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- What are reasonable accommodations for interviews and how to ask? This is not the 1st time for me to interview for tech companies caz I really need to get out of automotive but the online quiz kind of interviews just often catch me off guard if it’s limited amount of time with very limited examples to illustrate how edge cases can be dealt with or to clarify any u
- Team Lead fires me one day before he leaves the company. So this happened. I was honestly very skeptical in joining but during the rounds of interviews, I liked what was proposed to me. They move swiftly post interviews, make a handsome offer and start the background check. I get here having just worked finished working at a company where the WLB was ne
- Seeking general advice as someone who just landed their first cs job. Would like some general advice on what to do when I graduate / now... currently employed as a part-time intern during my last two semesters at school Intro So this summer I was lucky enough to land my first internship in NYC after having some trouble getting some real-world experience. By the end
- Seeking genuine guidance for new grad masters Bachelors CS- 2 YOE - Masters CS - Currently internship. Now the real concern - Looking for full time jobs, getting rejected in >90% companies even before interview. A. I don't have any experience related to web development (UI, UX), web system (server building), no mobile development (front
- Adobe DX - What Happened To You? Should We Leave ? Hello Adobe or Ex-Adobe Folks, I feel adobe is not what it was one year before. At least It is true for DX Org where lot of Re-Org has happened , Managements are busy in showing their loyalty to US Folks by working day and night and are expecting every one of us to do so. The Work Life Balance has b
- Apple TPM Data Science verbal offer rescinded I usually never post things online, but back to back disappointments took me here. I have a non-technical manager at my current job who constantly takes credits for my work and gaslights people, and it’s becoming extremely difficult to be present for what I do for a living. I was a top performer but
- Can’t seem to get an interview(intern) Hi Blind, I’m posting here because I’m feeling desperate. Backstory is the following: As you can see my English sucks, that’s because I moved to United States not so long ago(in 2016) right after graduating High School back in my home country(former Soviet Union), as soon as I moved I started Commu
- Emotional breakdown - Help me somehow, Guide me please I understand my life isn't unique but I am very much in pain. Things haven't been going as I had planned in my life. The stress is killing me. If I had one win I could survive and I am just looking for a that one win to bring me back from this hell. I have been stuck in my career, unable to provid
- link Yahoo; get your shit together! Probably my fault for still using yahoo mail... Dear Yahoo User, We are writing to inform you about a data security issue that involves your Yahoo account. We have taken steps to secure your account and are working closely with law enforcement. Our outside forensic experts have been investigating
- GUARANTEED MONEY 💰: Shorting RSU's to hedge against drop? Hi everyone, I'm here to propose a new idea - I haven't seen this on Blind or anywhere else. I've seen a lot of speculation about stock volatility being a factor in not going to a company, for example, Snap and Robinhood. What if you took a short position at the exact amount your RSU's are issued
- Feeling endlessly burnt out I’m exhausted. Just woke up and had an anxiety attack from everything I need to get done with work, it’s 4 am. I absolutely hate this industry. I feel no passion for it at all; constantly dreading every task I need to do to try to keep up with never ending deadlines that stack up on each other. I li
- Here's how to avoid getting PIPed out Five ways to avoid getting PIPed out 1. Check your ego: The number 1 reason for people getting piped out is that their ego gets in the way. Most people think they are smarter than Don Knuth, and somehow their smartness or talent isn't being recognized. If you are smart, quit and start your own comp
- Being "google it do it and deliver it" software Engineer how do I solve and crack complex coding interview rounds I am a software engineer from India with 3+ YOE looking for a change working on python and cloud but mostly on Cloud. I deliver my tasks by searching and understanding across docs, GitHub or stack overflow or Googling it. I write scripts or code for my work in way so that the required functionality
- Feature timelines set without any consult of product or engineering. Mad rush to make vaporware real. Need advise Just over a year in a product role for an enterprise app with primarily large pharma clients (launched shortly after joining) A few months into role I began noticing an unfortunate trend. Our CEO will take initial design concepts and essentially demo them to our client. Talking about them as though
