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- UK -> US VISA & role change? I was researching UK->US transfers while in FAANG and it seems like they sponsor L6+ positions and/or SDE roles (so not Data Engineering/Science etc unless you have PHD) and/or people with 10+ years experience. I have a BSc and 5 years experience but need to leave my FAANG soon (I am L5) and tra
- vote Perception of GitHub only containing contributions to video game related repo I know you don't strictly need a GitHub/public profile of code contributions - hell, I hardly have anything to show for myself. Still, I'm getting to the point where I feel like it'd be beneficial for networking purposes or for showing to recruiters/hiring managers or even just to have a link to it
- Can someone with perspective evaluate my situation? Join startup 8 months ago, cant find anything on glassdoor or valuation stats, but start at 80k + benefits remote After 6 months performance review, receive 20k shares equity and cut in finders fee Startup is 7 years old Originally had in house tech but moved to designer consulting firm (high reputa
- From Consulting to Industry Hi! I have worked in Energy Consulting for 5 years now and I am a Senior Consultant. My focus is in Renewable Energy Strategy (particularly solar), and now that there are signs of recovery in the market, this seems to be the best moment to do the jump and switch to industry. I love my team and my m
- How to find who’s a Hiring Manager? Hey Blind fam, CS undergrad from a tier 1 college, currently working as a Product Mgr at EY. Leetcoding hard and aiming to switch to SWE within next couple months. I’d really appreciate advice on how best to find and connect directly with Hiring Managers. For a couple of reasons which I’m happy to
- Confused with my career direction, need help Current situation I am currently working as a devops engineer with no day to day coding involved mostly trouble shooting from past 2 years. Not very much interested to code too but can code if the time comes. Trying to get out my current job because of not much learning + such at a very bad payscal
- In a delicate situation. Need help with referrals and advice Long post alert !! Not at Deloitte. Using a friend's work email since mine is blocked. Hi All, I am currently in the middle of a delicate situation and need help with referrals and maybe some advice. Currently based out of India and was working in a Non tech role at an IT services major (hint :
- Nightmare onboarding or normal experience? I started working for Capgemini and the onboarding process has been really strange and almost unplanned despite everything they tell us. The first weeks were learning soft skills for consulting and then split our group of 50+ into different languages and specialties for training. Training lasted lik
- Under constant family pressure I am involved in a good job. I will consider myself fairly successful if not the best. After all success means different to different people. But even in conventional sense of money, education, profile, i consider myself in successful bucket. However, despite me doing well. I am under constant pres
- Asking to be considered for a down leveled role. How would this look? I'm a recent grad (EE + business minor, 3.5 GPA) with 16 months of tech work experience as a co-op student. (8 in software project management between 2 companies, 4 in business analysis for a tech startup, and 4 managing the implementation of a manufacturing hardware/software system for a F50). Also
- Google L4 vs Twitter SWE-2 offer Google L4 - GCP - TC $258k (158+322/4+20) Twitter SWE2 - Ads - TC $268k (170+290/4+25) Which offer should I opt for? Twitter has told me it's their final offer and they won't budge even with a competing offer. Google is yet to come back with new numbers but hopefully, they would match or even excee
- Am I not 'networking correctly'? So I've been trying pretty hard to leverage 'networking' to increase my chances of getting interviewed (at Microsoft specifically). On top of applying for roles that i qualify for, I've also been looking up people on LinkedIn, including employees similar to roles I want, hiring managers and their o
- Getting job in area of interest vs getting higher paying job relatively quickly. I am interested in data related roles where I can use statistics, sql, python and other BI tools. My current job focuses on reporting. I use sql and Power BI but that is pretty much it. I also have to work on random things like powershell and sharepoint. I have a masters degree in industrial engin
- Should I get referral again in Spotify given this mail? Context: I applied for a DS role via referral in Spotify. This is the feedback after all the rounds. Question: If I apply without a referral, would the system identify my profile or classify it into a typical blind application? """ Hi, Apologies for the delay in coming back to you. We've been co
- Quitting without a job lined up (amid recession) How much of a risk and career handicap would this be with one year savings? Tl;dr overworked, underpaid, inexperienced lead wanting to take a self-funded sabbatical to get better at life, but recession happened. Any suggestions and insights? ---- I have some interesting projects I'm assigned to i
