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- With high TC comes high depression Wife and I both work at FAANG in the Bay Area. Ages 30/29, combined TC 850K+, net worth 1.5M. No debts (renting, student loans paid off), no kids, perfect health. Aware of how lucky we are to have this life. Just had another of those stressful days at work, where both end up fully exhausted. Then w
- Parenthood Help im 29, male, swe working in a srartup. I used to be in shape, energetic, able to exercise or go to gym almost every day, and able to think well and learn fast (relately smart but not genius). Things have changed since the baby was born two months ago. At first I can still handle all even though I c
- Should I leave my company a few months before my parental leave? Hey folks! I could use a bit of advice on my current situation. The CTO quit the company I’m working at. He made it clear he doesn’t believe in the company’s future. He was my manager and mentor for 3 years. I got a promotion (Dir. of Eng) and a raise as a result of him leaving, but I now report di
- Did some soul searching and introspection and I want to talk about this horrible team that I was part of. So at Bloomberg, there is no transparency into ratings. No levels or grades. If you have >3 years of experience you automatically become a senior software engineer. The only way you find out that you got the promotion is by getting an employment verification letter. This gives the TLs a lot of po
- JPMorganChase -- Employees!! https://www.businessinsider.com/jpmorgan-employees-vent-about-the-bank-return-office-tracking-effort-2022-5 Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, swaths of the white-collar workforce have experienced a transformation in when, where, and how they work. Powered by technology and the realiza
- link I am fully recovered (and now immune) to coronavirus/COVID-19. AMA I had my first symptoms mid-afternoon on 3/2 (Monday) - fatigue & a pretty bad headache. Chalked it up to work stress from my new project & didn’t think much of it. When i got a fever that night, i also didnt think much of it. When i woke the next day, i had no symptoms & thought i slept it off. Bu
- Tired of attacks on high-skilled immigrants I'm sick and tired of current US immigration climate. Recent Fox Business interview of the head of DHS and USCIS, in which he agrees with labelling all immigrants as cheap labor, is just appalling. I agree, abuse by some players is present, it is bad and must stop. However, there are thousands of r
- Apple SEG vs. Amazon Lab126 HW offer This is my first posting. May everyone who are seeking new jobs get to the end of the tunnel with a smile:) HW validation/system design role in current company, EEMS + 4.5YOE. Now I got two offers, Apple SEG Analog IP validation team vs. Amazon Lab126 device validation team. The offers they threw a
- How to get to partner level at Microsoft (L68) or other executive jobs How to get to partner level at Microsoft (L68) or other executive jobs There is a very valuable post on blind about an interview process for engineering leaders from last year: https://www.teamblind.com/post/Interview-Cycle-Facebook-M1-Google-L7-Microsoft-L68-and-Local-Public-Company-dRQmWtbh This
- Microstrategy CEO email: "come to work, you probably wont die" from a friend who works there copied me the email he got from his CEO. TL;DR: You should be working in the office because#coronavirus you probably won't die. Only old people will die from it, and even if old people die from it that's better than dying from old age. A company that makes software to
- vote Should You Buy a House in Seattle? This morning I crunched some numbers and I thought I'd share them with the Blind community. Basically to give you some statistics on why it seems to be a good time to buy, despite the fact that a lot of people out there are predicting a crash in #realestate prices. First off, one of my fundamental
- link Post FIRE Life: Notes to self for a meaningful life in 2022 Almost a month late in posting this New Year Resolution, but better late than never. TC: 0 (Financially Independent / Retired Early) My FIRE post: https://www.teamblind.com/post/sqhzju14 Context: I've begun trying out early retirement and have been on a break for nearly an year now. Although I've
- 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
- What to do? Start Up is not a start up and the Corp side extending its arm to it. I'm working for a company that produces and sells different types of professional and home appliances. Roughly 1.5 years ago the company decided to create a Digital Hub in a different city from the Headquarters. The story behind this goes as: To focus and grow the digital channels and because this k
- Help defeat S386 After seeing so many posts drumming up support for S386, packed with misleading statements and demanding "fairness", here is a post to seek support to permanently kill this selfish, repugnant bill. S386 removes the 7% per-country cap for Green Card (GC) approvals. This is being pushed by a well-fun
