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- 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
- New grad : Need advice for good System Design + Engineering Skills *Originally asked on LC Discuss, but haven't received a single response* A new-grad working as SDE-1 at Amazon, India for past few months. I have good WLB (30 hrs. to 45 hrs. tops), team also does good work and I regularly get exposure to engineering advice from SDE-2s and SDE-3s in my team. Also,
- Amazon L6 SDE Interview Experience Hi, I wanted to share my L6 SDE interview experience as I couldn't find any before attending mine. (mostly non-SDE experiences here) I had a total of 5 interviews over 2 days (virtual onsite) and before that 2 phone interviews. Phone Interviews ============= 2 phone interviews were mostly behavio
- Google Product Area Match Questions I've passed my Google interviews and I've been discussing next steps, i.e. product area placement, with my recruiter. In my last meeting with them, however, I was given questions about location preferences and what technologies/languages I'd be comfortable working in. This caught me off guard, since
- vote Google L4 On-site Postmortem 1. Behavioral: Talked about my background and experience. Gave two great examples of projects that I’ve led that led to a positive impact for the business. Went into the details of a data migration that I worked on for one of them. Conversation was always going. Felt pretty good. I’m assuming “Hire”
- vote L3 Google Onsite Chances Just finished my L3 onsite at Google for a New Grad position. I've heard it could take over a month to hear back so wanted to see what Blind thinks about how I did. Round 1: Behavioral round. I felt it went well! No awkward moments and I had solid examples for all their questions. Probably Hire. Ro
- 3-4 YOE applicant for Google APMM Program Possible? Interested in applying, but looks like most post-grads who join have about 2 YOE. I have 3 YOE in Digital Marketing (all in Paid Social) on the agency side, plenty of project management experience as well as some freelance social/brand consulting experience from my side hustle b/c I find it interes
- How can I get an offer from Indeed Hi, I have a few questions. My goal is to get an offer from Indeed at their Austin office. I am going to begin LC soon. My interview process was rushed near the end of college so I didn't get to grind LC as hard as I would have wanted to. Unfortunately, LC premium doesn't have Indeed specific ques
- vote Keep WLB or chase TC Unity TC is pretty unspectacular compared to the rest of the field. Based on what I read on blind, it's fairly low. I did make 500k on the IPO, all options vested and exercised. I have been fighting for a IC7 position (staff engineer) for 2 years but due to constantly shifting goal posts on require
- Water leak before closing Right about a week before the closing date there was a water leak into the property. Builder said he fixed the issue by engaging water extraction specialists. And just gave me 2 days to perform inspections and was rushing me too much on the closing. Based on the advice from other home owners I sc
- vote Losing passion for technologies I turned down higher paying opportunities and joined amazon because I as an outsider really admired their backend/cloud technologies. I thought it's comparable to google and better than facebook and others. Now I've lost my passion and even basic respect for this shithole due to the reasons below.
- Rant post: Direct report with bad attitude and sub-par skills Just a rant post. Already made the decision to fire this employee based on my conversation with HR. I hired someone earlier this year based on a very good interview performance but a few months in, I’m seeing a lot of issues with him. His technical skills are far below the expectations, and most i
- Help with job search, multiple offers 🙏 Hey all 👋 This particular job search feels critical for my career and family goals. I don't have all the data in hand yet, and I can update this post as I learn more. CONTEXT Work history: have worked only in non-profits and mission-driven organizations so far. I'm new to considering equity as pa
- Google Product Area Match questions I've passed my Google interviews and I've been discussing next steps, i.e. product area placement, with my recruiter. In my latest meeting with them, however, I was given questions about location preferences and what technologies/languages I'd be comfortable working in. This caught me off guard, sin
- Agoda Interview process Hi, has anyone here been through the Agoda interview process for the BKK location? Can you share your experience? I just went past the first two coding rounds, possibly basic ones. The recruiter came back and said I have two more in-depth possibly leetcode style coding interviews. Is my assumption
- Annoying Manager? Shipping Features, Unrealistic Deadlines I am an SDE II. In our team, we ship out products expeditiously and honestly in unrealistic timelines (which leads to really nasty oncalls and frequent bugs). For this particular project I’m working on, I wanted to take the time to properly understand the requirements and how it fits with our archit
