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- Lost my job - need some help. Impact on hiring from virus? Hi all - I hate doing this. 2 weeks ago I was terminated from a series A tech firm after a year employed there. I was given 5 weeks severance. I’m the sole provider and insurance carrier for my family of 4. I was super positive for the past 2 weeks already lining up interviews but now im terrifi
- Android Dev - May get laid off in next 2-3 months. What TC should I be aiming for at my next company? I received a BS in Computer Science in 2014. I've worked at 4 companies now. All of them "start ups" as an Android Dev/Engineer. I do have skills as a full stack dev but my bread and butter has always been Android since I started it as a hobby in 2010. Job hopped a bit until my last two start ups.
- How to negotiate as a Masters Grad with 1 yr exp Have an offer call with recruiter tomorrow. I've no negotiation experience and I've a list of questions to ask the community to be aware of what and how I approach the max target offer: 1. Is it safe/ ok to give highest ballpark when recruiter asks for ballpark? Can I ask for what level and since I
- link Can help refer for Facebook job openings 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
- link Thanks Blind! GS Engineering Strat —> 3 FAANG offers GS NYC 2021 TC $140k base + $100k bonus GS NYC 2022 TC (old) $180k base + ??? bonus Meta LA permenantly remote 2022 TC (new) $160k base + $350k/4yr RSUs + 15% annual bonus + $75k sign-on bonus 1 YoE at GS + STEM non-CS PhD Coming out of grad school I was more interested in finance than tech. During
- link Referrals wanted -- hypergrowth startups/pre-ipo unicorns! YoE: 10 (2 in leadership) EDIT: Wow, what a showing! I wrote a follow up thread for this if you're curious about what happened with my search: https://www.teamblind.com/post/oXQhcVqb Thanks again for all your help folks! Hi all, It's that time of the year and I'm beginning to ramp up my intervi
- Does starting one’s career in Canada limit the opportunity to transition to the US tech market? Is there much truth to the idea that starting your career in Canada makes it more difficult to transition to the US market later? Is it better to take additional voluntary time off from working to interview prep? For a bit of context: Canadian citizen. I graduated with a research stream MSc last Fa
- OPT looking to get a job I had to resign from my current job because of some issues related to how the organization was run(I can elaborate if you want). It wasn't a decision I wanted but after the incident I didn't feel like I could work there anymore. I am looking for entry level Software engineer/Software developer jobs.
- Seeking career advice from experienced Software professionals Hi Everyone, this post is about growing my technical knowledge and seeking advice from the forum. I was living in the Bay Area for the last 3 years and was working as a Devops engineer for a mid-size cloud company. I loved my work - all CFCN technologies, lots of independence, and wide breadth of w
- vote Updated options for a career change- thoughts? Hello all, I'm 35 and a healthcare provider ..practice being sold, going to make a career change. In NYC. I'm currently going through Harvard cs050 and halfway through it. I also previously completed about half of codesmiths csx course and JavaScript beginner/some if int onf code academy (my plan i
- vote Deciding among a few offers/opportunities Currently a Senior Director of Technology in a traditional Fortune 100 company. TC 350K (230K base + 30% Bonus + 50K RSU/Option). Based in Arkansas, and have been exploring options for my next career move. So far the situation is a bit tricky: Offers: A: PE-backed Fintech (350 employee) - VP of En
- Blind glossary for newbies Every proper forum has a glossary page for new visitors. I've started one for you. You're welcome TC: total compensation. Normally base+annual bonus+annual allotment of RSUs GTFO: get the fuck out, as in TC or GTFO YOE: years of experience COL: cost of living RSU: restricted stock units Refr
- New Grad Referral I am currently completing my Masters in Computer Science from a top 10 public university in the United States. I have prior internships at Fortune 500 companies and a couple of good tech full time offers. However, I really want to take on challenging roles and work at either Unicorns, HFT/Hedge Fun
- 7 offers from 8 onsites in 1 month Hi! Blind helped me a ton throughout my whole interview process this time around, so thought I'd give back. Context: I feared bombing most of my interviews so I optimized for a lot of interviews to ensure getting at least one offer. Mainly applied for roles in NYC and SF at companies that were fai
- Am I an underpaid Immigrant ? I've just got my green card, sponsored by this small South Florida company, after working remotely for them for 3 years. I'm still in my home country, preparing to move to Florida. I'm currently making ~100k total compensation, and can probably get an immediate raise up to 120-125k, but can't reach
