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Tech Boom: Management path much easier to climb and IC ladder is a myth/mirage

At higher end, It is becoming clear to me every day that people who remained Staff engineers in Tech are getting short changed in Bay Area everyday. TL;DR Summary - If you are a 5 year experienced engineer at a good company, get into manager role as soon a possible even at Tier 2/Tier 3 company(i.e

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Jan 6, 2022

How can I coach my wife in software engineering?

Context: I graduated from a tier I college and tried my luck in business for a while which didn't work out. Then I prepared for SWE roles and landed an offer in a start up. I worked there for a while, got married and got an offer at Indeed. My wife graduated from a low tier college and got a 3.5 pac

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Sep 20, 2023

LC Premium on sale, worth it even if I am not targeting FB/G tier?

Yes I have read through the past 'is LC premium worth it' threads but my situation is a bit more specific. I am not at Infosys any more. LC premium is on sale at $129 for the year instead of $159. Here is why I am questioning if it is worth it for me: 1. I am a noob at interviews. I still need to

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Nov 30, 2020

Don’t join Walmart IDC in Bangalore in ongoing hiring surge!

Hi Blind Community, Title of the post itself should be sufficient enough but explaining in detail so that your career stays on track. Background: Walmart recently sold ASDA (UK retailer) and is planning to transition all the work happening in Sunnyvale (SV) office to Bangalore as a move to lower c

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Nov 23, 2020

Seniors Please advice your junior I am quite lost.

I am a 2020 graduate in computer. Joined Capgemini in aug 2020. They trained me on SAP ABAP( hated everything about it), the manager was very toxic and worked till Dec 2021. I joined a new start up in 2022 Jan as a full stack developer. I worked there till sept 2022. I left because the company was n

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Jan 3, 2023

Computer Engineer + Attorney + PMP + 11 Random YOE ?=

I have a weird and eclectic background that confuses recruiters and hiring managers. Specifically, they ask “why would an attorney want this job?” The answer being that the attorney doesn’t have much legal experience and therefore can’t get hired as an attorney. (I obviously can’t be that honest.)

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Nov 26, 2022

Achieved my first milestone - 1cr inr

Just wanted to share my happiness here because I can't share this with people around me. With help of friends, collages, leetcode and blind was able to achieve my first milestone. I know it is not big amount compared to a lot of people earn here. But I just like to share my happiness. My family li

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Nov 1, 2022

Unethical, hypocritical, lying companies

What are the instances where you know a company to be doing something unethical? At Bosch, when I had put down my papers and was about to leave, the Bosch team had a problem finding a suitable replacement and thus ensuring a smooth handover. They wanted me to ask Infosys if they might give me some

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Oct 20, 2020

Go Team India

The involvement of Indian professionals and companies in the IT departments of the U.S. healthcare and banking systems is significant and multifaceted. This influence can be seen in various aspects: 1. Workforce Contribution: Indian professionals make up a considerable portion of the IT workforce i

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Mar 9

Do you look down negatively at WITCH experience when evaluating a resume?

IT consulting body shops indulge in various unethical practices, some of which are illegal and have been fined several times for those. (WITCH = Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, HCL and other similar tech consulting firms like Accenture, L&T Infotech and even EY, IBM etc). They have an abysmal hirin

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Dec 19, 2022

A 32 year old clinically depressed loser who wants to revamp his life.

Hello everyone, I'm a 32 year old loser whose networth is just 150k (mostly due to Amazon stock appreciation). I work in a non tech job and my TC is 145k. I've been stagnant in this same role for 5.5 years in Amazon. I've had opportunities to progress, but my depression and procrastination made sure

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Jan 8, 2021

Toxic Indian uncle back home keeps asking me about my salary

I have an uncle back in India who's pretty toxic (not one off, but multiple incidents in the last decade, so, I'm not jumping the gun). I've done nothing bad to him. I'm 20 years younger. I've always been nice to him and his family and helped them out whenever they asked. I don't get it though. He

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Oct 16, 2022

Can highly paid workers Stop acting entitled?

Context: Someone from Infosys was insulted for not being "good engineers" and not being from "good company" while the person suffering through hard times in life. Look I myself like blind toxicity to some extent as it helps in calling out BS on face while being anonymous. But being entitled for th

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Jan 5, 2023

Escape Tutorial Hell

Hello, Trying to learn Python rn because a lot of startups seem to want people proficient in a scripting language, and also I feel like it’s a great language for coding interviews. And also why the heck not. I have a little over a year of Java experience so I’m not totally new to programming, an

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Feb 10, 2022

Indian immigration issue

[Not crying just trying to understand] I see lot of indians are worried about immigration and visa situation. Those who came 15-20yrs back or married to american got GC/citizenship. But most of us(f1,h1bs, their families and dependents) are waiting and has to deal with lot of issues and uncertainty.

