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236 LC done, system design study for 2 months but still not feeling ready

236 LC done (80 easy 114 med 42 hard) Solved about 50 of them on paper or whiteboard. Prepared System design interview by reading Designing Data-Intensive Application and tech blogs and papers. Also went over grokking system design interview in educative.io I have 5 onsite interviews scheduled in

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Mar 25, 2019

MLE looking for referral @Microsoft

YOE: 5 LC count: 236 TC: 162k #referral #microsoft

Apr 6

Is Metaverse just Habbo Hotel?

Can someone explain the difference? Is Metaverse just bigger? NFT's? TC: 236 YOE: 1.5 #meta #habbo #habbohotel

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Nov 30, 2021

It’s a match!

Just matched with a team @Google, as a L4 SDE. 2.5 YOE, some as an L5 at AWS I asked for $300, not sure what they’ll counter with Current tc: $236

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Apr 15, 2022

Blind group LC grind - 2

Hope you all were able to do the non-overlapping interval problem yesterday. Here’s the problem for Day 2 236. Lowest Common Ancestor of Binary Tree Do not look at solution or ask ChatGPT for answer

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Sep 20, 2023

Help Evaluate Offer (L4 SWE)

Please help evaluate this initial offer: Base: $152K RSU: $296K over 4years ($74/yr) Signing bonus: $10K MCOL Area New TC: $226K (236 first year) Current TC: <100K🥜

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Sep 12, 2022

About to get laid off.. and of course I just got married…

Keeping it short… currently a Tech Product Manager and we just laid off about 18% and I think there will be deeper cuts. Looking to move to greener pastures. Plus I just got married… I’ve never been in this situation before and I am concerned because I don’t have my bachelors but have more than 10+

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Dec 28, 2022

10ARM vs 30year fixed

Purchase price:800K Loan Amount: 640k 10ARM 2.375 = 2419$ 30yr fixed 2.875 = 2655$ 236$ every month difference seems huge for me but it is ARM. I don't know how long will I stay in the property but will do 5yrs atleast. Lender : LoanDepot Thoughts ? Location : Seattle TC:265K

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Jun 1, 2021

Is Airbnb RO realistically beatable (esp. in NYC)?

Return intern offer 130/50/236 (over 4y) Are there other places that can realistically beat this, or at least come reasonably close? This is real q not humblebrag; specifically looking for places in the NYC area w/comparable new grad offers.

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Oct 5, 2018

How do y'all go about minimizing taxes paid?

Living in US (Texas), US citizen. Yes, I'm already planning on meeting with a CPA. Just wanted to get an idea of what I should look out for (i.e. charitable donations, 401K/Roth IRA/HSA contributions, stocks, etc). TC 236 YOE 1.5 #taxes #income #finance

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Dec 3, 2021

Austin Offer Comparison

Looking for thoughts on my offers - Both in Austin (where my wife and I would like to be). Microsoft L62: Base - 139K Sign On Bonus - 50K / 2yrs Sign On Stock - 145K over 4 yr Performance Bonus - 10-20% base Performance Stock - 22-44K (not sure what vestment for this is) TC over 4 years: 236-272, 2

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Jun 7, 2022

H1B transfer time from start to finish

Recently started transfer process and it seems to take 6~8 weeks per my BAL lawyer. If you’ve started transfer process recently within last 3 months, how long was your lawyer’s estimate or the real time it took? My lawyer mentioned LCA alone takes 2 weeks at minimum, so I am seriously doubting if

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Oct 19, 2021

Do we really need a realtor for buying?

With all these zillows, redfins and what not, its become ever so easy to find properties and make a move. As usual the other main entities involved for buyers perspective is an independent inspection agency and the lender. Is it worth paying 2.5% to 3% for a 1M house so that they negotiate better?

