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- vote AMZN offer vs. MSFT offer comparison for 1.5 yoe (POLL) My friend got the offer. I ask him to avoid Amazon, and just go to Microsoft. Just want to get more data points. Offer details after negotiation: Amazon L4: base: 131k; signon: 40k/32k; stock: 100k (5/15/40/40). TC is 176k for 4 first years. Microsoft 60: base: 127k; signon: 25k/15k; stock: 130k (
- Burnout -- start my own thing? I've been at Amazon over 2 years. Recently decided to transfer teams. But I've realized I'm burnt out -- almost no desire to do any work. I start my new team soon, where I will be the only frontend focused engineer. I'm going to try and give it a trial run of a month -- if only to see if it helps a
- There are some advantage of being a contractor 1. Probably only need to have 1 hour of meeting per week (for FTE, I have had 5 to 15 hours per week) 2. No need to always think about going to the next level and follow those "level guidelines" but can just write good code 3. No need to go through the performance review, as sometimes the group's
- Should I quit Amazon now to prepare for interviews full time? I'll be at the 5 year mark in 6 weeks. SDE2, ~210 TC. First job out of college. For the past 9 months or so I've been extremely stressed from work. During this period I've taken on some leadership responsibilities in my team and I'm thankful for that opportunity and I've grown from it. But I've see
- Actuary to SWE Hey all, I'm a recent grad working as an actuarial analyst. I originally chose this profession due to decent pay/wlb and automatic salary floor (thanks to the torturous actuarial exams), but I want out. I feel like I'm a glorified data analyst/business analyst; I spend most of the time on excel an
- Cascadia Subduction Zone & HQ2 I was recently looking into buying a condo in downtown Seattle, when I started my research into possible risks. That's when I learned about the Cascadia Subduction Zone. There is a 33% chance that it will cause a 9.0+ earthquake sonetime within the next 45 years. Based on historical patterns, we a
- Advise on SWE career and life I would love to hear some advise for my career and situation based on my background. context: - graduated bsc cs from no name college - gpa 2.6 - yoe 19 months - full stack dev - mainly api backend, some devops, aws, etc. - tc 55k - net worth 38k (mint) - debt medical 10k, I was broke and no insura
- Quitting Without Offer, Please Advise! Hello, I’m planning to quit my job with no offer lined up. I’ll take 4 months off and in that time, learn the technologies that smaller companies are using, think about my next step and prep for interviews. 🤩 + I may spend time on personal projects and with family I don’t see too many downsides t
- link I've started my FIRE journey in India! (Part 3: Miscellaneous Odds and Ends Before Leaving US) Here are links to my other writings around our FIRE journey and returning back to India: Part 1 (Intro and Net Worth): https://www.teamblind.com/post/sqhzju14 Part 2 (Financials Before Leaving US): https://www.teamblind.com/post/ShzXbLBN Below is an account of all the miscellaneous stuff I had to a
- Advice on 2 offers I’m needing help with deciding between 2 offers that have basically the same base salary, level at some startups. Both seem to want to double the size of the engineering teams in the next year. Base salary: sub $150k each 1. Close to where I live and its a hybrid office (no mandate for office atten
- vote 3 companies, 3 offers, 3 different reasons to join I need help deciding which avenue to go down for my next career move. Starting salaries (before negotiations) are all the same around 160k. Holding off on company names for now to not risk exposure for the companies I'm in discussions with. I'm not in the Bay Area and these roles are non-engineering
- Choosing Between Summer Internships Hi guys, first post. I am a sophomore at Stanford studying computer science; I was originally planning on graduating early in 3 years instead of 4 (all these companies treated me as a junior) but now I am thinking of graduating with the rest of my class but with a BS and MS in CS. I am interested in
- vote Rent Vs Buy Hey folks, I am planning to make an offer for a condo in San Francisco. However, I am having some serious doubts if I am making the right decision. Therefore I thought I would bring it up to you guys and see your perspective too. We are a family of two, and my annual TC, as well as our household TC
- Uber/Lyft layoff sympathy I think people who drive for uber or lyft deserve more sympathy than corporate employees got layoff from U and L. Uber/Lyft drivers earn very little per hr on average thanks to Uber/lyft’s huge cut, sometimes more than 60% or even 70% from passenger fares (so that U/L can pay $500k per yr to their
- Seeking Referral for PM roles in Tech Space Hi Blind Community, Feels weird to ask this since referral is really meant to be getting talents you know or worked with instead of pulling random people into the org. However, I found really hard to get interviews since most of the tech space are really “referral oriented”. Or someone with an ext