- link Facebook E6 Interview: Part 3: The Preparation: Coding PART 3. THE PREPARATION: CODING Continuing the link list :) Here's the .Prev https://www.teamblind.com/post/Facebook-E6-Interview-Part-2-The-Phone-Interview-1jxzQC8d I credit the members on Blind or helping me devise a preparation strategy for the virtual on-site interview. There are several rec
- vote How much does ethics weigh into your job choice? Having a great conversation on Google on how much / whether ethics plays into how you choose a job. Bringing to a wider audience because I'm curious to hear your thoughts. This is likely to become very contentious and judgmental-y, so just to level set, my intention is not to start a flame war but j
- link Analysis on the impact of HR1044/S386 to Rest of the World, and what you can do about it Analysis of the impact of HR1044/S386 to Rest of the World, and what can you do about it? The purpose of this thread is to discuss the impact of HR1044 on immigrants from the Rest of the World excluding India. This thread is not created for the purposes of discussing the merits of this bill. What
- Not Your Average Pip Amazon Finance Pip Story I started working at Amazon in January of this year and went in with extremely high hopes. I was told ahead of time that the reporting was trash, but I never thought it would have been this bad. Over 10 months I was tasked to basically fix all of the BS processes that were broken. I created a weekly
- Advice for younger folks v2 I read some bad advice and couldn't help it, here's my take. For those starting out their careers: 0. Figure out what drives you and gives meaning to your life - often it is happiness - and often it is different things at different times in your life. Pursue the things that give you meaning and ign
- Google recruiting - Please fix your process. One of the most unprofessional I have ever seen Hi, I generally do not want to categorize a group of people based on a a couple of instances nor do i like writing long posts, but this experience warrants it. I am a software engineer with a decade of experience with a strong computer science background and with good accomplishments. I tried to
- My experience getting PIP from Amazon after 10 months as a new grad This was my dream job. I'm from a third-world country and went to a no-name university so this was definitely something I have been dreaming of since coming to the U.S. Started the job very slow. I wasn't given any real task, only bug fixes, unit tests, etc. Then 3 months in, I was given a mid-size
- vote Stay or go? *Long post* Need advice. 31 y.o. In same company for 9+ years. Gradual promotions, but slow. A lot of people are senior at 9yoe. In other companies. Currently at L3 (started as button pusher, being paid 15 per hour, moved to project system deliveries(from ops perspective) after 1.5y. bump to level
- 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 -
- Career Planning/ De-risking entrepreneurship Hi all, Not sure if this is the right place to ask for advice. I'm on my 3rd startup right out of school (ivy) and I never really thought I'd be in SF or in tech. I'm a history major turned data scientist and now I'm doing BizOps at a bigger startup. I've been very lucky so far. First startup (200
- link Coding interview at FB I posted about System Design interview today at https://www.teamblind.com/post/A3irZ6zy?cid=16694012. I think there are many myths in FB coding interview so I think I should talk about it as well. Problem solving is only one of the signals we look at during coding interview. So please don't think y
- Facebook Parter engineering interview experience A lot of people have reached out to me regarding the partner engineering role in the recent past as i gave the virtual onsite a couple of months back. So i thought may be i can post it which can help to other folks as well Basically for me i had one phone and 4 rounds in virtual onsite Phone scree
- How to survive at Amazon. Super smart folks can skip this. This post is for guys who wants to join amazon and thinking about how to survive. Also for folks who recently joined amazon. Rule 1: your manager is your god never argue with them. Always show or fake interest in the team. Also suggest some random automation or imp
- vote Wouldn’t it be great if security clearance = no background check TL;DR - companies should not be allowed to do business with background check agencies that operate primarily off-shore even if they are registered as in-country. Ppl with security clearance should not be required to provide anything further back than the day their clearance was granted. Wouldn’t it
- *** Need Advise for Job Career **** Am new to this forum. I have 14 YOE. From the last 7 years working as TPM (technical project manager) in a mid-size company. I don’t have aggressive coding exp. However I look after overall customized product delivery for customers from inception to production. Last 7 years I have been coordinating
- vote Amazon Offer: Should I take it? I have been having some discussions regarding the data engineer L5 position which has been offered to me by @amazon. I wanted to discuss if the offer looks considerable by reviewing all the aspects and not just the salary when compared to my current company @expedia YOE: 6 Position: Expedia: Data