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- vote Tried using the “unlimited PTO” I joined a company a few months back and have taken some PTO (around 4 days) and requested more in the next few months. My last job gave me 4 weeks a year so the requested PTO was in line with my old PTO. During my 1 on 1 my boss mentioned that I was trying to take too much PTO and that he wouldn’t
- Rate offer Salesforce SMTS, Hyderabad Base: 50L Perf bonus: 15% Stocks: 100k for 4 years Total: 76L Rubrik G7, Bangalore Base: 52L Perf bonus: 15% Stocks: 6500RSU for 4 years JB: 7.5 + 3.5 Total: ~97L Rubrik stocks could be paper money, WLB is going to be a lot and Bangalore is too far from my hometown so
- Is it okay to give up on your career choice? I feel seriously stuck between a rock and a hard surface. I can't see myself doing anything in my career apart from being a Solution Architect (which is typically a customer facing role) and hence, seems to require frequent travel to customer sites, especially now that travel seems to be bouncing ba
- Ideas to quit the rat race I lost all my energy, I find working in tech way too draining, and I survived as much as I could. I see people around me being super competitive, highly motivated to do well and genuinely caring about the work, promotions and status. Junior folks with so much hunger that they’d eat me for lunch, des
- vote Next Credit Card: Amex Plat vs Sapphire Reserved vs Venture X It's been a while since I've added a new card and I have some expenses coming up so I figured now could be a good time to add since I should be able to hit the sign up bonuses. I currently have two low level/entry cards that I'm looking to use less (not great rewards/benefits) and then mainly I use
- Fun things to do in the Pac Heights area? (San Francisco) Hello! I’m staying in Pac Heights and looking for some fun things to do in the area. Preferably nothing too expensive. So far I’ve wandered around Japantown and hung out in the park. I’ve looked on Meetup but saw some fun stuff on the weekends, but not really enough to fill my time much. I would l
- Where to go from AWS Sales in UK? Hi everyone I would like to know any suggestions of companies with good cultures for a next step - Sales/Customer Success small or large doesn't matter but good culture is important I.e work life balance, team events,travelling to different offices, remote work, flexible leave, scope for career gro
- vote Sick of the waiting game My entire life is just about waiting, waiting and waiting. - Waiting for company immigration lawyers to respond, sometimes for days - Waiting for HR to fill paperwork for work authorization extension - Waiting for work authorization from USCIS - Waiting for priority date - Waiting for drivers licen
- vote Pandemic >>> stronger interviewees? Do you feel the level of interviewees has increased as a result of the 2-year pandemic situation? Factors behind the hypothesis: - it used to be much harder to spend time on LC or preparing for a specific interview while working somewhere else. Mostly would be in the evening, while now that’s anyt
- 16 Day PTO too much ? Is taking a 16 day PTO for vacation considered above normal ? I have taken a total of 10 PTO days last year and a few random sick days . This year I haven’t taken more than 5 days in total . So I plan to request 16 days off so I can get about 3 week of travel time in Europe . Is that a lot to ask? I
- Should I take this job offer at 4% raise (but has a 4% bonus) Current: 144k, no bonus currently Title: Senior Project Engineer No travel, work from home New: 151k with bonus eligible, but it’s only a 4% raise :( New bonus: 6k (4%) New Title: Lead Project Engineer New Total (including bonus): 157k 25% travel, otherwise work from home It’s pretty much project
- How do you decide about life? Sorry guys i just feel so disconnected right now, i am not sure for anything in my life anymore. Quickie: 42m, single earner, east coast 142k, SWE I am getting too much distracted: 1) Parents are aged (70yr) and living in rented accomodation in NCR due to properties issues with my uncles. They ar
- Data Center / Infrastructure Remote roles I've been trying to land a gig with the likes of Google / Facebook / Microsoft / Amazon in hopes of joining their infrastructure/datacenter teams on the design / operations side of things. (Think power systems, substation design, greenfield / retrofit projects, operations, vendor / supply chain, co