- Early Stage Startup Comp My current company is an early stage privately funded startup based in NYC. I joined two years ago as an engineer with only 1 YOE but I was one of the first hires in the company and I was given a ton of responsibility. Now I own basically every aspect of the product and Im the only one in the compa
- California Short Term Disability Leave - 2nd Time? Hi all, I have a question regarding California Short Term Disability Leave. I happen to work at G, but I think my question applies to employees working for California companies. I went on a Short Term Disability leave for medical reasons late in 2020 and returned to work in the middle of 2021. The
- vote Amazon Offer: Should I take it? I have been having some discussions regarding the data engineer L5 position which has been offered to me by @amazon. I wanted to discuss if the offer looks considerable by reviewing all the aspects and not just the salary when compared to my current company @expedia YOE: 6 Position: Expedia: Data
- TESLA co-ordinated attack on Index-funds. Don't have the data to prove it but have enough red flags to show that the entire TESLA gang with financial institutions are after public money. Here are some of the points 1) Elon Musk considered (82$) ( before splitting 5 for 1 - 420$) as a fair price point to take Tesla private. Presently it v
- Comprehensive list of Twitter benefits -Free gourmet breakfast and lunch prepared in-house. I've eaten at almost all the tech companies in the Bay Area and Twitter's food is definitely one of the best. Only Dropbox and Linkedin are on the same level. But I think LinkedIn uses the same company so that's why. This is why I come into the of
- Buy vs rent maths : Did some analysis on buy vs rent for a 2M house. The goal is to put forward an alternative view where instead of buying we stick to renting and investing the money saved. The thought was to get a clear idea as to who is a winner atleast for Bay Area. Let's say I am looking to buy a 2M house with 20
- How to jump from Aerospace to Tech I’m currently a Mechanical Design Engineer, and my degree is a B.S. in Astronautical Engineering. YOE is less than a year, as I graduated in May 2021 and immediately started work the Monday after. My base is $80K which I feel is low for Los Angeles, TC is $86K with signing bonus, no stock options, b
- DoorDash is Overhyped Hello! I joined DD around 9 months ago and left last week. I experienced that the hype about “you will grow faster at DD”, “you will learn a lot as their tech stack is cool”, “their refresher is insane” etc. All this is bullshit based on my personal experience as described below: 1. TC: AFAIK Thei
- A roadmap for financial independence (FIRE - RE optional) I made this post a few days ago that had some 1100 comments and good conversation: https://us.teamblind.com/s/LeFeeVAy I’m writing this follow up post to help people realize that financial independence is possible with a tech salary even if you’re not making >300k as a household. Case study: Se
- GTFO? - only banking 260k in SEA ..... My wife and I are comfortable but by no means extravagant. We will be adding a new kid this year. Since we don’t live near family and neither of us are passionate about our work - we are wondering if this rat race is worth it, especially at the low numbers we pull. My brother’s family (1 kid
- got hit by major illness Hi everyone, I got my degree in CS, got a decent job in the Bay area. Worked here 7 years and got pretty good feedback from my employer. And in 2016 got hit by a major illness. I kept trying to manage my job and my health problem but it was becoming increasingly difficult. I would sleep in my car b
- Devastated, sadistic + crying & laughing simultaneously at the zero sum nature of life Have been on prescription medication for mental health issues for 2 months. Had been put on dev plan by manager who left company on my last day of dev. Manager told me at starting of Dev before leaving that there is no point putting any efforts in dev since I will be terminated later. Two days befo
- Anyone wants to take a permanent vacation from work life in USA? The current system is flawed. * 14-20 days in PTO * work throughout the year. * make money, and invest them in retirement accounts because …. You can retire with a LOT more money at age 65. LOL. * pay for medical insurance. * home ownership is a joke. * child care & education in the US is a joke.
- Mid 30's and no real investment So I keep thinking about this for a while now. I had savings but then I took the plunge about 6 years ago to move to the US and start my company here and what not. Unfortunately rates for contracts (IT) are not the best. $50/hr at most (C2C) even though I have 15 years experience - these rates are
- microsoft maternity benefits pdf? is there a comprehensive msft benefits document like a handbook or something that i can access publicly? full context- (long post sorry) i have an ms offer signed and accepted, visa transfer pending. however i just recently found out we’re pregnant and due early next year. i have communicated this