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- Ranking the SWE Technical Bars of Tech Companies I work in tech recruiting (full disclosure: recruited in the past for Google and Uber ATG) and was helping a new recruiter with getting calibrated on profiles. So, I figured I would make a list to share some top tech companies with her while she searched for top Software Engineers (SWEs). But once
- DM For Referrals (Senior Data Science, SWE Fullstack, BE, Data Engineer) at VC Firm Hi Blind Fam, I currently work for a Venture Capital firm that combines data driven processes and tech enablement to drive good investments. We're looking to hire extra: Senior DS, Senior/Staff SWE (BE or Fullstack) A little bit of context - VC is a heavily networked industry with high human touch
- evaluating my financial advisor's performance for 2017 (note: reposted this with accurate numbers previous post was only considering Realized Gains 🤦♂️) we have some money managed by Morgan Stanley financial advisers. i'm sanity checking the rate of return we saw over 2017, which to my understanding was a pretty good year for the overall market. i'm
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- vote Should I sell ISOs in private market? I worked at a start up (e-comm retail) for couple years (poured my blood and sweat) and left 3 months ago. During the few years time I saw the company grow by 5X valuation and they are planning on going IPO next year. The company historically has grown 10-20% on average except last year due to covi
- vote Should I leave my senior position to be a CPO at a 100 person company Title says it all - I’m currently in a senior position at a publisher (not BI), and an opportunity has come up to be CPO at a 100 person company. I’ve been at my current company less than 1 year, and am being recruited by the smaller company. Compensation should be fairly similar - currently at ~
- Pay off debt with interest A new grad in the US, who just graduated. So I just found out that I owe around 20k to my country (the government itself, not US). It’s a very long story, and unfortunately it happened. I honestly want to sue the government, but oh well, I’m not even in the country. I don’t have any debt other than
- link Bezos' lawsuit delays NASA's lunar plan, leaves US vulnerable to be superseded by China Bezos is truly evil. What a sore loser. For months, Mr. Bezos, a person who symbolizes the triumphs and failures of capitalism more than most, has attempted to sue his way into industry relevance. NASA denied his private space firm, Blue Origin, a contract in the spring to develop a moon lander for
- Public speaking at FAANG At Capital One, selling (public speaking, putting anything you do in the recognition slack channels, conferences, etc.) matters more than actual engineering by a large margin. There is a ton of vaporware and entire management chains are completely disconnected from the work their teams are doing if
- link offer evaluation obligatory yoe - 17 in java, includes 10 in android, 13 on dual-intent work-visa. obligatory tc - $90 per hour contractor. Edit - Clover verbal offer updates android contractor hourly rates aren't lucrative, particularly on work-visa, at $65, at most $75 an hour, for 1880 work-hours in a year ( un
- 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
- How to transition to prop trading from brokerage Hi there! Would love to get some advice from people who are in the prop / quant trading industry; specifically what skills I should work on in the next year and if I need a masters degree to break into the industry. Some background: I just received my bachelors degree in Finance and moved out to Ch
- DM For Referrals (Senior Data Science, SWE Fullstack, BE, Data Engineer) Hi Blind Fam, I currently work for a Venture Capital firm that combines data driven processes and tech enablement to drive good investments. We're looking to hire extra: Senior DS, Senior/Staff SWE (BE or Fullstack) A little bit of context - VC is a heavily networked industry with high human touch
- How does talent rating/calibration work at your company? Interested in learning how your company rates people and decides on raises. It's hard to find this info online. Here's how it happens at Capital One afaik (it's not very transparent, unfortunately, so this is just what I pieced together so far): - Managers and senior leaders set criteria for each
- 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
- Internship tips? Hi! I'm about to go into my junior year of college at any ivy league school, and have close to a 4.0 gpa. I've had two previous swe internships (neither company is particularly well known), as well as a couple of software engineering personal projects. I've got a good amount of experience in webd
- Beware of Wonsulting So - I've been trolling LinkedIn and Reddit and giving myself a reputation by harassing LinkedIn influencers who post garbage hiring advice that's designed to be emotionally manipulative while they shamelessly exploit the "job-search 2020" hashtags to try and increase their own audience. As someone
- Only 200k as new grad, depressed Tldr: depressed only got 200k when others have more, how to deal with that fact? ----- I accepted an offer in the bay for ~200k a few months ago as a new grad. At the time I was excited, my first real full time job and well over 6 figures! (Although I've checked blind for almost 3 years and seen be
- Enterprise Biotech —> Enterprise SaaS/Big Tech??? Been in Life Sciences selling to Big Biotech R&D and Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing (cell and gene therapy, advanced therapies, etc) for 5.5 years. My experience has always been capital technologies, big ticket items with reoccurring revenue (consumables, service, validation). Rn selling disruptiv
- DM for Referral for Senior SWE Fullstack, BE in VC Hi Blind Fam, I currently work for a Venture Capital firm that combines data driven processes and tech enablement to drive good investments. We're looking to hire extra: Senior DS, Senior/Staff SWE (BE or Fullstack) A little bit of context - VC is a heavily networked industry with high human touch
- 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
- 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 Dropout of College or pursue Startup? Senior in Highschool, 18. I am currently talking to various Venture Capitalist and investors, I have 1 investor already (angel investor). I am the post-MVP stage of product wise but its super unique and have almost 5 people working on the product itself contracted. We are rebuilding it from scrat
- 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
- vote When should I quit my job and start my own company? I lead a dev team of 8 and have 15 years of software development experience. I have an easy job, good pay, great benefits, and lots of growth potential. I’m on a fast track to being promoted and have opportunities that will look great on my resume. But I’m so burnt out. I haven’t enjoyed my job in
- link You Want To Talk Privilege? Ok, Let's Talk Privilege... The most divisive privilege going is Dollar Privilege. Dollar privilege is what enables nearly every single person in America to access a standard of living that for the majority is vastly beyond the means of their own productive or economic capability, and light years beyond what nearly half the w
- Hacking the Immigration System There's so many posts here arguing and complaining about the visa process and the immigration system in general. Most of us had the misfortune of being born in India and being subjected to long wait times. We need to take control of our lives and stop depending on the mercy of a senator or a visa
- 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
- Interview next week - European company, two years old small startup I got contacted firstly through a recruiter which works at another company, I liked him. So then I got another interview with the leaving Senior DevOps, which I will replace. All went fine. I asked about why was he leaving and told me that due to covid he had to come back home blah blah blah... But
- 4 YOE, 8 Offers (FANGM, HFT, Unicorns), 525k TC Giving back to the Blind community with offer data, how I prepped, and some general observations on the industry and what interviewing was like this time around. # Offers: ## Trading firms (Jane Street, HRT, Jump, Citadel) Firm 1: 525k Recurring + 175k Signing → 700k Y1 – Accepted Firms 2, 3: Reje
- 3 tips to creating your own luck There's blind luck (pure chance) and smart luck (which we can help create). That's according to Christian Busch, author of "The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck", who draws a distinction between the two. "[Luck] is a force that we can grasp, shape, and hone," Busch sa