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- Apple SEG vs. Amazon Lab126 HW offer This is my first posting. May everyone who are seeking new jobs get to the end of the tunnel with a smile:) HW validation/system design role in current company, EEMS + 4.5YOE. Now I got two offers, Apple SEG Analog IP validation team vs. Amazon Lab126 device validation team. The offers they threw a
- Travel Expense Policies & Scrutiny? I'm mainly looking to see how culture is regarding travel, expense policies, etc. Let me know how it is at your company! My story: I joined Apple knowing I'd travel a lot, but I did not expect the ridiculous hoops I had to jump through for expense reports. I'm far from a guy who abuses expense poli
- Talk to me about mask science We're told to use fashion masks to reduce pandemic spread. My understanding is that while the virus are too small to be blocked, they tend to travel in water droplets and those can be blocked by the mask. So far so good. But what happens next? If you're infected, after a few breaths the mask will be
- Are you stuck in a social tech/class bubble? Is that bad? I've realized since working in tech, more and more of my social circle is other tech folk. I do keep in contact with friends from college but realize I can't talk too much about my goals, life or spending because it's a bit out of scope for them. One of my friends I can be completely transparent wit
- Why are relocation benefits so consistently awful? With my current position, the company offered a full-service relocation coordinator. They covered travel, freight, home sale (commission, in particular), home purchase (taxes and other mortgage fees), vehicle shipment, temporary housing and temporary storage (90 days), miscellaneous costs, and any r
- Parents expectations I have already booked an appointment with therapist. I want to understand how others handle their parents expectations. We grow up in lower-middle class family. My father took care of a lot of his family members, financially and by being there for people. In turn, he did not save much, did not take
- Moving to Canada from India Hi Folks, I am earning a good TC in India (~80L including RSUs). My wife is earning good too(~50L). We only started earning this much in last two years. Both have YOE: 11. In 2019 end, we had applied for Canadian PR. We got an invite and the final approval is pending due to COVID(expecting it next
- Chronic lower back pain pushing me to a dark place... Some context: Male, 22yo. In July 2021 I was squatting in the gym and I felt some sudden lower back pain. Stopped my set, shrugged it off, and tried to relax. It wasn't too bad but I definitely wasn't 100% after a few chiropractor sessions, but I pushed through it and continued going to the gym and
- Amazon Applied Scientist Hi all, here goes another query related to salary. I am about to finish a PhD in ML/AI from Nus Singapore and have already received offers from a few of the top tech firms in SG. The highest I could get is around 196K sgd per year. I have already accepted an offer and my EP got processed too. At th
- Struggling to survive I don’t even know where to begin. For the last two years my spouse was focusing on their career and to be supportive I took a back seat. My career progression kind of stalled, but that was okay. But unfortunately due to a bunch of things my spouse’s career didn’t really go up that much, and that le
- Getting harassed by downstairs neighbors The day we moved in to our current apartment, the downstairs neighbors came up and picked up a fight with us about how we were being very noisy. The apartment has wooden flooring and sound travels a bit but we aren't doing anything that is outrageously noisy. Just moving about during the day and occ
- vote Pitch: I think hybrid work model is the best work model. Change my opinion if you disagree. Long post attached. AMA. #hybrid #returntooffice #onsite Overview I think if I had all the freedom, I would prefer a hybrid work model (2-3 days a week in office) than fully remote or fully RTO. My Background 28 M. I don't mind relocating (prefer it actually). Got married during Covid and my partner works in Google too
- 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
- vote Company downleveled me after verbal offer Interviewed with Company B for Sr. Manager role (non-eng, non-PM). Jumped through a lot of hoops including additional screens and references before offer. Got an initial verbal offer and tried to negotiate as I had a competing offer that was 10% higher TC from Company A. Company B came back and said
- vote Is this a realistic budget for SF? I'm graduating in a few months, so my GF and I are moving to SF. My base is 100K and hers is 60K. I make an additional 30K in bonuses and RSU and she makes an additional 5K in bonuses. We are planning to get a 1 bedroom in SF and don't have any car payments or student debt. After tax, insurance, 40