- I just can't keep going to work every day When I joined FAANG five years ago and started living in the Western world, it felt all dreams came true. I felt valued. I felt like I finally can become a worthy human being. For the first time in my life I was excited about building my own future. Then the shit happened (the details at the end of
- vote 2020 - what a powerful year!! Has it been the same for you? 2020 has to be an exponentially booming year for me. While the economy is so down, People sick of virus, Some even dying. India facing a stand off against china. Us thinking of cutting of immigrant visas.... For me personally it was a boon. I graduated from a master's degree from a university I onc
- Amazon Prime Air Drones Safety Amazon's autonomous delivery drones have crashed at least eight times in the past 13 months, a review of federal crash reports and internal documents shows. At least one of these crashes, when a drone that was being tested dropped from 160 feet, resulted in an acres-wide brush fire last June, Insid
- FB Post re: Uber worth reading I saw this on my Facebook feed, written by Diego Berdakin who I don't know at all, but we have mutual connections. Definitely worth a read as he has innumerable valid points. ----- Watching all of Silicon Valley turn its attention to bashing the team at Uber has been quite a sight to behold. At the
- 10-12 years of software engineering. Looking for next challenge TLDR: losing excitement for typical swe work. Interested and currently developing skill sets for high level, business work. How to structure the next decade of my career. I’ve summed up my skills and any other roles I could think of. Need suggestions on where to go next, should I study, switch caree
- For those who have nowhere to turn Over the past few weeks, I've been doing a lot of thinking about COVID-19 and the implications it will have on our local communities, out country, and our world. While not to insire fear and panic, I believe this seemingly simple health event has the potential to be the start of something far more -
- [India] L63 IC to FAANGMULA Manager: Need guidance Hello, I am currently MS L63 engineer(IC) joined around one and half years back. I have 15 years of exp. I can stay in Ms in current org or move to a different one. Or I can take this new EM opportunity. I have few points. You will see I am comparing my work-life before Ms, in MS and in new org....
- How I survived an Amazon PIP... Twice! Reading a lot of posts about PIP worries or what to do when put on a PIP so I thought I'd share my story, maybe some will find it helpful as I actually passed the PIP. TLDR: 1. Don't trust your manager, they don't have your best interest at heart, even if they say they do. 2.Get everything in writ
- Amazon all hands : Pip, Fear & greed All the information is based on my personal experience and interaction with the colleagues over the years. Reader discretion is advised. Post is not to hurt anyone’s sentiment. Writing just pure facts about Amazon. Saga of pip, fear & greed. Amazon culture - is it bad? Yes for some and not bad f
- Amazon says secret perf management is fake news 🤣🤣🤣 https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-grocery-vp-calls-reports-about-performance-reviews-fake-news-2021-9 (paywall) In a leaked recording, Amazon's grocery VP tells employees that recent media coverage of the company's performance-review system is 'fake news' Eugene Kim Amazon's grocery empl
- Career change to SWE and life advice, a post in rhythmic form I'm staring deep down the barrel of 34 letting age creep with anxiety from dying poor I've worked analyst jobs for over 6 years with a 2 year stint as a ‘software engineer’ Low COL with a 160 TC living relatively well but not what I want to be I got pushed into management and the business side but
- link HBR: Diverse teams less comfortable, so perform better https://hbr.org/2016/09/diverse-teams-feel-less-comfortable-and-thats-why-they-perform-better It's obvious for people who've worked in diverse teams before, but some folks still think "diversity of ideas matters more." --- In numerous studies, diversity — both inherent (e.g., race, gender) and ac
- A Solution to the “Interview Problem” Premise: Solving leetcode questions under the gaze of an interviewer tells very little about the interviewee or the interviewer. I’m not against leetcode-type questions, but rather the fact that the interviewing party has such asymmetric power during the problem solving. I have no doubt most interv
- Microsoft Promote IQ - Engineering Org Culture Insider Info I've seen several postings asking about the culture in the Engineering organization at Microsoft Promote IQ. I am a member of the organization and can provide prospective employees some inside information. The engineers in the organization are very good and on the whole are good collaborators and v
- The PM interview: How I got offers from Paypal, TripAdvisor, Udemy, Microsoft and Google This post is a continuation of - https://www.teamblind.com/post/PM-Interview-Prep-Plan-How-I-got-PM-offers-from-Google-Expedia-Microsoft-and-Facebook-pj56HMHQ This post is not mine but I include it here for reference. The above post breaks the tasks up and gives you a plan of how this big mountain