Been working at smaller startups in the bay area my entire career and need to switch to earning more. Looking to join late stage startups (prefer with potential liquidity events) or big tech. Looking for PM or TPM roles. Thanks! TC: 200k + options YOE: 5 years in eng and 3.5 years in product #pro
I am TPM in my current role. It's been a disaster for last couple of years. I don't think I enjoy this role any more. It's all about politics and tracking status. At the end of day, there is zero recognition despite doing mammoth of work. I like to focus on technical things. However, I am not gettin
Apologies for a long post but I thought I should share enough data points. Posting on my husband’s behalf as it’s easy to find out about him in Seattle market This week he completed his on-site for SDM L6 role with Amazon. All his rounds went good with an exception of system design. His interviewer
As E5 in Facebook, I need to talk to client teams and find out what my project can do to support their goals. And then I come up with a plan for the project and the goals that need to be met for the project to be successful. I find this process painful because often I find the needs from client tea
Hey all (and copy pasting some stuff), I'm looking for a referral in the UK. I'm somewhat tired of the non-difficulty of fullstack development and if I don't become a r/choosingbeggars post, I'd be down for a quant role. London seems to have way more of that than actual big tech. Not sure if I'm sm
I'm currently in the process of interviewing for a PM (product manager) position at a late stage startup. I have been slotted for a PM role after a discussion and review of my resume despite not having a PM focused background. I'm aware PM can mean a very different thing between Google and other com
Here's me: 20+ years in software development, stalled career. I've had software engineering jobs at several mid size companies and two jobs at one faang. I have been a technical leader of small teams, but nothing like where I think I could have been. Not a principal engineer. Not a director of deve
I studied Comp Sci and Business Management to a masters level. The reason for choosing a joint degree was because Maths was my strongest subject and I wanted to be a "manager" without giving it much thought. I joined a Startup after graduation as a full-stack SWE and after 2 years I took on a PM ro
Hi I am well rounded and have 19 years of experience in US. I am currently a senior manager and manage the entire marketing stack from marketing automation to websites to analytics and engineering basically I am acting as a senior TPM I have a very small team that I mange and keep the lights on for
I joined AMZ 2 years ago as an L5 TPM, I applied for L6 but was down leveled. At the time (and still now) I was confident I could get to the originally applied L6 within 2 years but that attempt was squashed by the layoffs at the start of the year. The reality is my org was hammered, glad and gra
Had an "onsite" earlier and here are my interview/questions (5): 1) Senior SDM manager - questions around ambiguity, situational, "how do you deal with..." 2) Senior SDM manager - Complexity questions, example system design walkthroughs (white boarding) 3) PTPM - This was hard - Asked a lot of summa
(Not at FB anymore) I changed job twice last year searching for something that would motivate me, but just cannot seem to find it. Part of it is that I feel like I’ve hit a wall as a developer and part of it is I haven’t found a project interesting enough. Funny how being in a role making 300+ fe
I had a hard time since the start. They have a huge expectation from Ic5 and the first thing they told me was WE HAVE A HIGH BAR FOR IC5. As a senior you are supposed to do this and that. I am continuously reminded of this high bar no matter what i do. I worked on so many projects and successfully
I am evaluating Exponent and Product Alliance courses to prepare for the PM interviews at Amazon and Google to be precise. If someone can guide me which one will be better given my profile. Brief about myself: * Total Experience 9 years * Plus MBA from the Ivy League [did after 6 years of work ex]
- Add TC, YOE, role and level to every post on blind (blind should make it a fing feature, lazy blind team) - Encourage non-tech people to use freecodecamp or Odin project and Upskill. More tech aware individuals working in diverse industries and functions would open new use cases or bring in cleane
posting from spouses account for anonymity and have been mostly a reader (or an occasional commenter on specific topic). Currently employed in one of the established company for consumer electronics which has >50% market share in US. It is a well known company but never has grown its stock and ma
I'm a little drunk, forgive me. I joined AWS last year and was very excited despite all of the stories on Blind. Many of them revolved around how having a bad manager put the nail into the coffin, so I figured I'll be a good manager and things will be fine. This was naive. All of you post PIP PIP
Quite a lot of my friends are looking for a new job right now. As someone who recently went through this process, I wanted to share with everyone what I have been telling my friends. 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐎𝐁 Unfortunately, there is no single source of truth when it comes to job postings. So
Hey everyone, I've posted a couple times on Blind without any feedback. However, I am very optimistic about this application, so I'll keep trying. I am a PMP Certified Project Manager. I have approximately 5 strong years of experience, but I am recently certified this past February. I can honestly
If you want to understand the biggest problem in Canadian tech right now, ask someone who jumped from a Canadian company to an American one how their life has changed. You’ll probably get one of two answers. One of them is about money. A Toronto-based engineer who spoke to The Globe and Mail recentl
TLDR: detailed product org pain points for a friend. Are these common signs among start ups? What are the necessary ingredients for mid-senior ICs to invest time/effort to attempt a change vs cut the loss and leave? Asking the community based on recent conversations with a friend. Perhaps what My f
Blind tax: TC: 320k YOE: 7 This might be a long post, so for those who just want a disappointing CliffsNotes version of the post: "struggle, trouble, dealing with it, in a bubble. Could I have done it some other way? was there any other way? And I guess it's time I'll change things now.". [Since thi