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- vote Twitter can become the first American Super App. China has multiple super apps (WeChat, AliPay etc), India is getting there (Paytm). US has none. Twitter has the potential to be that. If only it could work with a payments app. Something like CashApp would be perfect. Sucks that they’re products from separate companies though. Or is this the grand
- vote Recruiter keeps spelling my first name wrong. Recruiter keeps spelling my name wrong. It's my first name and it's a very common American name with a few spellings. Should I be offended by their lack of detail? I spell it correctly in my email signatures every time I reply. TC: 150K
- Amazon Last Mile Joining last mile team at Amazon as SDE2, Washington team I think. I've read all about it on Blind. If you have anything more to share please let me know or dm me, I'd appreciate it! First FAANG job. What is the tech stack/languages used there? Is the WLB okay since they're just migrating stuff or
- How to move to UK? As an American working in IT, what is the easiest and quickest way to move to UK? The main goal is to find a job there first. Any suggestions on where to start looking? Any advise from someone who's done it? #UK
- Microsoft AA round? I am interviewing with Microsoft HW, the recruiter told me there was a AA round? Any idea what I can expect? My first time interviewing, and hearing about this. And it is with a person very high up in the chain, please help! #Microsoft #interview #engineer #interview #hardware
- Best practices for relocating from Europe to US with H1-B visa Hi, I am probably going to move to the US (San Francisco) by the end of this year, if I get a H1-B visa. I was wondering, what the best way is to move to the US. If anyone had similar situation please DM or write a comment and I will DM you. For your note: - Got an offer from a FAANGMULA company, r
- vote Offer Review: American Express vs Expedia Got an offer from Expedia as a TPM and likely American Express as a APM. Salary non-negotiable both. Currently making 100k TC (80k base, 20k-ish~ RSU, somewhat volatile). Which position is more worth if I want to eventually transition into product management from a Software Developer background (IC
- Getting into FAANG as a PM Contractor This is my first time posting. Blind is amazing. I’ve learned so much from all your posts so far. I’m a certified Project Manager and recently accepted a role with Google as a contractor. I’m excited for the opportunity but after reading posts about Contractors at Google being treated as second rate
- What do you dislike from your current team/company? I'll go first : 1. To be successful in Amex, you need to be a senior politician before you apply. Politics dominates the land and not necessarily skills 2. The internal CICD and cloud infrastructure are horrible. We're talking about 20-30 minutes to do a build that takes 5 minutes locally. And hour
- Is UI/UX a good career path for my girlfriend? Hope people on blind are enjoying their weekends. I’m seeking advice regarding possible jobs my girlfriend can do when she comes to the States(she is not American). UI/UX is the first thing that comes to my mind because she is a very artistic person and the job sounds super interesting. What are y
- Getting green card outside of US I’m in Toronto and I got a verbal offer from one of FAANG companies. I asked for relocation to the US and they agreed. I’m not a Canadian/American so I’ll need L1 or green card to work in the US. I have a spouse who needs a work visa as my dependent so H1B is not an option for me. I was wondering if
- Why American companies do background check in the EU? It is useless I'm midway the third background check of my career for an American company (first 2 were Google for an internship and then Google as full time employee couple years ago). I had to spend hours looking for start/end days, college certificates and stuff that happened 10 or 15 years ago and every singl
- Desi vs American Manager All through my career for the last 10+ years I have been working under an Indian manager. Just switched jobs and for the first time working with an American Manager. I was always able to connect both personally and professionally with my Indian manager. I was able to have open conversations in terms
- Moving from Sales to Solutions Engineering I have over a decade of experience in tech most of which has been as an AE. But I am considering switching to becoming a solution specialist/ presales engineer, I feel like tech sales has become less about technical solutions and more car sales tactics;cold calling and Linkedin brand noise. - What
