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- Referrals Needed (University candidate) Hi Blinders, I'm new to the whole job hunt and just been stumped out with rejections. Looking for referrals to FAANGMULA+ for tech internship roles, SWE, SDE, DS and PM technical roles. Trying to kickstart my career before I finish up my MSc Advanced Computer Science. Currently living in Belize but
- Low workload I recently joined Capital one as Senior SWE and initially I was really excited about it. However it turned out to be a nightmare, the workload is extremey low. The first month I was sitting around for 8h a day doing some online courses. then finally the project started, we are 5 developers for a pro
- Capitalism to feudalism? May be feudalism is not the right word, but the issue I'm concerned about is this new trend of founders keeping total control of their companies with very little, if any, say for investors. I generally disliked the trend of so called "activist" investors (more like vulture capitalists), who would ra
- Citadel is pumping up GME stock Step 0: Citadel pays Robinhood for order flow. Citadel gets to see RH's orders a few milliseconds before they're filled. Citadel may choose to front-run some of those trades. Step 1: RH's customers and WallStreetBets start manipulating $GME. This is happening in the open. Officially, they're manip
- Internship Referrals Needed :) Hi Blinders, I'm new to the whole job hunt and just been stumped out with rejections. Looking for referrals to FAANGMULA+ for tech internship roles, SWE, SDE, DS and PM technical roles. Trying to kickstart my career before I finish up my MSc Advanced Computer Science. Currently living in Belize but
- I want to be my own boss. I want to be a CEO Any tips? I’m sick and tired of having managers who are clueless. Not only in terms of technicality of my day to day work, but just in life/philosophically. It’s fucking awful to witness every day... I want to be my own boss, but I don’t want to be a contractor or freelance.. I want to own and run
- link Software as a Service Market Size, Share, Analysis Report [2021-2028] In 2028, the SaaS (Software as a Service) Market is Projected to grow approximately USD 716.52 billion. SaaS applications are run in the cloud and usually accessible through desktops and mobile applications, as well as through a web interface. In its report titled “Software as a Service (SaaS) Marke
- Is more TC/RSUs really worth it? Are big tech employers reasonable anymore? Like some folks, I get jealous seeing the massive TCs thrown around here. I compare myself and it makes my $150k TC seem like a joke at times when I know I should feel proud of what I earn. I get absolutely no equity—just cash and bonus. I’m also lazy as hell. In the good way, where I’m so good at
- vote Am I Stagnating? 35 YO TC < 130K DC Area 3rd Tier Company Hello Blind, I've been reading blind posts for a while now. It's shown me what's possible in Tech and I find it amusing at times as well. Thank you. I'm in sort of a cross roads of my career and wanted get some feedback from fellow Blind members. Some background about me. - 10+ years of industry
- Positive employers and tech teams to join? I’ve got 8-9 YOE mostly in frontend / full stack, always worked for startups, never biased for TC, always biased for learning and executing high and fast, been intimidatingly good/intelligent, but now I’m reaching a point where I just want it all with more salary. (TC now is 195 + 2% equity/4 yrs be
- 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
- Stock Options: How much time a company takes to go public? im emphasizing on some bitter news that people ignore just by taking few lucky companies as a reference. my point is: more than 95% starup companies cant make it to IPO stage. The remaining 5% companies are disruptive technology companies which receives a great applaud from the tech communities. Ven
- link Thank you Blind! Increased TC by 2.5x Huge thank you to the Blind community. There's so much useful information here that I'm not sure I could've done it on my own. Hope you find this helpful! Background TC (before) 200k TC (after) 525k 11 YOE (4 years IC, 7 years manager) - mostly in consulting and large financial services companies
- Career Guidance- TC Vs Effort Hi Blind Community! I need some career advice. I'm a little lost on direction. Worried about TC vs Effort. I'm someone with a Masters in Industrial Engineering. With about 2.5 full-time YOE in F&B Manufacturing. Right after my Masters I started off with a no name company. Worked there, impressed fo
- Career advice/resume review. Referrals appreciated! what it do blind, I’ve stumbled into an IT career by not applying to any internships during school.😔 The green-eyed monster has taken over watching my roommates and colleagues preach about their remote life compared to my 100% onsite. I know my tenure/experience is lacking but I did manage to ac
- EB1, RSU, Mortgage vs Joining a startup early that you believe in. I started my employment 2 years ago, after finishing my phd. My rsus will finish vesting in the next 2yr. And Amz also applied for an EB1 for me. I was TT last year (at least that's what the mgr said, and I expect to be rated well this year as well). I have other factors that make me want stability
- Thoughts on leaving investing for tech I work a pretty rough job as a mid-level (VP/principal) in private capital investing for an institutional fund. Money is solid, but I’m at the point where I’m starting to value work life balance a lot more. I like the nature of the work and it does bring me fulfillment, but the lack of having any f
- link FB isn't working for me anymore I've been at FB for around 8y, 20+yoe, TC 400 < x < 500, varies a lot based on bonuses and such. Core skills are SRE. My current situation isn't really working. - I want to move to be closer to family (NYC area), but FB remote work policy says my work is 15% less valuable if I do it my vid
- vote Leaving investing for tech product/strategy Tried this post on the finance topics last week, but might be more fitting here under tech. I work a pretty rough job as a mid-level (VP/principal) in private capital investing for an institutional fund. Money is solid, but I’m at the point where I’m starting to value work life balance a lot more.