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Nov 9, 2018

Remote Jobs: List of Remote and Hybrid Companies for Software Engineers

As you likely know already, return-to-office policies can vary based on your job, department or location. We surveyed software engineers in Blind’s community of over 9 million verified professionals to find out companies’ policies and in-office or hybrid work schedules. As a reminder, Blind’s ret

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Sep 25, 2023

Looking for help with referrals for SDET/QA/automation engineering roles @Bengaluru

Hi everyone, Currently looking for Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)/Software QA/automation engineer role referrals in Bengaluru, India. This is for my sibling who got recently affected from layoffs. Please help with referral by replying to the post so I can send the background and resu

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Feb 23, 2023

Remote Jobs: List of Remote and Hybrid Companies for Sales Jobs

As you likely know already, return-to-office policies can vary based on your job, department or location. We surveyed sales professionals in Blind’s community of over 9 million verified professionals to find out companies’ policies and in-office or hybrid work schedules. As a reminder, Blind’s re

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Sep 25, 2023

Facts about H1B

Looks like many Americans don't have a clear picture on H1-B. There's two sides of things --- 1. Many of us are from top universities in India, came for graduate studies to US (or even directly got hired from India by companies like Google/FB) etc... and do some great engineering/research work at a

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Jun 23, 2020

Why are there so many Indians in tech?

(Reposting since I typed this out on a monday blues day so wish more people read my awesome analysis 🤣😄) In 90s indians were good at math and english. Government subsided education and even private college education was cheaper because india was a poor country and parents paid for education. O

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Mar 6, 2023

[India] Depressed, Suicidal, Lonely & Jobless

Namaskara Blinders, fellow Indian here. Turned 22 a few months back, and nobody else had wished me apart from my parents, that's when I realized, I don't have a life. is it too late to get one? I've been locked up for the past 30+ months before the pandemic began, Currently pursuing my BS in a ti

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Apr 11, 2022

Need Directions to prepare for a Unicorn / Top tier tech Company in India as an SDET

i Started my career with the Mass hiring sweatshops in India, i have slowly moved up the ladder from there to Learn and make a big impact in SDET / QA Space as a Lead SDET / QA . Outlining my career path - Cognizant (SDev -> 0-3.5 Yr 4.2 LPA @ Exit ) Worked on Dotnet Technologies - Infosys ( Im

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May 18, 2022

Some offers? Which one would you choose?

Hi All, This year I gave 4 interviews at Zoom, Oracle OCI, Microsoft and Amazon. I did get verbal offers from all of them. Oracle: never returned after I asked for a certain compensation. HM says he is reaching out to higher management regarding compensation and is taking a lot of time there. I li

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Jul 26, 2022

Zeta(Directi) | SDE2 | Bangalore, India | DEC 2021 [Offer]

Reached out by recruiter on LinkedIn. Round 1 - DSA(1 hr) 2 medium questions were asked, one was from DP and second one was from Graph which required BFS traversal. Focus was to understand the thought process(for this be loud, whatever comes in your mind) and accuracy. Interviewer was also helpful

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Dec 1, 2021

Remote Jobs: List of Remote and Hybrid Companies for Finance, Operations and HR Jobs

As you likely know already, return-to-office policies can vary based on your job, department or location. We surveyed finance, operations and HR professionals in Blind’s community of over 9 million verified professionals to find out companies’ policies and in-office or hybrid work schedules. As a

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Sep 25, 2023

TC 200k at age 32 with $0 net worth

Graduated from college at 28 (had to do 3 years of military in a foreign country). Studied business, looked at bankers and consultants and couldn’t see myself ever in their shoes. Stayed at college one more year to get a minor in computer science (all I could afford, and felt I needed to get into th

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Aug 19, 2022

Need advice to progress my career in SWE field. Please help.

Hi, I am a software Engineer at Accenture , joined as a fresher from tier 3 college. It has been 2.3 years since i joined. I am really interested in developing applications/software. For the first 1.6 years i worked in a useless support project. After 1.6 years got a little bit courage and told my

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Jul 28, 2021

Read this before Joining YUBI

Hi all, I am currently working at Yubi and wanted to apprise you of some developments here. In the last few months, a lot of changes have happened here and anyone joining Yubi or planning to join should be aware of these. 1) 125+ people have been silently laid off. Teams have been dissolved overni

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Jun 24, 2023

Trying to decide between Google, CZI, a series B startup and a new venture

Hi, I am super happy to have so many options at this point, but now, I need advice. I have Front End SWE offers from CZI (chanzuckerberg.com), a series B startup and a very young startup. About Me: - 10+ YoE. Startup experience > 6 years. Ex-Yahoo, Ex-Infosys. - Long term goal: Start my own comp

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Apr 1, 2021

Summarizing s386 - why it is a crappy bill

Some ignorant guy was repeating the ImmiVoice talking points on s386, which are all bullshit. Let's look at the actual facts: This is the bill being passed off as just lifting country caps for "high skilled" workers, but it's really not doing that, it's doing much more. First, it applies to both E

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Dec 30, 2019

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