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- should i leave or stay? im in nyc and received a verbal offer last friday from another startup. should i leaves our stay for several months while covid / things settle? current employer’s culture is way too toxic with shady executive teams, lack of accountability across leaders, and no recognition of good work. they just
- Career advice? I’m 28 years old graduated from a prestigious university and have 5 years experience in supply chain management. I work for a business that went through chapter 11 and emerged by changing its business from a sole entity into several specialized subsidiaries. I was the first supply chain, contracts a
- Changes at Chewy Chewy has hit a few bumps along the way. The acquisition + switching CEO is never an easy transition for any company. Naturally ideas will clash. If you work for Chewy understand that you may not receive much structure. Its a company thats evolving from scrappy methods from inexperienced folks. Thi
- vote Please help to choose an offer: Twitter-Uber-Confluent-[maybe Square] So, I had an interview bootcamp :) and got 7 offers. The choice is boilled down to those 4 companies in Subject. Twitter. Staff Engineer. No comp yet, recruiter told might go to the high band since I have strong competing offers. Told the highest is about 525 total. Vesting: 6-month cliff, then eve
- Parking at SF airbnb How worried should I be? I'm in SF for an internship (today is day 2). I booked an Airbnb for 3 months. Turns out the owners have bought a house into 6 "studios" so apparently I'm sharing this place with a whole bunch of people. The driveway fits two cars and theres a TON of competition for those s
- vote Cold feet in bay area housing market Hello friends, I am having cold feet committing a house in this crazy bay area market. How do people take such a big risk, please help me understand. We are priced out of our budget of 2.7M from most of the good areas near central location with good school district. We currently own a beautiful ho
- Hardware engineering outlook in Canada Every time I return home to Canada for the holidays I find myself spending a few hours looking at job postings (indeed,LinkedIn, etc) at my parents’ request. The results are always abysmal (<100k CAD salary, boring company mission, bad location, poor opportunities for growth). For those of you w
- Looking for a CTO talent to join an exciting media tech startup Our mission is to create the most personalized and authentic content for home lifestyle brands. We are currently a team of two who are looking for a potential software engineer/full stack developer who can turn into a technical co-founder and has related industry experience, particularly social medi
- Estate Planning/Will Just a reminder to get estate planning and Will done. I was alarmed to realise that most of my friends had not bothered to do it with the thought that it is too early to think about those things. But little did they realize that it could hit them and their families in no time. If you are enlisted wi
- Anyone in Bay Area part of a thriving Agile program in their org? I just relocated here from the PacNW last week w/ SO that took a good new job. I work in the Agile area & there are many opportunities here in SFO...I’ve talked with some recruiters but you can only read so much from a job description. I could use your insider’s perspective. It’s important to me fi
- Indeed Hiring - Director, Software Engineering - Seattle Vision: Indeed is building innovative technologies across the many stages and segments within the HR tech landscape (i.e. - source/screen to background check/on-boarding to workforce management technology). We have roughly 20+ B2B/B2C products that need unifying for all our customers - right now the
- link Chipper Cash is hiring! We are growing fast here at Chipper Cash, and looking for exceptional teammates that can help us in our mission to provide financial services to the next billion folks in Africa. We're backed by some of the best VCs (recently raised a Series A) and have a talented team that's already scaled the pro
- Offer eval for new grad product designer in NYC? Hey Blind, a new grad designer based in nyc here. So I got a full time offer from a Series B startup based in NYC. I also got an offer from a big tech in the Bay Area. I’m trying to comparing the offers but I’m not really familiar with how compensations work at startups. Could someone help me get an
- Facebook vs Microsoft vs Twitter Junior college student here. Deciding between the above for a summer internship. Super grateful to be in this position. I'm at a loss for where to go though. I interned at Twitter this past summer and liked my team and their work. I was assigned to the Microsoft Cloud & AI org, but team matching for
- Move to management at new company? I’ve enjoyed a several years with current company because of the mission and excellent work/life balance, but its very “flat”. Annual raises in low single digits, no real bonuses, and only 3 “tiers” to job title, so no real promotions to speak of. I’ve wanted to move to management for a few years,
