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- link Getting customer for my startup. From FAANG to entrepreneur. I'm the co-founder of Sponges: On Demand Car Wash. As the name implies we provide car wash services to your home. You only have to request the service using our app/website(similar to Uber). I'm trying to acquire more customer, we already have hundreds of paying customer, but want more. Right now
- PSA: People not working YOUR work hours is NOT a personal attack. For anyone that needs to hear this: getting an email or instant message on your work device does not mean you are expected to reply back immediately. I have seen too many posts now of people complaining that their teammates are working whatever hours that they like and that is adding stress to them
- vote Offer evaluation: AWS vs Apple I need help from the blind community in evaluating the offers in terms of long-term prospects and compensation, current TC 240k. AWS AI: 350k TC, Applied scientist Apple ML: 320k TC, ML engineer Both in the Bay area. 1) It looks AWS TC is better at first, but I heard Apple will provide a refresher
- Your comp adjustment to market rate. Why should they? There's a lot of talk now on Blind about new hires with fewer YOE or lower level getting higher TC than people staying put. People say things like "when new grad gets X, that really tells you how much your company values you", implying that you deserve your comp adjusted to market rate. I think thi
- Job roles beside development (SWE) I am in tech for around 6 years. Mostly working in low level software stack like kernel driver, middleware library, etc. I don't have much experience dealing with program managers, product managers, data engineers, performance engineers, etc. Sometimes my manager invites these folks to team meeting
- Pricing out of projects I asked for a significant raise because my responsibilities and work load have majority increased recently - I was put into a lead role of two very large projects when someone left. I explained how I got the number I asked for and they said they might have to break it up the whole number and do it i
- vote Snap or LinkedIn? TC updated Hi dear friends, I got L6 offer from Snap and sr staff offer from LinkedIn recently and quite wonder which one to go to. Would love to hear what you think and suggest! Comp wise, Snap TC is about 100k - 150k higher, depending on when I join and if or not I should consider the cash bonus which they
- Do not TRY derivative (Options trading) market now Have seen lot of posts about ‘shorting’ market, buying dip and so on. Some of you might be tempted to try Options trading. Coming from an experienced trader who started with Black-Scholes model and built knowledge ( Statistical as well as real life), here is why you should NOT jump into Options tra
- vote 77 Nobel Laureates Denounce Trump Officials For Pulling Coronavirus Research Grant In an open letter to a top Trump Administration official, 77 Nobel prize-winning American scientists say they are "gravely concerned" about the recent abrupt cancellation of a federal grant to a U.S. non-profit that was researching coronaviruses in China. The laureates say that the move, announced
- predictions by a scientist on impact of covid here are my predictions: - covid has shown that wfh is a great option and everyone coming to office is over emphasized. - this shall lead to fall in real estate prices. companies shall leanr that out of N people and M teams only k < M really need to meet. Also the frequency of the meetings are g
- PhD in theoretic science in Europe: what industry job might need us? I have a PhD in a subject that has zero real world applications. Looking to quit academia now. Friends at manager positions in big tech said talent is hard to find and PhD is very welcome. Applied several places (with referral of course) but either got bs interviews or (mostly) got rejected without
- Workplace harrasement? I casually mentioned to my boss that I was looking for other internal opportunities at my company and she totally lost her shit. Acted out by asking me in am interrogative manner "who is the hiring manager?" Or "what position is it" I was taken aback but then she mentioned that she already lost 2 o
- link Has your team/company ever tried this for hiring? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_problem TLDR: Reject first few candidates, then hire the one who performs better than all the previous candidates. The basic form of the problem is the following: imagine an administrator who wants to hire the best secretary out of {\displaystyle n}rankab
- My VP told me my job is not to supervise my 1-YO Edit to add: thank you everyone for taking the time to share your perspective with me. To address some of the comments that it’s tough to WFH with children. I absolutely agree, it is tough. My husband also WFH and we split shift so it does help to have a supportive teammate in addition to a part t
- link Rejected at Google! :) Howdy, Blind folks...I learned today that I was finally rejected at the HC level at G. I wanted to share a couple of pieces of info that I hope will help others as they navigate the hiring process there. These thoughts are in no order, and are based purely on my own experience to create some addit