- Moving to Midwest to Raise Kids? Pros/Cons Has anyone moved from coastal area to the Midwest (St Louis in my case) to be closer to family and get help with kids? What are the pros/cons? Was it worth it? Are you happy? I really feel like I wouldn’t vibe with the people as much as I have in CA/DC where I’ve lived most of my adult life (curren
- DecOps Engineer @ AWS ProServ DoD Hey blind,## I’m interviewing for AWS ProServ DoD as I’m currently a gov contractor. I figure I’d take a move to a big name brand vs a sub for Accenture, and make a lateral move over to another team (eventually). I haven’t read too many amazing things about WLB but I’m willing to chalk it up for a
- After getting into Google, I’m thinking about quitting and follow my dreams. I’ve been working at Google for 3 months now, I had switched with the promised of remote work because previous company was going back to office, but now they are telling me I need to come to office in coming months. I went from 110k tc to now 180k tc. My issue is in 2019 I started a YouTube channe
- Asking about vacation policies during interview As someone who likes who likes to travel, PTO policy is something thats very important to me. I'm willing to take an offer that is considerably lower in TC if it has much better vacation policy than the rest. I did switch companies once, from Walmart to my current startup, but I already knew my cur
- Should I have kid? This question is for everyone, and I love that it is anonymous because when you ask people with kids they cannot really say no because they are thinking about their kids and feel bad to say no. I like working or doing cool stuff but anything in between doesn't feel good. I cannot really hear kids c
- 5 Month timeline to prep for DS/DA job search I haven't been working for the last couple of years (spouse works, I watch the kids). My previous job was as a structural engineer for a government agency. Kids are finally getting old enough that they won't need so much of my time, and I am planning on going back to work in 4-6 months. I do
Travel Too Much
- vote Do I spend too much? My 2022 spending was around $36k. This does not include rent or car (I don’t have a car payment). I’m 26 years old. It’s just my spending on: - food - clothes - travel - gas - bills - other shopping - phone Is this too much?
- vote Safe to travel to India now? Have a 2 year old who’s not vaccinated and doesn’t like wearing masks too much. With the omicron surge, is it safe to travel?
- Social distancing for another 6 months? Noo :( The more positive I feel about things going back to normal the more terrible it becomes EOD. I cannot travel to go see my parents, I don't have too much of social interaction, no travel plans that I can make(not all Frens are willing to travel by road), no in person work related interaction, always
- How much money do you spend per year? I'm an engineer, single, and living in San Francisco. I'm spending way too much money. I'd like to see how my expenses compare to those of others in the same industry, and see if I can learn from you on where to cut it. I spent 84k in 2019. Here's the breakdown: - Home/Utilities: 30k, out of which
- Traveling for work Is 30-35% traveling too much ?
- Anyone traveling/travelled to India from US and could share their experience ? Anyone planning to fly to India in the next few weeks or travelled to India recently from US ? There is too much fear about the new variant and inconsistent guidelines.
- How much do AWS Solutions Architects in London travel? Just about to onboard and am inquisitive how much travel to expect and roughly where to? Is the onboarding all in London or is there travel for the onboarding too?
- Looking to transition to a tech startup in Asia As title. Hoping for Beijing mostly. I'm also open to opportunities in Japan, SEA, SK, etc especially if they enable me to travel frequently to Beijing. Eng or product management. Don't want to reveal too much info here so please PM me. Also, any tips for people who want to break in to Asian tec
- cloud Solution architects considering cloud solution architect carrier path Any solution architects here ?how do you like your role ? is it well paid ? how is worklife balance ? is there too much travel involved ? is it mostly sales oriented ?
- FIRE Done! AMA. I’ll be submitting my resignation at Meta in the middle of March and my wife will be submitting hers at Microsoft this July. If we can do it, you can too!! Ages: 39 (me), 35 (wife), 7 (daughter 1), 3 (daughter 2) TC: 430k for me as a E6 TPM at Meta, 490k for my wife who is a L66 Eng Manager at Mic
