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- Amazon worst interview The interviewer asked about time complexity of algorithm and I said O(n). However they insisted it's O(2n) although I told them the constant doesn't matter in big O. They didn't seem satisfied. Then during Q&A I asked them a "what" question and they answered "yes". Then for a different question the
- Can I give my boss honest feedback? I want to tell her that she changes her mind so frequently that I am not confident in her judgment, and that when she makes these decisions she is often basing them off factually incorrect information. Also, I want to tell her that I don't feel comfortable showing her the 2-min proof that the inform
- OCI negative sentiment #There is a lot of negative sentiment around OCI's position in the market. I understand it's late in the cloud race and playing catch up but is it too risky to join OCI if you are on H1b ? Current comp: 260k OCI IC4 offer: 380k Can anybody help with any latest insider info/ factual points against
- Pissed about LinkedIn spreading misinformation Everybody is against FB and Twitter these days. There are a lot of so called professionals spreading BS on LinkedIn, blatantly falsifying factual data. I have reported multiple times to no avail. The only time somebody took an action i shortly after received an email stating that the decision had be
- Palantirians @Palantir I've got my final interview comming up with Palantir for a Deployment Strategist. I'm SWE so I'm stressing due to this being a bit of a career pivot. I'm used to grinding LC for job interviews but have no idea how else to prepare for an Echo role. I've read about some interviews being sud
- Scale AI vs Spotify Evaluating a couple of offers between the 2 companies. YoE= 5 years Scale AI Role: Product Ops Salary: $155-170k Equity: option value based on current strike ~$600K over 4 years (exc cost to exercise) Location: SF Spotify Role: Sr Manager, Subscriptions Salary: same Equity : $120K over 4 years L
- POLLS - Stop clicking THE LONE RADIO BUTTON Hello Friends, I have a confession to make. Fun times. I am the guy that ruins your polls. Oh yea! When you have a lone record hanging out there, with "0 votes", I move in to update it to 1 vote, which heavily skews up your metrics. Blame me! I am that guy! It shows that there was someone out th
- vote Oust my racist, sexist, generally awful, coworker? Coworker has made my life miserable for last 2 years. terrible team player, likes to throw blame, takes credit, generally selfish person. I finally gained a lot of respect from my team and boss the last year for ton of work I’ve done. Now my coworker is at it again, he’s also good “buddies” with m
- vote House offer accepted but a cell phone tower nearby I made offer on an house after a quick showing. Which got accepted. I waived all contingencies except for house inspection. (Thanks heaven for that) Yesterday after house inspection I realized we have a cell phone tower quite near to the house. I feel stupid for not seeing that before. I can still
- Communications decency act If we see reforms to the CDA, will it also apply to newspapers like NYT which spread misinformation in the name of opinion pieces? How would it affect writings on evolving facts (such as COVID where we went back and forth on masks, origin etc)? It seems like modifications to CDA just takes the voice
- link Yellow Label Content as Fake News... Why not just label (in yellow) Trump’s (or anyone else) stupid social media posts as “Fake News” and provides links to factual information related to the stupid tweet or post? Sterotype the content with the “Fake News” label, make it hard to read by making it yellow, and add links to CNN, NY Times,
- I have seen a couple posts bashing Indian managers. To the racists who are badmouthing Indian people: Racist stereotyping is ethically wrong and factually inaccurate, and hardly deserves even being refuted. Still, as a white guy with an Indian manager that is AWESOME, I must object to these unfair and bigoted claims. My manager is technically exce
- Preparation tips for Upcoming Google SETI onsite @Google SETI = Software Engineer For Tools and Infrastructure. I have an upcoming seti interview with 4 years exp. The recruiter said that SETI onsite will have 2 algo rounds and 3 seti rounds that mainly go over testing and automation in addition to algos. I am broadening my algo and sys design
- Does Microsoft India speed up application process in presence of competing offers? I have an offer with a hedge fund as a quant trader and have to join in 2 weeks. I completed my notice period last Friday. Now, I have my last round of Microsoft India interview scheduled next week with the R&D team. I was never asked about competing offers or my notice period so I didn't mention i
- Dating burnout in 2021 Basic economics will tell you that market will adjust to demand and supply. Indeed, Adam Smith wrote this in his book on which American economics is loosely based on. Facts - Supply of men is vastly more than women in dating market - Factually, women are more attracted than men to a wealthy lifesty
- Possibility of Walking With A Severance I’ll try to keep this Exec Summary level: - Was BSd in to current position; factual ommissions on hiring managers part about condition of programs, actual budget, etc - Of course, experience & time shows the position is a “throwaway” meaning leaders never expect incumbents to be successful in this
- Challenging Conflict!!! Hi All. Need your suggestions. (long story alert) I joined Microsoft 10 months back. Relocation was pretty rough, lost 2 months time. Also, I was on an entirely new domain, and since i lost ramp up time - I couldnt do well. My M2 was aware of these issues, so I asked him for tasks closer to my ski
- Never take a hard look at yourself New Year's resolutions are ramping up, and you may have several things in your life you want to change. You may even think that you need to take different actions, and are therefore taking "a hard look at yourself." In reality, this can be terrible for your life. When you have problems, the way you
- Amazon was better when you cried at your desk I used to work late nights to make things right for customers, but now I work all night to make things look good for managers. Before 2016, Amazon had a formal performance review process which involved the following: 1. Developers wrote in-depth self-reviews about their past-year performance and
- link Immigration Ban v2 injunction granted I speed-read the decision. I am not a lawyer and would appreciate corrections from anyone who is. Here's my notes: * This suit, unlike Washington v. Trump, has an individual plaintiff: Ismail Elsikh, American citizen whose Syrian mother-in-law has no visa, is in the middle of I-130 processing (the
- Terrible dev plan & PIP culture in Amazon and FMLA. The worst thing in Amazon is most of the managers are only threat to employee and company. PIP comes after a dev plan. A dev plan is reasult of a dumb, jealous, technically unfit or a drunk manager. Do not matter how good or bad you perform in dev-plan , managers have the permission to prepare man
- 11 reasons to use your own judgement instead of believing media narratives blindly (This post isnt about any particular story, but general; and it not only applies to Uber but generally to any hot topic ) One thing I have learned from this February onwards is that it's dangerous believing the media narratives blindly, esp any stories about "uber-is-bad", as these stories sell lik
- 11 reasons to use your own judgement instead of believing media narratives blindly (This post isnt about any particular story, but general; and it not only applies to Uber but generally to any hot topic ) One thing I have learned from this February onwards is that it's dangerous believing the media narratives blindly, esp any stories about "uber-is-bad", as these stories sell lik