WLB still okay for many teams, though very very bad for a few, and nothing at all like what it used to be. Perks are still very good by Silicon Valley / tech giant standards. Compensation CAN be good, but salaries are way down and TC depends a lot on when you got hired, how MS stock is/was doing. For promotions it matters a lot whether you know how to suck up to the right people and do the right kind of dances. If you're good at (and willing to do) politics, especially the "kiss up, kick down" kind, then LinkedIn is still a very good choice. The bar for technical and operational quality is nonexistent now, so you really can focus entirely on your career without worrying about whether the product you're working on is any good.
Complete collapse of what used to be really great culture since Jeff W left. Even the competent middle managers are squeezed between incompetent execs and unhappy ICs. Project funding is totally incoherent and high level technical decisions seem to have become 100% political. Craftsmanship and leadership no longer really taken into account for promos, except maybe at the Jr->Sr jump. For promotion you need to laser focus on "execution" of whatever dumb project your VP or Sr Dir happens to be in love with. But be careful because that project may fold unexpectedly, or get sent to some other org, if the political winds shift above your level. Technical leadership at LI has always been pretty uneven, but now it's uniformly awful. As mentioned above, you can do well financially if you focus on the politics. But if it's important to you to do work that's challenging or interesting or educational, or even just high quality, LinkedIn is not the right place for you.
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Any generous LinkedIn/Microsoft folks who can help me with a free LinkedIn premium subscription? I'm mentoring someone who would greatly appreciate a Linkedin premium code Any help is really appreciated! #linkedin #layoff #severance #needhelp
How do you go about choosing mentors at work? #faang #linkedin #google #facebook #amazon #apple #tech #mentorship #mentors
After I reached out to the engineering team lead on LinkedIn about wanting to join his team, he found an error in my LinkedIn message that was my fault. He then said he was open to being my mentor, how would someone be your mentor when you guys are 5,000km apart I live in Nigeria and he lives in It...Read more
I see many people with mentors and I'm so curious as to how everyone snagged themselves a successful tech leader to mentor them. I wonder what I'm doing wrong when reaching out to people in LinkedIn Are mentors supposed to find you, like the cliche imposes?
Currently M2 at a startup Where can I find a mentor, preferably M2+ from tier 1 LinkedIn? Cold outreach? Would benefit from even a single 30m session tbh. Thank you
Which is best place to work? Main factors: 1. Work Life Balance 2. Compensation 3. Team culture 4. Senior / Principle Engineer mentors #tech #softwareengineer #snap #twilio #uber #linkedin #oracle TC: 310K; YOE: 7;
Is anyone aware of tech-focused career mentoring groups out there? Thinking both from the perspective of offering mentoring advice as well as soliciting casual feedback and mentoring? I see a few LinkedIn groups, but they’re pretty geographically or industry specific.
Seems like any mentors I know of are still working in their 50’s and not financially free. Where’s the super successful mentors that everyone wants? The ones who know what it takes to get to the next level... LinkedIn?
What are some tech/fintech companies that invest on mentoring their employees more than the normal FAANG? Heard that LinkedIn does, any others?
Asking for a friend: Joined as senior at LinkedIn recently. Entire stack is new and progress in very slow in onboarding. What are some good ways to onboard on scala, pcv2, regression modeling and team specific material? Right now onboarding is very slow and has less direction. What are some good way...Read more
I talked to a LinkedIn recruiter regarding interview. I am currently an E5 at Facebook, whose LinkedIn equivalent is Staff Engineer. (According to levelsfyi) My yoe is 5 years. However, she told me that they offer staff only to people with 8+ years of experience. She told me that if I do really ...Read more
I want to grow my online presence. Create videos about my interview experiences. I’d like to be active on LinkedIn and humble brag about my leetcode progression. I want to thank my mentors for mock interviews and tag them on LinkedIn. Is this appropriate? Does everything have to be a secret?
I’ve applied to hundreds, optimized my resume through multiple mentors, polished the GitHub, Portfolio, LinkedIn, and got the AWS Solutions Architect Associate. I must be missing something to not even be getting emails back? Any help would be appreciated. I’ve gone through three different interview ...Read more
1. SDET turned PM 2. Dual income with husband working in tech 3. Part of women mentoring circle 4. LinkedIn post about life being unfair for women(yet most privileged) 5. Puts a fancy FB profile profile photo with wine glass 4. Teams background with bookshelf Edit: Adding one more: Lives in Samamis...Read more
Hey Blind, what’s your opinion on L3 SWE and PM who act as FAANG gatekeepers on LinkedIn, talk about strategy, promotions, scaling apps to billions of users and long term vision? I mean how do they feel when they pretend to be coding gods on LinkedIn and ask stupid questions to their mentors and in...Read more
Hi All, I'm looking for a mentor as I want to grow my career and possibly new opportunities as a product manager. Would anyone like to mentor me for interview prep and resume reviews? Thanks and Regards. #pm #product #productmanager #techcareer #paypal #zoom #adobe #fb #netflix #netflixhiring #lin...Read more
I've seen a guy from my old school written on his LinkedIn profile that he's a Google Launchpad Mentor (whatever that is) and next to it, he wrote that Google is his employer. I'm suspicious. Do they get money from Google? Does this have any prestige being a launchpad mentor? Do you also have to go...Read more