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- Leetcode is NOT everything I have seen SO many of this advices to go grind leetcode and if you’ve solved enough problems there - than you can get limitless TC in FAANG or whatever the hell you want. So here is what people who got high TC from FAANG not telling you - ITS NOT ENOUGH. I’ve been participating in programming co
- link SFDC Director - Offer review + guidance Copying Post to this topic for added feedback Current TC Principal: ~ $280K w/ 15+ years exp. Post Onsite clearance , recruiter came back to move ahead with Director PM verbal #offer with below input: (the position was labelled for both Director/Senior Director but recruiter says team wants IC wh
- Is Amazon's PIP Culture the Worst Among All? My PIP Experience and Got a Double TC Raise After Jump I've been in Amazon for almost 2 years, and I'm still constantly fear of being PIPed. We have a joke that Amazon is a fear-driven development as opposed to TDD. Recently the fear of being PIPed becomes the reality: I'm told that I'm entering into PIP, which I'm surprised because during previous 1-1
- Needing some encouragement and advice I am needing some encouragement. I am a M365 migration PM and I have been job searching for a few months now with little luck. I’m eventually hoping to join Microsoft as a CSAM or Program Manager. I haven’t had any luck in getting an interview there yet though. I have made a few final interviews w
- Got ghosted by Tableau once, looking for a referral Hello Blind, Been following the community for awhile now and love to read all the golden content out here from offer reviews, tips, and PIP nightmares... Amazon ;) So a year ago, I applied at Tableau for a role and got an email from a recruiter to setup a phone interview. I replied to that email wi
- Let's build the next level communication app together This post is an open forum to build a great app together. License: MIT - Open Source Area of focus: communication and productivity In the age where businesses are communicating internally via tools like Slack, Wrike, MS Teams, etc We see tremendous improvements in the ways that we all communicate
- Really confused on how to handle my current situation I work at MSFT as a PM. Recently a family member was hospitalized, and I had to take a month off from work to be with them. Before leaving, I spoke with my manager and my engineering partner. I wrote out detailed instructions on active tasks and the next steps. I was assured not to worry that th
- Taking decisions is hard * Have been working at Amazon for last 2 years. * Although I am working on a very interesting problem but I don’t feel motivated to work anymore. * Expecting promotion this quarter (but you never know until you know). * Have offer from Microsoft with 50% hike but L60. Don’t want to step back in c
- Resume Review: Cross domain experience needs assessment Would anyone be willing to review my resume? Kindly PM. Appreciate it! Disclaimer: It’s TL, won’t feel bad if you DR. I have switched fields from Web Dev (entrepreneurial pursuit in parallel) to VLSI to Embedded to back to MS in CS (did adjunct prof. stunt n internship in soft dev.) and now in th
- Technical Accessibility SMEs at FAANG I’m a user experience developer and customer facing resource who has spent the last 3 years working in the technical accessibility space— creating training and content around educating developers on inclusive coding practices. I’ve led several internal efforts that have received recognition from bot
- How do I get out of the mud and actually live life! I won’t say I was forced to software engineering or computer science. After 10th, I literally had no idea about the options. I didn’t want to be a doctor. That’s the only thing that I knew. Commerce and arts used to be looked down upon, so science field was the only option. Inside science I only kn
- Referrals in Tech Hello seasoned Referral-Peoples and fellow Blind Society (braille / text to voice when?), I posted once a week ago but my time has come to drive this forward. I have meditated on the mountains, played 5 rounds of hop-scotch, and have revised my resume more times than I have had coffee. I'm a Produc
- L3 New Grad -> L5 in ~2 years, AMA! Promo'd to L5 today, just over 2 years after starting, post-masters. Google treats BS and MS candidates the same. Both me and my manager were somewhat surprised by the result. Was promo'd to L4 last fall. A few lessons along the way: 1) Skill and hard work matter to the extent you are able to exe
- vote JP Morgan Chase Quantitative Research Analyst Vs Oracle Application Developer - Career Query Hi, I am a fresher and I have got two job offers to choose from 1) Oracle SDE1, Bangalore, India Tech stack has Java, Hibernate, Spring, Application Development, RESTful API Services. TC - 28 L (Base -16 Lakh, Stocks - 9 Lakh/Year, rest joining bonus) 2) JP Morgan Chase Quantitative R
- From Solution Engineer Mgr to SWE (which level?) I am thinking about switching from my current role (Solution Engineering Manager) to Software Engineer in a big tech. firm (Google, Microsoft or Amazon). I am pretty confident that if I prep well I can crack the interviews, but based on my background (see below) which level should I target ? By the
- Should i stay or change my job based on my TC Hello, I have 20 years of cyber security experience. I have a master computer science and have been in product management, marketing for most part of my life. Recently i moved back to Sales and have been killing it. I sucked as a developer although i got 4.0 GPA with scholarship in my MS i realize
- vote Stay or go? *Long post* Need advice. 31 y.o. In same company for 9+ years. Gradual promotions, but slow. A lot of people are senior at 9yoe. In other companies. Currently at L3 (started as button pusher, being paid 15 per hour, moved to project system deliveries(from ops perspective) after 1.5y. bump to level
- Mapping startup experience to FAANG levels I have 16 YOE, been through 2 FinTech startups, negotiated some equity, contributed a lot to scaling those companies and had 2 successful exits. At startup #1 I was the CTO and lead developer, hired and ran a team of 10, and dealt with quite a bit on the business side. At startup #2 I was an early
- Blind, help me get a job... okay this might be a little long winded but here we go... i’ve been on Blind for about a year now. i’ve had my fair share of fun/trolling people, as well as networking and asking questions to learn more and even interviews based off referals (thank god for the DM feature on here) i have 3 YoE + an
- Not sure about long term career prospects in SWE Looking for advice form senior engineers/ppl who have been in industry for long. Being a SWE in India is great. It’s probably the second best place to be in Software after US but I am confused and concerned about my long term career. I am no intentions of FIRE and would actually like to work till m
- In a delicate situation. Need help with referrals for PM roles Long post alert !! Not at Deloitte. Using a friend's work email since mine is blocked. Hi All, I am currently in the middle of a delicate situation and need help with referrals and maybe some advice. Currently based out of India and was working in a Non tech role at an IT services major (hint :
- Uber valued at $40bn At $45 Billion Price, SoftBank Talks Enflame Uber Tensions By Jessica E. Lessin, Serena Saitto and Amir Efrati Aug. 04, 2017 1:10 PM PDT Share Three weeks ago, Benchmark partners Matt Cohler and Peter Fenton flew into Sun Valley, Idaho for a private meeting with Masayoshi Son of SoftBank, according
- In a delicate situation. Need help with referrals and advice Long post alert !! Not at Deloitte. Using a friend's work email since mine is blocked. Hi All, I am currently in the middle of a delicate situation and need help with referrals and maybe some advice. Currently based out of India and was working in a Non tech role at an IT services major (hint :
- 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
- 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
- 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
