Hoping to get some tips / recommendations on what actions I should take next Background: I've been at MS for about 15 years now. I came in at L59 and now at L65 as an IC PM. I've got a clear path to lead position and enough scope to grow to L66 and beyond. The team I'm on and projects I'm helping d
I graduated with my CS Bachelor’s last year and am now working on my master’s degree in CS at a T5 engineering university and want to get into the tech field but for some reason it just feels like there are invisible walls keeping me from getting in. I’ve done several internships in the past, mostl
Hi guys, I am working at IBM as a security engineer with 5 YoE. The WLB is good but, the TC is a way lower than the equivalent roles in the similar companies. The day to day responsibilities do not require any serious skill here. I feel like I am losing my progress and knowledge. Because of the all
background: late 20s. Im (4yr exp) currently senior swe at linkedin (275 tc). been here for little over year. my performance is great and I hope to get to 300 tc or close this sept. im hoping to get staff in a year or a bit more and expecting 350k then. (just assume this is true for the sake of this
I won't specify which two companies these are. But if you find out, please don't point it out. My background: I'm a L6 TL at a mid-big company, MLE doing rec sys. can't pass the yoe requirement for staff positions at top-tier companies. Also, popular high-paying startups like DB don’t have suitable
TL;DR: Lead Marketing Analyst, in MS Analytics program at Georgia Tech, with TC increased from 75K to 121K in 10 months post-grad. Successfully managed a 50K monthly budget (300% increase in reach, impressions etc during management), led 2 MarTech integrations, learned Google Tag Manager w/ Chat GPT
Went through the interview process in late Q4. Current TC around $260k (who fucking knows with Twitter stock performance lol) Was for an analytics non-mL DS role. Level was 2-2, roughly equivalent to IC5 at Facebook (or IC6 at Twitter). Initial verbal offer: $225k base 12.5% target bonus $228k R
Currently have an offer for support engineer 3 on the amazon .com side. Skills focused in automating with python and sql and slinging tickets related to a financial product where it might be more help deskish. I'm technical not a SWE but I'm interested in moving in that direction so it seems like a
I got an offer for L6 PM-T at Amazon. TC 310k, YoE 4 post mba, Alexa on-the-go team, coming up with new 1st party experiences and APIs to enable 3rd party experiences for assistant outside of home. Trying to learn more about Amazon and whether to take it over a role at MSFT that pays 20% less. How
Good to see an increase in number of Europe-based openings and discussions here on Blind. I’m a student and I finally cracked FAANG internship interview for summer 2021 (FB). The position is in London, and I’m very excited. I want to try hard and deserve that full time offer. I come from a poor c
So some background first. I have a Bachelor's of Science and Business Administration (2012) with a focus on finance and a Masters of Science of Business Analytics (2020). I have over 8 years of total experience where I predominantly been focused on FP&A, financial reporting and data analytics in mar
Hi, I am an engineer who has always been in startups and gradually grew from a pure individual contributor role to a technical leader: I lead impactful projects within the company and set the technical agenda, technical direction and technical milestones for such projects. I mentor other engineers
Hello techies, I joined amazon thought it’s gonna be awesome but after joining I quickly realized I am not happy anymore here because of the pip culture and job instability. Can’t trust colleagues who can backstab anytime which has made me paranoid. I am applying to jobs constantly but not hearing
Hello Blind, I've been reading blind posts for a while now. It's shown me what's possible in Tech and I find it amusing at times as well. Thank you. I'm in sort of a cross roads of my career and wanted get some feedback from fellow Blind members. Some background about me. - 10+ years of industry
I have 16 YOE, been through 2 FinTech startups, negotiated some equity, contributed a lot to scaling those companies and had 2 successful exits. At startup #1 I was the CTO and lead developer, hired and ran a team of 10, and dealt with quite a bit on the business side. At startup #2 I was an early
I’ve been wanting to get out of the DoD industry because I feel like as a SWE, I’m underpaid and not being challenged. I also don’t have a particular passion for the Space Industry and the program I am on is more focused on hardware functionality over software technology. Don’t get me wrong WLB is g
Should I switch companies? I've been at Google as a Product Design Engineer (hardware/MechE) for almost 3 years at L4 and have always felt that I was down-leveled since I joined from a startup and didn't know better when I accepted. I lived with it figuring I'd just work towards a promotion (CME,
Hi Everyone, I have 12.5 years of experience in Digital Marketing. Split: 5 years Freelancer + 7.5 years working in my current company. I work here as Assistant General Manager and my Job Profile is Head of Digital. There is no DGM or GM, I report to the CEO. Current Job Role: I am managing med
Working in Amazon as a L5 BIE. TLDR - What's a good career path for a BIE? DE or DS or TPM given that they have an year to prepare for these roles ? Have never worked in a SWE type role before but did manage a small BI team before joining Amazon as an IC. BIE is a dead end role at Amazon or anywhe
I joined Facebook as a new grad but am a fairly mediocre SWE (only ever received MA and EE ratings) and barely reached IC5 in the last performance cycle. I started applying outside because 1) I wanted someone to pay for my relocation, 2) TC was 🥜 after stock crash or I would’ve switched teams, and
I'm posting under a new account, since my old (Atlassian account) got deactivated. Most of you already familiar with the story, but it's not about Atlassian who fired me. Just a reflection, because... 1 year ago my spouse was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. It was right before Christmas. We got home
Hey Blinders! Current Role: DE 2 YOE: 2.5-3 Years Location: Knoxville, TN TC: 90K + 10% Bonus Education: MS in Data Analytics It's been a while since I switched jobs and have been neglecting networking with recruiters all together. The more I grew into my current role, I started learning some AWS
Hey Blind. A month or two ago, I posted that I left my job at Amazon to explore other areas of tech. I promised in that post I would talk later about how my job search went without currently being employed - obviously, that puts you at a native disadvantage. This will be a long post from the perspe
sorry for venting. I have gotten decent perf reviews historically but I'm not sure how and at this point I'm not performing to my or anyone's expectations. Part of me wants to buckle down and do better but I have already done that for the past year and I'm just running out of steam. All of the non-
I don't have specific numbers yet but my offer is for staff level. here are the rough ballpark I was given in terms of TC: - base is around 260k - yearly bonus ranges from 40k - 180k depending on performance - options @ their 2017 valuation of $2B are worth around 90k per year. I'm not sure if ther
NOTE: Let’s make this post a place where all valuable information is available for people going through Amazon Focus Hi I am an L4 SDE. Manager said he will start my Focus plan sometime this week or next. He said that the project would be for 6-8 weeks. I am on H1B visa and haven’t done Leetcode
First of all, I am not judging or criticizing at all. I am just trying to understand the reason why this is the most important criteria for many people. I can understand when people say they like the job because of good WLB, compensation, meaningful (ie make world better) or fun work or work enviro
TL;DR: I'm moving from HCOL (NYC/SF) to LCOL area (Midwest USA) to be closer to family and bought a house for 350K. My spouse is getting a COL adjustment (salary is getting cut) so I thought I would try to get a higher paying job to makeup the difference. I ended up doing better than I thought. Old
Hi everyone, I’ve been in this app for about a month and think it’s such a great community to help each other out. You all are so smart and empathetic and I miss being a part of a smart community. I’m ex-MSFT, ex-INTL, ex-agency, ex-trying to figure out life my way too lol UC Berkeley Haas alum,