
- Differences Between Data Scientists with and w/o a PhD? Disclaimer: I don't work at Google. This is a friend's account. I am currently an MS student in one of fields related to DS/CS (graduating in May 2021). I had 2 YOE in analytics consulting prior to my masters. I am currently deciding whether to recruit for DS roles this fall, or applying to PhD pro
- Amazon | DE2 | April 2020 | Seattle Hi Guys, I just want to share my experience about my interview at Amazon for a L5 data engineer position since I don't see a lot of similar interview experience for the data engineer role. I got 2 rounds phone interview and 1 final round virtual onsite. YOE: 3 Timeline: 2/28 --- first round talkin
- A Failure’s Guide to the Facebook DE (Analytics) Interview Hi Blind, I’m fresh off of failing my second attempt at the DE analytics virtual onsite at Facebook and I want to help other people avoid that feeling of emptiness and despair that comes with rejection. I’m well aware this interview isn’t impossible, but I feel it’s hard only for the sake of being h
- How to improve soft skills? Sometimes I’m not the most patient when dealing with people. I need to really improve my soft skills to advance. Sometimes I am too terse and emotionless. Sometime idc, and I am straight to the point with facts. Example 1 - sometimes I am talking to teammate, and he can talk forever and never shut
- Advice on building innovative data products in legacy environments I have been building a data product (coming from a DS background) and am learning a LOT and still have so many questions. The biggest one is this: in modern product orgs, is there ONE person who understands the big picture, the vision, and how to execute it across all of these dimensions - back end
- vote Help me decide: Twitter vs Intuit Currently comparing these two offers: Twitter - Sr DS in product analytics. TC: 375 (195 base + 20% bonus + 480 equity + sign on 25) Intuit - staff DS in modeling/ML TC: 350 (185 base + 20% bonus + 295 equity + 55 sign on), if negotiate hard will probably match to 375 from Twitter Factors Im th
- Apple's folding screen prototype is copying Samsung - again How many times does the most overrated company in the history of mankind need to blatantly rip off another company's tech before people realize they've developed literally zero new products ever? First they stole the PC from Xerox, then they copied BlackBerry and Palm's smartphones to make the iPhon
- Jeff Bezos' Amazon shareholder letters. Here are 9 lessons worth your time Thanks to Twitter account Chris Hladczuk How to Make Decisions Is it a one-way or two-way door? One-way = can't reverse so make them slowly and carefully Two-way = reversible so make them fast Most big companies die by using the slow one-way door process for a two-way decision. Wake Up Terrifi
- Looking for new roles: Dear friends, I am a senior software engineer in the ML space. Total experience is 6 years and I have a PhD degree in CS. Mostly working on data related problem in the past a few years. I am a bit bored with my current role and would like to get into a new environment to stretch myself. Here are
- link Bad Business Decision or Malicious Intent TLDR: Manager chain refused to fairly compensate me, and when I finally switched teams they opened a req that pays almost double 😑 Current job title is L4 "Business Intelligence Engineer" in SF bay area with following comp plan: Base - 87k Sign on Bonus - 12k 11 RSU - ~37k TC - ~135k My title is
- Sharing my preparation strategy for offers from Fb, Google, MSFT etc. I have a post out sharing my offer numbers(under Compensation topic). People Pm'd me asking about my preparation startegy and interview experiences, hence this post. Background - Total 5.5 years exp, MS in CS. Currently SDE2 in Amazon. My team is good, only issue is I have been working 65-70hrs/w
