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- I hate the tech Industry Interviews have turned into a toxic leet code competitions where you're expected to spend the months leading up mindlessly doing dsa questions unrelated to your job. And even then messing up on a single question can blow the interview. Soft skill questions have become robotic and practiced. The work
- link Problems in the Payments Industry So I’m lookin to understand the actual Challenges sales, partnerships, and biz dev folks can solve for companies like Square, Stripe, PayPal, etc. Any thoughts on what’s happening on the inside or publications that have a good take on the space? Currently following 2pml.com for commerce and cultur
- Why do so many people in Tech industry oppose universal healthcare? Read this week about a colleague who pays $280 a month as health insurance premium but needs an expensive branded medicine. So they pay another $100 a month till they get the deductible. Most people would acknowledge that the health system in the USA is broken. The tech industry is typically highl
- Cloud engineer positions in Gaming industry How is the demand for cloud engineer/ infrastructure engineer in Gaming industry? Have 6 Yrs of exp in AWS, infra tools
- vote Recession tolerant industry? My SO is looking to shift job. She is currently working as a data analyst in the health company (covid related). Given there is a chance for a recession, we would like to have her potentially in a safer industry. Which industry do you recommend? Here they recommend Health (but their analysis is ha
- Layoffs / hiring freeze in tech industry? Stock market going down, no scope of recovery, inflation, higher interest rates. Are you seeing layoffs / hiring freeze in your org? I'll go first. Google is asking HMs to slowdown or be cautious on hiring. I expect hiring freeze to be announced soon.
- The next Google of the tech industry Google has produced a lot of innovation in software technologies. Somehow, I feel most new popular companies are coming up with cool and useful products, but when it comes to technologies and contribution to the research, there aren't many. I'm curious to know some deep technology companies with r
- vote Do you agree with Elon Musk about MBAs polluting the industry? For people with MBA, please comment if your degree adds any value apart from the prestige to your day to day job. #tech #tesla #techcareer #mba EDIT [Feb 11] - Steve jobs said that "professional management does not work, most of them are bozos". Ref - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQKis2Cfpeo.
- Incompetent leetcoders ruining the tech industry We have senior engineers ( 5 - 7 yoe) joining our teams who do well in our interviews (medium LC + 1/2 System design) , but their software engineering skills don't correlate to their interview performance. People with 3 years of experience with Go / Postgresql / API but don't know how goroutines wor
- link Web Developer in Game Industry I like my career as a web developer, but I've been losing interest in working at a typical e-commerce company, making websites that I don't have an interest in/passion for. I want to try to break into the game industry but still make use of my skills as a web dev. I'm open to making customer-facing
- Industry expert at Google I've heard that for some senior positions like a principal engineer Google prefers to hire industry experts in addition to successful coding rounds. Is it true? If so, What do I need to do to become an industry expert? To write a book ok have my own blog?
- Switching Industries You guys ever think about switching industries? For more TC. Something still comfortable enough but wont drive you nuts? Currently in Aero.
- Unrealistic tech industry I am wondering what is the one logical reason why the tech companies sponsor overseas offers for software engineering when there are abundant resources and college graduates available in US. TECH industry is bubbled so much with huge pay offers where on the other side the non tech engineers are stil
- This industry sucks now I remember I taught myself c++ in high school just for fun. I took CS classes in high school because I had a genuine interest and passion for programming. I also made cool personal projects on my own. I graduated college and now I am stuck at a shit financial company doing boring cloud migrations. S
- Tesla Supplier Industrial Engineer Compensation Hello, How much compensation can I expect for Supplier Industrial Engineer in Tesla? I am currently working in Detroit and will have to move to Bay area after Tesla’s offer. Need some guidance before I talk about salary expectations with them. YOE: 6
- Tech Industry I got laid off but saw it coming. I was working in the Cruise Industry. If I can give anyone advice : if your company is affected by the virus or the economy downfall. Start looking into companies who are on the rise. For example Zoom, Amazon, ... any company that is busy during this lockdown and on
- Your darkest tech industry confession I moved into a management position just so I can enforce FunctionNamingRules that I like. All other naming conventions are garbage.
- Is HF a dying industry? title
- Perception of SWE in Gaming Industry? Have an offer for a SWE position in Microsoft Xbox group. L61, TC $180k. I'm still quite green and wondering if this is a good move career wise. I've read that SWE in the game industry is paid poor TC, which means poor talent and I'm concerned that will affect my career. When interviewing, almost
- vote Next big industry? I have been in the social media industry for half of the last decade and ready to do something adventurous and go to the next big thing. Curious to get Blind's pulse on what the next big thing would be? 450k 4.5yoe
- What industries would you never work in for ethical/moral reasons? Not necessarily companies, but industries. Mine are defense contracting, health insurance, and the fossil fuel industry. I couldn’t sleep at night if I worked for them.
- Escaping HealthIT industry What some other jobs out there that are applicable for my skillset? I work for Epic in Technical Services (similar to a Technical Account Manager) where I am the liason for a particular application with a number of hospital clients. I assist my clients with a little bit of project management in impl
- Finance industry Stagnant with where I am. Have always been told I’m not fulfilling my potential and more intelligent than I give myself credit. I’ve tried and tried to do better but seems like every door has gotten closed on me before even getting a chance. Was recommended to take the SIE instead of the series 7/63
- Food delivery industry With Uber recently buying Postmates, what do you think about the growth prospects of the food delivery industry? During Covid, many of them have received bad PR for jacking up menu prices and charging restaurants high fees.