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- Microsoft India is putting me on Garden leave I told my manager that I would be going to Salesforce. Looks like it's a direct competeter and I have been put on garden leave starting tomorrow. Need to know certain details about the way it works 1. I will be on microsoft's payroll for next 45 days but my access will be cut off today - does that
- Is Zulily in stock market? Okay, this could be a dump question but I am a stock-market-illiterate. I have a very basic knowledge of stock market which is that it does exist! So, I might get an offer from Zulily, while I can find many info for their work/culture etc, I am unable to find how the stock changed, or what's their
- Should I say my target TC to my recruiter? Recently interviewed MSFT and things are looking promising. Recruiter was asking me to put up a target TC so that they can get a potential offer easier. I have 6 yoe and current TC is $180k, remote forever. I live in a cheap city and I own my place. The recruiter was saying they are giving 60/61 l
- Growing as an IC in a tech company. I am moving out of a seed-stage startup and preparing for interviews for FAANG companies. I was a high performer in MSFT (IC/65) but was bored to death there. I quit to work for a few startups and felt alive working my ass off. However, financially it did not pan out as I'd have liked. I am explorin
- Need advice, fine people of blind. MBA aspirant. I am currently level 65 at Microsoft. I am planning to get an MBA. This is not a whether I should do it post. My mind is made. Here is my description 1. Software development Manager at 65. 2. Indian female 3. I have little kids Here are my questions - any good MBA Programs which are Ivy League or
- vote Which offer should I pick? What would you do? Help give me insight please. Option 1.--- Stay at Microsoft. Manage a team, work on cool innovate stuff at a world recognized tech brand. I've only been here for 1 year though... Level 65 - Director title Base: $190k Bonus: 20% target RSU: $150k over four years. So $37.5k yearly. So this makes yearly TC to be: 265k TC Option
- Looking for New Grad Referrals :) Hello Blind! I am a fourth year CS student with 2 years worth of internship experience spread across Amazon, Shopify and IBM. Currently I am looking for referrals to any US based company that is willing to sponsor my work visa (I am a Canadian citizen). LC: 121 (65 medium/hard, starting to practic
- link Best colleges in USA for MS in ML and AI Hey so I was planning to do my MS in ML and AI in USA. I have an average GPA (65% aggregate from JNTU Anantapur) but have received excellent performance reviews in my previous organizations. Which colleges do I have a realistic chance of getting into? I am planing to do an internship in ML in a st
- vote Akuna Capital vs. Microsoft vs. Google I'm extremely fortunate to have received two amazing internship offers + I'm in the final stage at G, but am trying to weigh FT return offers, summer internship experience, and what's best long term for me. I'd love any input if any of you guys have worked here. Akuna Capital - Python Dev Intern *
- [India] L63 IC to FAANGMULA Manager: Need guidance Hello, I am currently MS L63 engineer(IC) joined around one and half years back. I have 15 years of exp. I can stay in Ms in current org or move to a different one. Or I can take this new EM opportunity. I have few points. You will see I am comparing my work-life before Ms, in MS and in new org....