- Interview session for a hardware design contractor role at Meta canceled last minute for the second time I was going to be interviewed for a hardware design contractor role at Meta. My interview session was canceled last minute twice. The first time, the lead canceled the meeting due to not having his computer available, only a couple of hours before the meeting. The second time, was an hour ago. The
- Twilio PM Final Round thanks to Blind Thanks to blind I just reached the final round of Twilio interview. For context, I posted on blind a while ago that I’m a management consultant looking to break into the tech industry. One of the companies that I was referred to was Twilio. I have used the product for personal projects but I didn’t
- Right career move for an MLE who aspires to big tech #machinelearning #machinelearningengineer #qualcomm #startup #compilers #compilerengineer **All numbers are in USD and I will be living in an HCOL city in the US and I am an American citizen** I am in my senior year at a prestigious Canadian school and will be graduating this semester, my overarchin
- Move to Aus for PR (as Indian citizen) I'm working in USA and been living in USA for 3 years now! I honestly like this life, make decent money and life is fine except for the one thing which eats me away that I won't get green card anytime soon or ever in my life! I can't live my life forever on a Visa and I just hate when I hangout with
- vote Turning 23 soon, why is housing so difficult? Hey everyone! So, before I ramble, I realize im very privileged to have a good job (140k base, 21k bonus, and 54k equity yearly) straight out of college (well a few months, made a 1/4 straight out then jumped ship in December). Im a first generation latino american. I have zero debt, except for a c
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- link First North American BTC ETF approved https://www.coindesk.com/first-north-american-bitcoin-etf-approved-by-canadian-securities-regulator? Next stop? 🌕
- vote Should the vaccine developed by American drug company using American taxpayer’s money be given to Americans first? Joe Biden wants half of the first available shots to be given to other countries. But we Americans funded using our taxpayer money the development of moderna and Pfizer vaccines. So shouldn’t we wait until the vaccine is widely available to all Americans before giving it to other countries?
- Strangest first day experience on American Shores. My first day in the USA. I walks into a local bar in San Jose. Me: One peg whiskey please Bartender: Whiskey what? Me: One peg larger whiskey please. Bartender: Further perplexed. Looking at me.As if looking for further clarification. Me: 60 ml(mili liter) whiskey please? Bartender: Looking at me
- Fidelity or Homeshield or First American Which one provides the best Home Warranty Plan?
- Americans revive spirit of first Thanksgiving by carrying disease to people they didn't know. “We wanted to keep alive the customs these settlers helped start,” explained one family that was traveling hundreds of miles to spread disease to people they didn’t know because they thought the trip would be best for their family.
- link H1B datasets. Check out the trends. https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/buy-american-hire-american-putting-american-workers-first I'm on H1B and from India too but clearly these consulting companies from India are abusing it. Fuck them. Look at the amount of people they are shipping here.
- link Trump wants merit based immigration system https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-putting-american-workers-first-restore-economy-greatness/ MOVING TO A MERIT-BASED IMMIGRATION SYSTEM: The Trump Administration will reform our immigration system to prioritize the highest-skilled workers and protect American j
- 31+ Final Interviews Until TECH OFFER! 1.5 years of interviewing Tier 1/2/3 companies. Atleast 50+ HR screenings telling me 100k base salary was impossible. Rejection after rejection. Endured 31+ final interviews! My final TC at Amex was 87k after a promotion too. Laughable! 3yoe in Products/Data Analyics (Florida) ——-2019 Amex - 81k T
- Addressing Blind's Hatred for H1Bs Disclaimer: Not generalizing but I've seen people echo this sentiment so I'll take a bite at starting a conversation. I saw a post where some upvoted posts mentioned hiring American only during the upcoming recession and firing all H1b employees. First, I agree that H1b visas are meant to compleme
- To Asian American Men - Moving to Asia - Changed My Life Hi, Recently, I've been reading a lot of posts on blind. All of these great guys, that make plenty of money, in the valley or Seattle, that are depressed because they're single. I wanted to share my story, and hope many of you will make the same decision as me. I used to work at Microsoft in a goo