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May 4, 2019

new apple employee

i joined apple this week. when can i expect the grant price of the RSUS to be determined. the recruiter told me that the grant orice woukd the price of apple stock at the end of day one. some people tell me it is on the 15th of the first month of emplyment. offer letter says the grant price is th

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Mar 12, 2020

Need Referral

In search of a job, have good experience of 3+ years, need referrals for roles in the Bay Area. LC count 465 (236/205/23 E/M/H). Any help/referrals would be appreciated! TC 230. #referral #amazon #microsoft #block #square #google #atlassian #zoom #docusign #toast #salesforce #oracle #uber #lyft #d

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Aug 20, 2023

actuary opportunities around Seattle area

friend studying actuary certifications and have decent skills in data frameworks like R what are some opportunities here in Seattle area? - he probably won’t be interested into tech roles - only interested in Seattle opportunities - top tier master in finance degree, but probably sick of financial

Sep 7, 2022

Referrals SDE

Hi, I'm looking for referrals to several companies below. I'm in a non-US country and don't have a visa, so I can only apply to European countries, Canada, Japan, Australia, and Asian countries. I picked companies that have open jobs on Linkedin currently. I solved 405 problems (79 easy, 236 mediu

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Nov 17, 2022

Snap L4 vs Google L4

Was able to get both snap and google L4 offers. Currently negotiating with both. Details below. The things that matter most to me are: 1. WLB 2. Interesting project 3. Compensation The google team would be lower level and higher scale, so I think G would be better in 1 and 2. But obviously snap

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Nov 22, 2021

MBA without a bachelors

I dont have a bachelors degree but have 17yrs of tech experience and have been an above average to high performer all these years. Always felt that i lack a degree but dont have the drive to do a bachelors. I want to however try something like an exec MBA if i qualify for that. Not sure if there are

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May 25, 2021

Job Change at Final Year of H1B with Priority Date Current

has anyone encountered situations where your priority date is current, in your last year of H1B and want to do a job change? I have searched on multiple forums and do not have an unanimous answer. Some concern I heard: - need to file I-485 within one year of PD becoming current, which I cannot do

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Sep 17, 2021

Senior Data Analyst Referral needed

Joined carvana this year as a Senior DA and the whole experience has been a disaster. Firstly my equity was given as of the 10 day trailing period before the offer was made (which was 236 dollars) instead of when I actually joined (price then was 130 ish dollars). Now the stock is worth a princely

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May 12, 2022

Running Code and Fixing Bugs

So I can solve unseen meds in ~30 mins (think the uncommon ones) in one submission w/o hints and without using the problem tags. But I need to actually run my code (not dry run) to completely solve the problem in time. Sometimes I might be running my code against my own test cases, find a bug, and s

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Nov 24, 2021

How I beat Amazon Layoffs and won!

Last month I was among the many that got the dreaded lay off email from Beth To add salt to my wounds, apparently my manager decided to put me in focus without telling and I found out during the meeting with the skip and HR that I need VP approval to switch teams. I had previously told my boss t

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Feb 8, 2023

How to become L5 in 3 years

I’m entering Google as an L4 after spending 1 year at Amazon as an L5. I’ve job hopped a lot so I want to stay at Google for 4+ years to cleanse my resume of job hopping. I want to achieve L5 at year 3, stay for 1 year and then check in with the market to see if it’s worth jumping. Here’s my curren

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Apr 16, 2022

Please stop spreading lies.

People on blind supposedly believe in numbers so here are the facts. According to The Washington Post there were 1,004 killings by police. 371 white, 236 were black. 10 unarmed African-Americans were shot by police. 1. Channara Pheap. Pheap attacked a police officer, choked him and then used a t

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Jun 4, 2020

Blind Company Data

Blind wont let me post a google sheets link so here it is in raw format. It contains 95% of companies with more than 10 reviews. company ratings career growth wlb compensation culture management overall Formidable 12 4.7 5 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 Boston Scientific 38 3.6 4.9 3.5 4.2 3.8 4 Hudl 14 4.4 4.9

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Sep 1, 2023

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