- Some reasons Why Birmingham airport is well-known for its timeliness Most of the people prefer the airport that is nearest to their destination. Some tourists like shopping at the airport. But the main point is to judge any airport as the best. It totally depends upon its punctuality. The flights from the specific airport fly on time and land on time. If it's on time
- Why is toxic management so pervasive in tech companies and startups? I started my career outside the Bay Area working at a small engineering consulting firm (ie not “Silicon Valley, growth-at-all-costs” sort of company). I moved here in 2017 and have worked for *those* types of companies ever since. The experience is a night and day difference. As far as I can tell,
- vote Should I Stay In Toronto Move to Western Canada from or by a condo in Montreal? I have been living in Toronto for almost 10 years since I came to Canada for college. Love the city and in January got a really good deal for a rental condo downtown. Recently, I became a full-time employee for a Bay Area company and my TC tripled now that it includes RSUs. My problem is the compa
- The Followership Principles These days everyone wants to be a leader, but it takes serious lethargy to be a good follower. Uninspired by the infamous leadership principles, I have decided to pursue the followership principles. 1. Engineer Obsession: No great work was done because a customer was irritating an engineer. Given e
- Need help for the decision for apartments rent in Bay Area Hi All, I'm looking for an apartment to rent and this is the very first time that my family of three will start living in the U.S. The company is located in Fremont California, so the best option I can think of is trying to rent an apartment in the same area, but realized soon it's not that easy
- vote If You Were In My Shoes... Question about work and degrees I realize SWE are always getting asked about their degrees. I am in my mid-20s have 2 kids (3 and 5mos.), and work full time as a Frontend SWE. Company is small in terms of tech but makes about 10mil profit (~130mil revenue). I am the lead FE guy here with 3 YOE. No prior experience in SWE, was s
- Just accepting some interviewers want to fail you? I looked back at the Roblox interview a few years ago, and remember the lady who was a Senior Software Engineer. I remember she merely said two sentences and wanted me to do something in the interview. When I asked her a question to clarify the requirement, she already became impatient and giving s
- TikTok 2-2 Data Scientist Offer FYI Went through the interview process in late Q4. Current TC around $260k (who fucking knows with Twitter stock performance lol) Was for an analytics non-mL DS role. Level was 2-2, roughly equivalent to IC5 at Facebook (or IC6 at Twitter). Initial verbal offer: $225k base 12.5% target bonus $228k R
- Abandoning Non-Immigrant Work Visa for GC EAD Blind Community, just a thought discovery post (there are no right or wrong opinions); so please share your take. - Have been in US for 13 years (on H1) and been working on the Green Card application for ~10 years; was able to utilize the Oct / Nov 2020 Filing Date chart movements to file for an A
- link Apple Recruiting Experience I am a digital design engineer - arch/uarch/logic - at a startup. Began looking for roles in graphics rendering hardware. This post is my rant about post-onsite recruiting experience, not interview experience. - Yoe: 6.5 - Current TC: paper money - Next TC: 350. Base - 2XX. - Apple Offer: 270 At t
- link Google virtual onsite postmortem So just had my Google virtual onsite today. 4 rounds: 3 coding and 1 behavioral. Recruiter told me this was a L4 loop. I feel like the problems were much easier for L4. Got asked 3 question in each round. I could've done so much better but I think I did above ave. Had a working code for first 2 que
- Killing puts and calls prices, and bring down the IV, and load up the puts and then dump the stocks? Killing puts and calls prices by selling puts and calls, and bring down the IV, and then load up the puts and sell ITM calls, and then dump the stocks? Is that the strategy the money managers are executing right now? I'm extremely suspicious on this big come back and the stable for more 10 days. Loo
- FT out of school at Large established tech co or startup I've been studying startups for the past 4 years at university and find tech/growing companies to be the most interesting fulfilling thing to do in a career. During the summer of 2018, I interned at a VC in Columbus and thought one of the startups in the portfolio was a very strong company, but wasn
- Amazon Hiring Ad! Take Risk, Growth or PIP Saw this Amazon Ad today looking for risk takers! The risk they don’t mention is either you become TT (top talent) or you get the boot via PIP. As a software engineer in AWS for 1 year+ (and previously in Retail), I would strongly advise you to stay away from this company. - If you have job offers