- HW to SW transition I recently joined hardware DV team at Apple(3 yoe). I got master’s degree in computer engineering. I like my work but I am more inclined towards money than work profile as long as the my work involves intellectual thinking. I saw a lot of posts with high TC(mostly software) and now I am contemplatin
- How I bombed my Amazon L6 SDM interview Just more of an FYI, Looking back it was stupid from me not to look up the team organization 1st Phone interview with HR > went well no problem 2nd Phone Interview with Recruiting Manager > Went well, good feedback I could tell he liked me. Basic management question, basic design question a
- Career Path To FIRE Advice Needed I’ve got about ~100k GBP total in savings/investments (ignoring my pension) and am 30yo. 6 yoe and finished my Masters now. After my Perf review in Feb, I plan to gear down, as I don’t plan to stay in my current team much longer. I am nowhere near FIRE and am fed up of earning peanuts while I work
- CS undergrad looking for advice(internships) A Computer Engineering junior here, I didn't find any relevant sub reddits like r/cscareerquestions or r/csmajors which is specifically targeted for Indians and I'm new to Blind. I have been looking for software development internships for the summer of 2021 for a while now. I have applied to over
- New Grad: Data Engineering to Machine Learning I am a new grad and recently got a Data Engineer offer. The offer, location, and company are good, so I accepted it. I am transitioning from non-tech to tech with a background in Math but no industry programming experience apart from a 6-month long internship I did during my masters. During my mas
- Fremont long-term wildfire risk Hi, We have been looking for a SFH in the South Bay (with decent schools) for a few months now and feel like we need to expand our search to Fremont to get what we want for our budget. The major things blocking us from considering Fremont were commute and wildfire risk. Now, Warm Springs and Weibe
- EM in FAANGM Please help me by providing constructive tips and inputs on how to enter FAANGM as EM (goal). Profile: Late 30s. 16 yrs exp in Tech services/consulting. 8+ yrs management role and 3 yrs before that as tech lead having managerial tasks. Currently performing program management / leadership role. Defi
- Looking for a cofounder Project in the Computer Vision / Robotics space. I want to connect specially with people who could do Sales&Marketing, as well as other engineers. Location: Bay Area. What I bring: * Engineer with >5 yoe, working in competitive Silicon Valley Computer Vision / Robotics projects. * Kickstarted pr
- Why I am deleting Facebook Censorship. Facebook’s original vision was to enable sharing of ideas across a whole new way to communicate socially. But over the last decade, through corruption of upper leadership (allowing the personal political views of its executives to infect its platform), Facebook is now an unethical Publi
- link SFDC PM Director Offer – Review + guidance Current TC Principal: ~ $280K w/ 15+ years exp. Recruiter came back to move ahead with Director PM (the position was for both Director Or Senior Director) verbal #offer with below input: 1. Base Range: 247 – 275K (this is what they mentioned they can play with) 2. Yearly Bonus: 20% 3. Stock: they w
- Can someone who can relate to this and tell me how to live life without anger and frustration? Single. Female 29. I live alone in a small 350 sq ft studio apartment. I always have frustration, extreme anger and not happy with anyone and anything because I am tired of struggling too much to get even basic things. About me - I am not smart but very hardworking. I usually get things only when I
- Skilled Data Scientist looking for Remote contract role Hi friends. I am looking for some help in landing a contract role in Data Science/Data Analysis/Machine Learning. Any help would be appreciated. I have found that most companies are hiring for full-time roles but I am looking for a contract role where I can contribute/add value pretty quickly. Why
- Trying to break into PM from IT consulting. So, I have been working in Technology consulting for close to 14 years and am trying to move to PM. I have been optimizing my LinkedIn profile and just started applying to jobs when I received a call from a Facebook recruiter for a Product Growth role. Tbh I am totally unprepared fo this right now t
- Apple ICT3-4 - realism So, I joined as an ICT3. When I was hired, a colleague was hired as an ICT4, despite us not having too much of a difference in profiles. Said colleague argues they had some work exp prior to school, but OK sure. My team for the lack of a better word is a mess. My colleague joined a couple of months
- Q about health care debate, employers, & comp Within our HR portal/employee profile, my employer used to show a pie chart for total compensation... x amount for salary, x amount for bonus, x amount for 401k matching, x amount for healthcare. This went away a few years ago. However, fact remains that most major companies are shelling out big mon