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- Microsoft dublin interview result I went through the microsoft interview process. Completed the online codility test, gave 3 back to back interviews 2 weeks back. The recruiter had mentioned that the 4th round (Growth mindset and Adaptability) will be scheduled if these 3 rounds go well. I gave the 4th round 1 week ago on 3rd March
- vote Product Security Engineer from India looking for career advice I'm currently working on application security mostly (60%), and sometimes system security (15%). I'm good with security processes (25%) too as we manage security response and handle embargoes but I don't think this is any special skill anyway. I do not have any certification like CISSP/OSCP. I'm no
- TC FOMO I took a rather non-traditional career path, my undergrad is actually a Bachelor of Arts, and I kind of bounced around a while before really finding my niche. I now work as, what I can best describe, an IT Solutions Engineer. I manage a few IT systems and some SaaS applications, their integrations,
- Why does Amazon PM get so much flak here? I got an offer for L6 PM-T at Amazon. TC 310k, YoE 4 post mba, Alexa on-the-go team, coming up with new 1st party experiences and APIs to enable 3rd party experiences for assistant outside of home. Trying to learn more about Amazon and whether to take it over a role at MSFT that pays 20% less. How
- Life advice: I have no idea how to feel about my life - have great positives and awful negatives. Title is tl;dr 😛 I’m gonna go deep about my personal life, not much else in it for you. Its a long read, if you have some free time on your friday. Would love to hear any advice from y’all on any part of my rant ahead Blind tax - 9 yoe 280k tc ☺️ Just turned 31. Life is….urgh, its crap…but its a
- link [India] Frontend Interviews and offer journey This is my recent experience with Front End engineering interviews and getting 3 offers. Re-Sharing it here for the Blind FrontEnd community as there is not much info about FE Interviews. Started around May exploring opportunities in Front End. . YOE: 9 Rippling: SSE Rejected due to long notice pe
- vote MSCS at NYU Courant vs. Internal Transfer to SF Office Hey folks, I'm a 24-year-old CS graduate and I'm currently working as a senior software engineer at an overseas office of an SF-based company. (I don't want to disclose the company name.) I'm recently admitted to NYU Courant to pursue MS in CS starting in Fall 21. I also knew that my company does in
- Data engineer need suggestion to learn more skills and earn more Hey guys, Looking for some suggestion/career guidance. This is going to be a long post :) About me I have 8 years and 6 months as toe. I am working as a data engineer and I changed my role to data engineering like 2 years back. And before that I was working as a python infra automation/tool develo
- My 🇺🇸to 🇨🇦 move experience & more importantly TC 1.1Mil CAD As there are quite a lot of posts here lately on debating the move to Canada, thought I would share my experience after 4 years of getting my PR. I was one of early applicants in express entry back when the program started in 2015. The reason I ended up applying was pretty obvious as my H1B lottery
- link $PLTR DD By a Former Engineer (Source : WSB) Honestly, this DD requires a lot of critical thinking. If that’s not your jam, please enjoy this cartoon of Alex Karp crushing the competition, then scroll down to the bottom of the DD where you’ll find my plan for the end of my lockup plus a few diamond emojiis, a couple of hand emojiis and a bunch
- Team Lead fires me one day before he leaves the company. So this happened. I was honestly very skeptical in joining but during the rounds of interviews, I liked what was proposed to me. They move swiftly post interviews, make a handsome offer and start the background check. I get here having just worked finished working at a company where the WLB was ne
- Looking for career guidance (non-engineering role) Currently in a role that is client facing / account management. Been doing various client facing roles for 18+ years. Used to be technical with focus on infrastructure, but have lost a lot of it. Could probably pick some of it up again if I am pressed to do it. I enjoy delivery and execution (servi
- Job Interviews Hi, I have interviews with Facebook-RPM, Apple, Robinhood, Microsoft and MasterCard coming up over the next few weeks. I am mentally burnt out from my job. I am about a year and 2 months plus at Cisco. I really want to quit my job and focus on my interviews because I believe I will walk away with
- To the Amazon guy with the humiliating experience You didnt have to delete that post. A coworker who openly humiliated you in front of the entire open floor environment due to some supposed inferior skill set is a shitty deal to be sure. But I want to leave a word of encouragement here which I hope others find should you think your situation is h
- Data Warehouse Engineer expected salary for Indeed India (Hyderabad) Hi Community, I have given 5 rounds of interview in Indeed for Data Warehouse Engineer and recruiter told me I got selected. I am originally Lead Data Engineer in current org but recruiter told the opening is for DWH engineer and in future can be shuffled based on skillset to DE. Also recruiter tol
- Seattle area - high TC PM roles ? I'm wondering if there are specific strategies to use to find high TC ($500K+) PM roles in the Seattle area. I'm L66 PM Mgr at MS with total 17 yrs exp. W/L balance is great, but higher TC is needed to save more to reach my target savings in 10 years (at which point I want to retire and do something
- Unhappy with status quo even though FI I am trying to figure out the purpose of life and how to maximize happiness for rest of my life. I am a 47-year-old with $6M networth and having a respectable job at Microsoft making over $500K a year. I am happily married with two kids, who are in high school and middle school respectively. My rela
- Accept new job or stay under unemployment? laid off and need some real advice here please. scenario: lost my job 3 weeks ago in SF, (TC approx. 150k), wife has no job so we decided to move back home to help my parents out (1.5hr away from bay area no traffic) and save on money. we both signed up for unemployment, im getting the full 1050 p
- Established Tech vs Pre-IPO Series D I need you opinion to choose between offers I have got. A: Established Tech - Director level, team size of 30+, Manage managers, Business model is volatile and have an upside potential, good WLB B: Series D, Director Level, team size of 4-5, need to build from scratch, high visibility to founder,
- Amazon Hiring Ad! Take Risk, Growth or PIP Saw this Amazon Ad today looking for risk takers! The risk they don’t mention is either you become TT (top talent) or you get the boot via PIP. As a software engineer in AWS for 1 year+ (and previously in Retail), I would strongly advise you to stay away from this company. - If you have job offers
- Sabbatical then moving to London - too risky or lets go already? I‘m planning to take a year sabbatic, just going to travel and focus on the family. Then we will ending the trip in UK where I will try to find a role in Tech. Is this too risky or let’s go already? (Real questions at below 👇) Quick background: 20+ yoe in sales, strategy, analytics, and consulting
- How to ask for change of title/Promotion? Hi guys, Any help to get through this phase of my career works need really helpful. *This is a long post and I’m sorry about it 🙏 My situation- Profile - MS-CS/ TC-115k/ ~3yoe/ Bay Area I work at a small-mid size startup which has about 100 employees. I work on data analytics (not data science)
- Witcher - un review | Just for fun Three disclaimers : 1. I am a fan of Witcher 2. My English is pathetic 3. Please go through the pain of reading this long post, which is intended just for pure sarcastic purposes if you don't have anything else to do with your time. Thoughts I had during the journey of watching Witcher. NETFLIX (
- Why I chose to quit Amazon [FYI] Amazon TC: 15 Base + 10L Stocks for each year, SDE 1 YOE: 2.5 Moving to Msft in a month as SDE 2. I see lot of posts on Blind on amazon. Here I will state you one of the reason that led me quit this company. Also let's talk about the positives, so if someone wants to switch they need to have
- link From ‘boomer’ companies to encroaching giants, Canada’s tech sector has a labour problem If you want to understand the biggest problem in Canadian tech right now, ask someone who jumped from a Canadian company to an American one how their life has changed. You’ll probably get one of two answers. One of them is about money. A Toronto-based engineer who spoke to The Globe and Mail recentl
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
