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- Anyone looking for SWE referrals at midsized company? Like most companies in tech, we're making a big hiring push across engineering and they're bumping up the referral bonuses so I figured I'd try to snag some of them dollars! Haha. We're not FAANG but super chill wlb and solid comp for the Chicago market (legit unlimited PTO, most of us in engineeri
- Any NYC mentors/connections? I had my dream role offered to me at the start of the pandemic and then rescinded due to the uncertainty. Since then, I was forced into a sales role as all the focus at my organization was on generating revenue. I want to pivot back into what I’m passionate about (communications, marketing, content
- Truly need career advice to move to Tech Plainly, I’m miserable in the banking industry. I’m an Investment Product Manager, so we have very limited tech/software exposure. I am in a unique position that allows me to work with project managers, program managers, and developers, but nothing close to the responsibilities of a tech PM. I am a
- link Referring for Job openings at Facebook GLOBALLY Multiple folks have been affected by Covid-19. Trying to help deserving and eligible candidates who are impacted or looking for a job change! If anyone is interested - we have MULTIPLE job openings for Senior Engineering roles at Facebook (5-6+ YOE) in locations GLOBALLY including Bay Area, LA, Sea
- Unhappy at HFT, how soon should I go back to tech? TL:DR; liked interning at Facebook, got good rating but no offer, joined an HFT full-time, Meta recruiter reached out right before joining HFT, considering trying to rejoin Meta. Basically OP is a whiner who's not happy while making 400k out of school, and wants advice. This past summer I interned
- vote AWS Offer Current TC: 110/y, mgr working to ensure permanent remote work so I can be near family. Main work is penetration testing which I love. BS&MS + ~3 YoE. WLB is incredible, with understanding mgr and skip level, plus team. AWS security engineer offer; TC: ~210/y. Not negotiated yet. Typical 5/15/40/40
- Senior manager at Accenture or L6 at AWS I have been with Accenture for 3 years as a contractor. Had visa issues so could not join them directly but just got my EAD. I make about 250K a year +/- depending upon number of hours I charge. They have offered my a full time position with TC around 270K. I got an offer from AWS CFM group. L6 posi
- Google internship project search, how common is it to fail? Hi guys, How common is to fail Google's Internship Project Search? This is second time I am on Project search stage of Google. I am a Software Engineer with aprox 3 years of experience currently doing a Master's degree on USP and working in a cool startup on Brazil where I feel I am contributing
- Positive housing story. I’m happy. Trigger warning: this may be a humblebrag depending on how you look at it. tl;dr: bought a house in Vermont, I’m at peace. My wife and I signed a contract to buy a house in Vermont on New Year’s Eve. We just closed on the house yesterday. It has been an obscenely stressful 4 months, with the elder
- vote Buying my first condo Hi all, I thought it would be good to have a second opinion before purchasing my first condo in New Jersey (Union City more specifically). First of all, a little bit about me: I am single, in my late 20s working in a steady 9-5 as an Engineer. I do intent to stay in the city for a while until I at
- TC Bands for FB/G? Been working on an AWS team for a little over a year now, doing well, honestly great work/life balance (can comfortably finish my sprint with 30 hours a week on average), and was on track for promo to SDE II within 1.5 years. Until multiple management changes and currently without a manager. Promo s
- Capital One Interview Process For SWE I know blind has an aversion towards C1 because of layoffs/office politics. Thats besides the point. I was contacted by a recruiter for a software engineer role in NYC. I am concerned with their interview process for a software engineer roles. The recruiter told me there is a hackerrank where you a
- Struggling with new job Really depressed with my new job. Just wanted some insight and advice regarding my situation. So I am a new grad and this is my first job, I don’t have a CS background but did my masters in CS. (Never did any class in java) The only programming and DSA experience I have is in python. (Leetcode) M
- vote TC and GC later VS GC now Been working at a series A start up in NYC as a SWE for about 6 months now. I like my coworkers, have a good manager, and the work is fairly interesting. I’m also getting recognized for my work and getting more responsibility. The company is going to start my GC in a few weeks. I’m a bit concerned
- vote Amazon Loop: Rate my chances? TL;DR: Rounds 1, 2, 3, and 5 went well. Round 4 with the BR was meh. I’m wondering if it’s killed me. I interviewed remotely last Tuesday for a Sr. PM role in NYC. No response yet. Most rounds went well. Thanks to some detailed notes I had good stories ready for every LP and in total used 15 of th