- vote SDE - Facebook E5 vs Square L6 Yo! Long post, so apologies for that. tl;dr: Expecting offers to be very similar in comp so focus is on wanting to maximize learning and IC track growth (not management). WLB would be great to have so I can focus on family and other revenue streams, but not a necessity for now. Where should I go an
- Existential crisis: how to grow your career while avoiding the rat race and keeping balance? For context, I was making pretty good money at Capital One when bad depression and harassment from my manager led to absenteeism that got me canned. I didn't pursue claims; I just took the severance and left. The culture was sycophantic, and I was glad to be rid of all the politics and "radical cand
- How to angle your career trajectory in the automation revolution? TLDR: How to angle yourself admist the automation revolution to achieve ungodly levels of TC. I'm a junior in university. As I search for next year opportunities I often wonder how much I can actually capitalize on such opportunities, and to what extent depending on what roles I can position myself
- vote PM - Product - which offer to take Hi All, I have three offers and don’t know which one to pick. The first is a Blockchain startup within a larger public company. They are offering 160k base, 10k in equity, 10k signing and 100% 401k matching up to 6%. They also said that they can match any offer and this offer is negotiable (they s
- Made $$$ investing/trading bitcoin. Quit my job? Hi all, I've been invested in Bitcoin since 2015 when I was a student at university. Currently working in Infosec at a Big 4 consulting company in Europe. Gross salary is approximately €46,000. Through investing and trading cryptocurrency derivatives (background in Econ + Finance) I've amassed aro
- How to buy the dip at an even bigger discount 📉💹 Want to buy the dip but worried if it dips even more? Use this cash secured puts strategy to buy your favorite stocks or ETFs at a discount. Let’s say you want to buy NVDA at $260, instead of buying the stock, you can sell a $260 strike Put (at the money) with 1 month expiry for $1650. You get $1
- link Career Advice Hi all, I am seeking for Career Advice please. YOE: 9 TC: USD110k. Sorry for the long read Link to detailed Work Experience and TC details - https://ibb.co/vc1P02z Component 1. Finance background: education + internships in Investment Banking (M&A) and Private Equity. Component 2. Joined Rocket
- Interviewing with Apple SPG and TekSystems I was looking for work last year and had a pretty weird experience with one particular place. Just like the lady in don’t look up, I’ve been haunted by this - why, how… I’d like to share this story and get some opinions. I’ve been working with three.js for almost ten years now, and have been contri
- vote Any need to work if making > $1M in investments? Should I retire if I'm making ~ $1.2M (> $700K after tax) yearly, in investments (stocks & real estate)? Reason I want to work: I don't get bored, and can have a safe option, if things turn nasty. TC: $180K 🥜 YoE: 4 Location: Austin, TX Update: it's not just 2021. Have been making $500K - $70
- I will not give up - PM Search I quit my job 2 months ago and have been job searching since. I got an offer and then the job got canceled, which blows, but I'm still alive and will keep on goinnnn. Have interviewed at some of the FAANGs and a bunch of other companies (capital one was probably the most annoying of all) and so fa
- Try to start project at Big N, V.S. waiting for a startup to emerge V.S. founding startup myself Each passing day, as I become a better engineer I am increasingly starting to have my own opinions about how things should be and what things need to exist in this world (for tools, APIs, products, directions etc related to my domain of expertise). At this point, an employer could literally hire me