- [INDIA]How to not hate a manager? I submitted my notice period (3months) and was hoping i would be either allowed to leave early or at least be allowed to take PL(privilege leave). Company policy doesn't allow it. I was switched to previous team as soon as i submitted my papers. My manager ambiguously asked me to complete a task and
- Anyone else bothered by SWEs sucking up to product managers? Edit: First few impressions has been that I am implying SWEs are the best, or the most valuable profession, or something like that. That is not true. I am actually criticizing swes here for not having self respect, or putting their time, efforts and talents for something more useful than playing off
- Am I the impostor? Hi folks, This is a post where I’m unpacking my impostor syndrome and current mental state, hoping to get some feedback or insight from the community. I am an ordinary dude who somehow ended up in software. Graduated with a BSEE from a top university in the US in 2016 and took a hardware role shor
- “Earn Trust” Tenet is Toxic The earn trust tenet, a pillar at Amazon, and an implied or otherwise important idea at most other large companies, fuels toxicity and group delusion. Allow me to explain. Western culture became a dominant force in the world due largely to their effective societal organization. I’m focusing here on
- link PSA on google lowballs: Be ballsy I'm seeing a lot of people complaining about Google lowballing them and then say they have no leverage to go up. But after going through the process I'm pretty certain the Google initial lowball is just a smokescreen and they actually have your true number in mind already. They want to see if they c
- link Liquidity Trap created by FED "Liquidity Trap" in a generally due to wrong application of "Expansionary Monetary Policy". Suppose, a cycle is not running due a missing part like pedal. No amount of oiling the cycle will work unless that pedal was replaced. No amount of adding more money supply in the market will result in growth
- Manager goes to any extent to prove people wrong Hey, so I joined Infosys in 2018 and left it after working there for 2 years. A little bit about myself. I am a SAP Sales and Distribution consultant. In most companies, getting assigned to an implementation means one is a good performer....because implementations demand better technical and cli
- Let's Help Our Friends At Uber! Team Blind, please give accounts from Uber unlimited private chats for now so they can pass their info to people offering referrals. There's a giant thread with users volunteering to help. Otherwise they run out at 10 a month. Don't make them choose places to ask for referrals after just losing thei
- Google L4 onsite self-eval Just wanted to give back to the Blind community and share how I felt after Google onsite yesterday (not sure if this helps others at all, but I personally like seeing these posts). Will update with results once I receive. Round 1: behavioral - pretty standard questions - thought I did pretty well
- Things I wish someone told me earlier when I got my first job Obviously, there are exceptions to each case, but here are some of the things that I wish I learned earlier in my career. (TL;DR; at bottom) 1. The best time to move to a new company is right after the promotion. Use your new title as leverage when doing a job search and you can expect 20~60%+ TC j
- Why I won't work for corporate IT ever again I joined a large bank where I was made the lead on a "mission impossible" project that had been attempted at the place twice before and ending in abject failure. We were tasked with scrapping the 300+ Excel spreadsheets they were using to manage risk and core banking operations and replacing it with
- Sincere advice to prospective Amazonians YOE: 10+, 5 at Amazon TC: $260K Hello, Reason I am creating this post is not to argue on whether amazon is good or bad. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and I am in no way discounting anyone else's experience. Every month I see new talent join our org, already jaded by the horror stories the
- Amazon PIP, a new low - withholding severance Alright blinders, welcome to yet another story of PIP at Amazon. But grab your popcorn, sit back in your fav chair, and enjoy this story, where we have reached a new low in the PIP process - PIPing someone is not enough, but manager is playing games to get me to resign on my own so that they won't h
- Uber / Lyft market share + growth Any Lyft folks here who can dispute this? Information article below: Source: Second Measure Data The once-hot ride-hailing business is cooling down—just as the two biggest players are thinking about going public. Revenue growth rates for the U.S. ride-hailing businesses of Uber and Lyft slowed thi
- vote Why you are so unhappy despite a high TC (and what to do about it)? TLDR: a very long post that tries to explain human psychology behind why people are unhappy despite getting great compensation. I am writing this post as I see so many people here extremely unhappy despite making exceptionally high TCs for their age (including myself). My motivation for this post