- UX Researcher in need of team match for HC with Google Partner of mine (see below) through with interviews is looking for a team match as a UX Researcher. Comment in thread (if you don't want to burn a DM and I'll DM you) or DM me if interested/can assist. Thanks in advance: --- I completed my on-site about a week ago and seeking another Team Match. I
- vote Choosing between Meta or Google offers (L3) I have to make a decision between Google and Meta, and while Google has been my dream company for a long time, after doing more research Meta seems to have a lot to offer. The offers are both for a L3 position Offers are comparable, maybe within 10K of each other TC. Both of them are in the same
- Early Stage Startup Comp My current company is an early stage privately funded startup based in NYC. I joined two years ago as an engineer with only 1 YOE but I was one of the first hires in the company and I was given a ton of responsibility. Now I own basically every aspect of the product and Im the only one in the compa
- How to keep going? A little background: I have a computer science engineering as undergrad, and then worked for Fortune 100 company for close to 5 years(this was in India). Came to US to get an MBA; from a non target school(chose this bcoz I got scholarship). During my MBA, I was so focused, and inspite of being non
- When to move on? When is it time to move on from a job? I’m pretty comfortable in my job, but also bored and frustrated. I have an average FAANG salary (350 TC, L5, perf usually EE, but have never done better than that). 17 YOE with 10 at G. Married, turned 40 this year and have a kid. Boss is chill, super flexible
- Amazon SWE vs. IBM Blockchain consultant? Hi everyone, First of all, I'm not in engineering filed so I know nothing about computer science :/ but my younger brother is and he has 2 offers on the table so I'd love to get your thoughts on these offers. He is graduating this upcoming May and I wanna help him make the right decision! 1. IBM,
- Could I go freelancer to FAANG? I’ve been a full-time freelance dev for 10-15 years. Started in web dev, been doing iOS dev for the last 7-8 years. I live in NYC and make really good money ($300k-400k) but I’m curious about the feasibility of getting hired at a FAANG with my background and what level and TC I could expect. No for
- New Grad Referrals I am currently completing my Masters in Computer Science from a top 10 public university in the United States. I have prior internships at Fortune 500 companies and a couple of good tech full time offers. However, I really want to take on challenging roles and work at either Unicorns, HFT/Hedge Fun
- Can anyone explain DT Seattle / Capitol Hill rents these days? Is everyone just moving back to downtown Seattle / Capitol Hill / etc? Looking around these neighborhoods, it seems like rents have gone way back up and the move-in incentives are rapidly disappearing. Downtown almost looked normal again this Sunday. Most buildings I've checked have relatively few
- Refer me for Google Team Match L3 Hi Everyone, I cleared the Google HC for their L3 role last week and I am using this platform in hopes to match with some team as my team matching is going very slowly ans I have competing offers. I know this is crass af but whatever gives me a better shot right? I have a good(but not great) back
- Masters in USA So this has been on my mind for a while now. I am almost done with my bachelor's in CS and have a pretty good job offer in hand (although nothing by blind standards). Is masters in CS worth it? And I don't mean it just monetarily.. do you think u r a much better person compared to your younger self
- vote Moving to NJ from Seattle Got an offer to move from Seattle to NYC office. Have family in Princeton/Trenton area in NJ, have one really young kid. Family TC currently is $500k, and new TC is $535k. We've lived in metropolitan areas in the past 10years. We are not bar goers ourselves, but we do enjoy going out with friends
- Microsoft L61 Offer Evaluation Blind Community, please help me with my situation Current TC 165K , NYC YOE 5 Years I was interviewed at Microsoft Azure hiring event. I passed in interview, however interviewer didn't feel my experience align with their teams. I thought they were interviewing me for L62 but the feedback was "S
- New Offer after Starting at Company I accepted an offer last December before graduating. The company is okay, it’s not exciting and they are definitely not a top tech company (I am a SWE). It’s a large NYC bank. I took the offer because my previous internship (at a startup) did not turn into a full time job due to lack of funding. Giv
- Am I crazy or is Apple? Funny story about my tryst with Apple. I graduated my Masters degree in May and I was job hunting from February to June. In this time period, I got calls for 7 different positions from Apple. All positions being (Embedded Software/Firmware engineering) and exact match to what I was looking for. O