- Covid-19 message Please share this important and urgent message to those who chose not to heed the advise of the experts. Message below. ============== Please circulate to the young and people who remain defiant about staying at home/social isolation . A lot of hard headed people. Here's a Fwd... EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Chronic constipation and hemorrhoids I am 26 and have had occasional tough stool issues since childhood. But I haven’t had constipation since the month of May’18. From December I decided to make some healthy changes to my lifestyle so I stopped eating bread. I traveled overseas for a week and that’s when it all started. I started havi
- A few questions before accepting sales engineering job Hi everyone, I've been working as a developer (BI, data, analytics) for a few years now, and I'm beginning to hate the very technical aspects of it. Due to the fact that I'd like to relocate anyway, I've been looking for a new job that would be more fun for me, and I feel like sales engineering cou
- 4 YOE, 8 Offers (FANGM, HFT, Unicorns), 525k TC Giving back to the Blind community with offer data, how I prepped, and some general observations on the industry and what interviewing was like this time around. # Offers: ## Trading firms (Jane Street, HRT, Jump, Citadel) Firm 1: 525k Recurring + 175k Signing → 700k Y1 – Accepted Firms 2, 3: Reje
- vote Startup vs Service based company (PS: small request, please read the whole post and mention your reason for deciding.) Hi Blind, I am a freshers and I currently have two offers: 1. Company A: This is a service based company with pretty average reviews in India. They have offices in 3 major location and I have a offer for SDE with
- Working in China (Shanghai) Hi, I recently received a 235K TC (including benefits) job offer in China (shanghai) EDIT: i think we have someone below that didn’t understand this is USD. 1.5Million RMB. I know China relatively well as i go there a lot for work and i can speak the language with 80% fluency. Can read a basic ne
- 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,
- link WFH living in Spain? Spaniard in Spain (26M). Completely unable to relocate to US for personal reasons, but I mean it when I say that I would love to. YOE: 5 years. Half of them freelancing. Current TC: 38K. Taxes in Spain may end up being around 10K, still unknown for sure. Target TC: Just reaching up to 80K would b
- link Why the market could fall 70% and it might not be wise to buy this dip I am not trying to fear monger. I have some genuine concerns. First I’ll talk about why we might be at the beginning of a bubble pop and lastly I’ll make some other comparisons to 2020 Bubble Lots of people say the dot com bubble was bigger, pointing to a few companies with massive valuations and
- Twitter CEO Pagra Agrawal's leaked memo about hiring freeze, firing product execs, and budget cuts from earlier today Team, Building Twitter and serving our customers around the world is important yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Our purpose is existential. During this time of change, it’s critical that we continue to strengthen our work through increased accountability and execution to make Twitter everything it c
- Advice for someone looking for a new job after ~1 year off I worked at Microsoft for 4 years after university. Then, I burnt out and questioned whether being a PM in engineering was the right career for me. I quit, traveled a bit, etc. and surprisingly, I feel more confident that I want to be a PM. (I thought I’d have some great epiphany on life that would
- vote Stripe vs. small BI company- job offer- UK based Hey all, So I just received a job offer from Stripe UK which has offered me a base salary of £90,000 + 10% bonus. Currently, I am working at a small Analytics company (Pyramid Analytics - lets call it Company A) since Feb 2021. They have lots of ambition to capture Tableaus and Power BIs market sh
- FIRE - I am there yet feel I can't quit This is going to be a longer post - mainly because I would like to get an advise and feel I need to share most of the details. I am in early 40s with 2 young kids (1st and 2nd grade) and wife who only works part time (negligible income). We live in one of the expensive coastal cities and I have been
- Successful, yet struggling to internalize it - 30 y/o, happily married and expecting a child - SWE at Google (L4, ladder switcher), on track for promo this cycle - $1.5M net worth; $660K household income (about $430K from me), on track for $700K+ next year And yet I still feel inadequate when I read posts like the 37 y/o Google L9 with a $40M
- Sabbatical then moving to London - too risky or lets go already? I‘m planning to take a year sabbatic, just going to travel and focus on the family. Then we will ending the trip in UK where I will try to find a role in Tech. Is this too risky or let’s go already? (Real questions at below 👇) Quick background: 20+ yoe in sales, strategy, analytics, and consulting