- vote WLB is not just a function of hours worked. Agree or disagree? I think many would say WLB is based on your expected hours, how stressed you are, frequency of oncall, etc. However, I think it is also based on your TC. Think about it like this (assume no WFH). Would you rather work 40 hours a week and spend 2 hours a day commuting (40+2*5=50) or would you rather
- Launch own startup vs go to FB So i have a new grad offer from FB in may and am also working on a new dating app startup that has garnered serious VC attention. I can build the app on iOS myself and handle all core features as well as marketing on a low budget. The issue is that if the startup takes off i can only delay FB until
- Amazonians: Input about onboarding wanted! My first FANG. TC: 115,000 YOE: 2.5 Long time lurker first time poster! I received an inclined to offer from Amazon. I spoke to three managers in the Ads org. I liked them all. I’m free to pick the team that I like. The only hang up is that they are all pure Java/ Scala jobs and I’m a Rubyist/JavaScripter by tr
- Struggling between reneging or not Hey guys, I got a job offer from Microsoft three weeks ago. I was interviewing with other companies at the time as well but the feedback was slow and not very clear. Because if that, I decided to accept the offer from Microsoft (the deadline was one week after anyways) I am supposed to start on We
- Frustrated at my job. Looking to quit and study for a new opportunity I recently got my performance review results and I am severely disappointed. I work at Accenture. My first review did not go well last year, but this year I made serious improvements and got glowing reviews from the managers on my client team. They were setting me up for a promotion this year. My
- vote Reneging on Bridgewater Associates for Citadel (Internship)? Earlier this I committed to an "technology associate" (software engineering) internship at the hedge fund Bridgewater Associates in Connecticut (TC: $2400/week + $5000 signing bonus, housing, rental car, 10 weeks) for summer 2020, where I am hoping to be working on trading/investment software. I w
- vote What are some low stress companies with good TC? I left a really stressful team at Google, and took a few months off to recover mentally. I also have mental health issues that I needed to address, but I feel like I've made enough progress to come back to work now. I'm definitely not stable enough to work for Facebook or some startup where people w
- vote Career Advice: Meta or GS TMT? I’m a rising junior at a top school and I recently got a 2023 GS TMT (investment banking) internship offer. I interned at Meta last summer and was planning on going back, but I’m not sure what to do anymore. If I don’t take GS now, then I probably won’t ever have a realistic chance at getting full-t
- vote Help needed to choose among following L5 offers Hello Blind community, First of all, thank you so much! I actually liked my team at Bloomberg a lot and would have never almost doubled my TC if I didn't install blind and read through so many informative posts! All are final offers and I believe I negotiated to the best of my ability! Also, all a
- Amazon Recruiting is a ghetto Me: Sr Software engineer at MSFT with 8yoe and a TS clearance. TC 240k 2 years ago Amazon reached out to me. I was interested, but not overly eager. I went through the interview process, but miserably failed the coding assessment. I know this sounds stupid, but I hadn’t really done leetcode style p
- vote Big4 Consulting vs Uber Hi all, I'm in a situation where I'm not sure what to do and hoping to get some guidance in order to make a decision. Currently a Manager within the Strategy consulting team at a Big4, but I've been interviewing for a few months looking to renew my energy. The search has now culminated in two tang
- Promotion opp - Internal transfer or stick with current organization? Been working at Citi for a while. Applied internally to a different dept for a promotion and just got a verbal offer. At the same time my current team offered me a promotion recently when I had already applied to the other department. I'd be dealing more with front office and revenue stuff in the o
- Am I on the right path to be a SWE? Hello Everyone, Thank for your advice in advance. I hope this post belongs here. My background is a bachelor of arts in mathematics and economics in my local college in NYC and 3 yoe as a budget analyst in the public sector. Currently, I am about to get a cs50 web programming certification with t
- Advice for my friend trying to break into tech TL;DR: My friend with non-traditional background has been shipping products (self taught) for a few years, but is having trouble landing a job in SF/NY/WA. He feels his location (Arizona) is putting him at a disadvantage for interviews. How can he improve his chances? Hello, I do design, so it's ha
- link Thank you blind. My incredible success story. Warning. This is going to be a very long post. Feel free to ignore most of it and just scroll down for offers if that's all you care to see. I've fudged the numbers slightly for the sake of anonymity but they are more or less accurate. A few months ago I made this post and promised to follow up if