- Switching companies to startup while PERM is pending I am currently in H1B visa and company filed PERM 3 months ago. I am very interested in joining an early stage startup as one of their early engineers, I would be getting founder stock and the company has a 3 year runaway and very ambitious mission with very promising prototype. Founder is also will
- Career Change Advice I've had a successful 20-year career as a Paramedic, currently flying medevac missions in rural Alaska. I also recognize that, as I get close to 40, that I can't physically do this job forever, and need to start making plans for the future. My BS is in interdisciplinary science, but I do have a bit
- Square temp role need advice Today I was offered a temp non tech role at Square for about 4 months. I need some advice on whether or not I should take it or to continue to interview for permanent positions. It seems like it has a great company culture with a tangible mission but I’m worried about missing out on a great full tim
- vote Startup Offer Eval I have an offer from an early stage (pre-Series-a) startup. There is no code, no product, no customers. However, there is enough VC funding to sustain it for 2 years, the leadership is top notch and has a lot of experience in the field & in launching companies, and the core engineering team, some of
- Internship advice: Amazon return offer or Nuro? Hello everyone, I was hoping to get some perspective on two offers that I'm evaluating right now for summer 2021. I interned at Amazon this past summer, and got a return offer for next summer. I also received an offer from Nuro for summer 2021. I essentially view it like this: Nuro has a really str
- vote Compensation vs Team Fit Hey Blind, I find myself in an interesting position. I'm not growing in my current role and didn't see any teams with open headcount I was interested in. So I started interviewing. A few weeks ago, a team I've long been interested in got headcount so I reached out and its a fit. This team checks
- Negotiating an offer from a Series C startup Hi folks of Blind, I recently received an offer from a recent Series C startup ($2B) and I'm looking to either negotiate up or leverage it with my current employer. This would be my second role, as I've been at my current employer since the beginning (3.5 YOE). Offer: Software Engineer II 140K base
- Working at LinkedIn as a new Parent I've recently become a parent and while I've been mostly happy with my work, benefits and perks it seems there is very little understanding of balancing new responsibilities at home with those in the workplace. On numerous occasions I mentioned the difficulties I was going through and asked for flex
- Partnered with a Startup - in search for multiple roles Hey everyone - I am working with a fintech startup who is looking for people for the following (100% remote) roles: Base Salary(BS) Product Manager/SPM - $150-225 BS Head of Capital Markets (DCM focus) $175+ BS Head of Compliance (x2) - $150-175 BS Chief Compliance Officer - open to salary Head of
- vote NASA R&D Robotics vs Tech Firm Manufacturing Automation I work in Robotics today (29yo - TC $122k - 6YOE) like my job a ton. But it's time to shake things up. I have 2 offers and am moving forward with one. Either NASA R&D Robotics to build working prototypes of robots designed for future missions ($144k TC). Other job is for a Tech Firm with a cool robo
- Looking for CTO talent for an excitng startup opportunity Our mission is to create the most personalized and authentic content for home lifestyle brands. We are currently a team of two who are looking for a potential software engineer/full stack developer who can turn into a technical co-founder and has related industry experience, particularly social medi
- Is it harder to become a big-tech product manager in Canada? I'm a PM closing in on 4 YoE here in Toronto. I've got nothing against my current role as comp is decent given the marketvalues around here, and company mission is pretty good too. But, given the rising prices of everything lately, it only makes more sense to try for Big-tech/Fang/etc. I'm finding
- Return to Office I know I am seeing a lot of back-and-forth on this topic, but I really need to push back and raise some red flags here. Having an on-site office presence foundational to our ability to drive efficiencies in a corporate landscape. It's in our DNA. Sure, there is no one size fits all or silver bullet.
- 2nd Attempt FB PM Interview Guidance I interviewed with FB last summer and made it through the process but didn't make it through the hiring committee. They recently reached back out and want me to interview again I've spent my entire career as a PM, really loved the FB interview process and was excited about the prospect of working
- vote Google vs Unicorn I'm an SWE with almost 3 YOE hoping to go down the people manager track. I'm having trouble deciding between L4 Google and a fully remote position at a unicorn. Google: L4 working on a team/project I'm very excited about, led by a brilliant long time googler. The team is growing and seems to move q