Anyone recommends any team to join and not to join at Microsoft? And why? Some common names I saw mentioned in Blind: Azure AI, X-box, Spartans, Azure Kubernete, Azure Linux, Office, Window, etc.
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My team hired a new remote Linux engineer recently. This guy did pretty well during the interviews. But when onboarding him, he is lacking even the basics like how ssh to a box and not being proactive. This is super weird. Happened multiple hires. Seems like a different person. Has anyone experience...Read more
what flavor of linux you reccommend for development ? and which you reccomend for histong vm? vmware, virtual box, hyperv
I hit the 3 device limit and I'm not going to pay $12 for adding an extra device (I don't need the extra space). The only reason I kept Dropbox until today is that it supports Linux natively. Which other option is more robust and supports Linux? Box, onedrive, something else? I wasn't thrilled wit...Read more
Thinking about purchasing a small desktop for dev work. Out of the box would be nice but willing to assemble as well. Really like the size of the Mac Mini Installing a Linux based OS Installing IntelliJ so 16+ gb of RAM would be good. Ideal Budget 500 to 600
The pain is real. I’ve been searching the usual suspects and can’t really find quality system administrators. Where do you guys search for people who can secure Linux boxes, understand the OSI layers, understand devops, redundancy, disaster recovery, firewalls, etc? I’m pretty sure I would have bet...Read more
Hi Blind, I have a close friend who lives differently compared to everyone else I know. Is this person prestigious? - Works at FAANG as SDE. 5 YOE. NYC. Previously from Quebec. - Doesn’t rent apartment. Instead, couch surfs with friends and dog sits. Lives rent free for 300+ days a year in Manhat...Read more
I’ve started to become more cognisant about my online footprint and seek to reduce the information I put out online. Here a few things I do: - Hibernate LinkedIn when not recruiting - Deactivate or Delete social media accounts. I don’t have Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat etc. - Use Brave browser alon...Read more
Hi Blind! Im currently a TSE for an autonomy company (TC 70K, YOE 3) & I feel underpaid for the level of work that I do. Ive been looking around for similar roles but they're either bad TC or are looking for 5+ YOE. Am I looking for the wrong titled role? Is there something similar that is more viab...Read more
Where to go for better understanding of modern storage HW, DMA, PCI buses? I’ve always been the sort of person who likes to really understand how stuff works under the hood. Latency and performance has always been close to my heart. I have a good understanding of CPU and GPU optimization, can read a...Read more
Hey guys, I am looking for some career advice specific to my situation. Im currently a support autonomy engineer & a previous IT engineer. Ive worked very closely with Python, C++, HTML, & Java but have never properly written code professionally. I have a lot of knowledge in industry-standard enviro...Read more
Hey guys, I am looking for some career advice specific to my situation. Im currently a support autonomy engineer & a previous IT engineer. Ive worked very closely with Python, C++, HTML, & Java but have never properly written code professionally. I have a lot of knowledge in industry-standard enviro...Read more
International student, computer science @NC State University. Graduating December 2022 Looking for referrals for new grad roles in the US. Work Experience: Software Engineering Intern @NCR Corporation, Atlanta, GA | 5/22 - Present Brief: Built ML-based ad engine to personalize self-checkout exper...Read more
Hello everyone, Hope you are doing well, I'm looking for a referral to any product-based company for the SDE1 role. Also looking for Embedded Engineer role. I am a 2023 graduate. I am good in C++ Developer & data structures, OOPS, SQL Data base, Linux etc. LC: 250+ It would be great if you can re...Read more
I thought to share my experience interviewing for security roles at FAANG+ for those who wonder how it's like. Offers: FB, MSFT, Apple, AWS Rejects: Google (They didn't have a role in my location, I just interviewed anyway) Microsoft: Interviewed with two teams. Team 1 (MSRC): Phone screening wit...Read more