- Best jobs in tech to accommodate “alternative schedules” My partner is returning to full on-site work, so I will be taking care of our kids school-aged & toddlers), school drop-offs, after school activities, etc. So I am looking for tech-adjacent roles (not necessarily engineering) that would work with alternative work schedules (i.e. work a few hours in
- Cleared multiple staff equivalent roles. Got rejected in multiple too. AMA I have got good help from the community. It is the time to give it back to the community. I have tried different companies at staff and equivalent levels . Cleared some of them. Failed some of them. I could be considered either as lucky to clear them or unfortunate to not clear the others(leaving t
- vote Which offer would you take? I am trying to decide what I what offer to choose. Offer 1 - Twilio (negotiated offer) Level: Principal Product Manager (L5, which is equivalent to L6 at Facebook) TC (Base + Equity/yr): $425k Sign-on: $15k Bonus/Refreshers: I'm a bit hazy on this, but it's 25% of initial equity from talking to t
- Advice about interview to G/Fb at MS L64? I am L64 now in MS and expect to get a promo to L65 in one year. At some point I want to switch to FB or G (of course if I can pass an interview). And of course the sooner the better, but I already failed G once (1,5 year ago). I also see that MS L64 engineers are getting only L4 offers in G/Fb whic
- Sharing my preparation strategy for offers from Fb, Google, MSFT etc. I have a post out sharing my offer numbers(under Compensation topic). People Pm'd me asking about my preparation startegy and interview experiences, hence this post. Background - Total 5.5 years exp, MS in CS. Currently SDE2 in Amazon. My team is good, only issue is I have been working 65-70hrs/w
- Looking for mentor in infra software engineering space 8 yoe, sde l62 at Microsoft. In my first 7 years of career i worked mostly with c programming, linux, network security and distributed systems. When i give interviews for senior/staff roles, system design interviews are like : design memory management system(malloc/free), distributed hash table, mul
- vote Join a new company at a level higher (early band) or current level (higher band) How should one ideally think about moving to next company, join at current level but higher band or join at the next level but early band. Are there downsides of aiming/joining at higher level? Work expectations? I am currently a 64 in Microsoft and is likely to become 65 (principal engineer) in th
- Manager or not? I am a top performing IC in my team and on my way to becoming a principal engineer within the next year. (Level 65 at Microsoft) I have been in this role for the past 7.5 years since graduating from college and am wondering if I should try out management for a while. I feel like I am starting to lo
- Brand Name vs Expense? - MS CS in US I have got the following options and am confused if I am making the right choice. Rice University - Professional masters program in CS. No major funding opportunities. Around 80k USD total expense for 1.5 years program. Ranked ~ 20 in US. Virginia Tech - Thesis based MS CS. High probability of fun
- Tales from the battlefront (interview experiences) I went through a job change earlier this year and wanted to share my experiences. Hopefully this proves useful to those interviewing, studying, or planning to make a job change soon. YOE: 2 Companies I applied to: Google w/ referral: no interview Facebook w/ referral: E3 offer MS w/ referral: SDE
- What is it? so, like my handle says, there's that!! i was hoping more experienced 12+, and senior, and staff, and senior staff, and principals would be able to suggest better. particularly those that moved into FAANGs as laterals after significant years of experience elsewhere. experience - 15+ java, includes
- vote Principal/Staff Offers Evaluation.. + Prep Strategy [AMA] Interviewed with lot of companies in last 2 months and narrowed it down to below 6 companies based on team, level & TC. Priority: Long term career growth, Scope of work, company culture. Company: Level TC: Base + Bonus + Equity (per yr) + Sign-On Team (if known) Meta: E6
- Searching for Junior/mid-level Data Analyst/Data Scientist positions I'm looking for either a junior/associate or mid-level Data Analyst or Data Scientist role at a solid company with good WLB and decent TC. TC doesn't have to be astronomical and am trying to be reasonable to counterbalance the fact that I also value WLB. I'm really struggling with how much i am wo
- Career Switch to DS Location: Puget Sound Education: BS Mathematics, Masters in Education, BS Civil Engineering, MS Civ. Eng. Work Experience: Taught Elementary School for 5 years. Went back to school and got Engineering Degrees. Worked in government as civil engineer for 11 years. Quit working for Covid because my
- vote Tip & Offers & result Thank you for blind(er)s current TC 250K YOE 6yr SD2 tl;dr; I would like to share what I learned. Please scrolldown if you just want to see numbers(offer) I accept an offer today Meta(ex facebook) as Partner engineer (IC4) English is !perfect 0. status I worked 6 years and not made senior. I was
- link I've started my FIRE journey in India! (Part 2: Financials Before Leaving US) Part 1 (Intro and Net Worth): https://www.teamblind.com/post/sqhzju14 In this post, I'll go over the financial stuff I had to consider before I bid the US goodbye. Gotta warn you, this won't be an entertaining read. It's a long laundry list of money matters laid out in excruciating detail. - Over
