Cool products to work on and good experience. Remote work is easy if that is something you want.
Work just as hard as other tech companies for less money. You have to make senior or else you will eventually be let go.
So keeping it short, I was from tier 3 college in India, always believed that MS was waste of time and also i couldn't afford the heavy loan.No good company visits our college for campus placement, so why to even bother for GPA, so i just focused on competitive programming and got into google , But...Read more
Started my journey in the US Tech industry in 2019 with ~50K of debt - credit card and MS student loan. Now at ~1M at 31yo Mostly in stocks with 6 month emergency funds in HYSA. 30% of NW is concentrated in META, 15% in MSFT, 2% in crypto, remaining in index and target date funds. Leveraged full ...Read more
A whistleblower alleges that MS has been paying bribes in foreign countries to secure phony contracts. The yearly anti corruption compliance training doesn’t seem to be working. https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/25/22995144/microsoft-foreign-corrupt-practices-bribery-whistleblower-contracting TC 147...Read more
As a middle class Indian , i can't afford in school ms abroad. Omscs looks ideal for me. But can I use that degree to get express entry to canada? How realistic is to get ee with only foreign education and work experience?
Why are there very few Americans in grad school in tech programs when there are a lot of high paying jobs requiring MS and PHDs like Hardware, Software, AI, ML, Datascience, Analytics, etc. ?? In grad school, 95 percent of my course mates were foreign students. 70% of faculty in CS and Engineering ...Read more
Tech Job market at this time worst than 2008... some reasons are 300K MS students are working on OPT with low salaries and fake experiances.. before 2012 it was like only 1 year for OPT now it is 3 years.. those who are OPT can get Tech interviews with Leet code grinding and proxy tech interviews et...Read more
I really get pissed off when Indian dudes in US ping me asking about salary range in India because they want to move back but start complaining if I tell them that it might be in a bracket of 30-50 LPA. I mean what the fuck are you expecting? The same dudes were earning like 3-6 LPA before they move...Read more
I’ve an MS in Aerospace from a relatively prestigious European university, I moved to the US and I feel like I’m at a serious disadvantage due to my foreign degree. I have 2yrs of experience and typically people from my school will get jobs at top companies in Europe. Is this disadvantage real? Sho...Read more
Hi Amazon folks, I am from Microsoft IDC and I am currently interested in moving to Vancouver (I tried with MS already but our foreign managers treat us like dirt), Can someone who is working at Amazon currently please refer me to the postions I am looking at? Thanks in advance, if I pass I will se...Read more
Hi Folks, I am currently L5 at Amazon India and want to move to US. My team and manager are good in India and I am doubtful if I can find another good team and manager in Seattle. Its very rare finding a good manager at Amazon. I am a very hardworking kind a person and MA mostly but won't be able ...Read more
Confused if i should go for MS CS from USA or stay in India, how would you decide? I have almost 5 years of experience as a software engineer in India. Its been a long time now, that i am confused if i should go to US for MS considering i will have to take up a loan of 50 lakhs. Also the layoffs ...Read more
Since the re-org at MS a few years ago I’ve noticed a lot more managers from foreign countries here in the US. Are they trained on what rights we as US employees have? Makes me want to openly complain about H1B’s and how they keep tech wages low in front of her to see or have an open discussion ab...Read more
I am currently working in a hardware company in a software role(C++ application dev) in India. I am planning to pursue a Masters degree abroad, preferably in Canada owing to a few factors like better chance to get PR(vs US), good quality of life, low crime rate, scenic beauty etc. I will have aroun...Read more
Will appreciate tips for a indian sw dude to crack a sw job in a foreign country. 1. Which company&&country should I target 2. How to apply? 3. MS internal transfers(if anyone has done here) 4. Is interview process any different from here( here it's all LC and System design for non startups.) Feel...Read more
[ Asking ] Indian SWE folks with MS in CS from US. [ Situation ] UG Major completely unrelated to CS. Current work [independent contractor for a foreign company] is mostly like system admin/ IT/ Documentation. It doesn't involve lot of coding. The pay will be mediocre (if I move to that country a...Read more
I am dating a girl who is a foreign medical graduate (MBBS/MS and MPH from John Hopkins) and has cleared USMLE level 3, currently on J1 and entering year 3 (PGY-3) of her residency (internal medicine) at Michigan. She has a license to practice in Michigan. Is it possible for her to get H1B after fin...Read more
Looking for referrals to good product based company in india. Ready to be down leveled to a lower level even with 10yr of experience. Have good SWE and lead experience, along with a online masters from a reputed US university. Yoe: 10yrs Current TC: peanuts. Reason for no switch yet: Was based in ...Read more
Have an upcoming technical interview with Google for a Data Science position. Have spoken at length with recruiter about what to expect. For instance, that it's a conversational session and will focus on textbook and applied statistics (probability, hypothesis testing, modeling, regression, etc) as ...Read more
Hello everyone, I just graduated in CS from a tier 1 college in India with great grades. I have 8 months of experience as an intern up till now. In a month I begin a job at a startup(TC: Rs 30L). Based on what I saw and heard in Amazon, there is some concept of ceiling in the software world...Read more
This one is going to be slightly lengthy. I am an foreign resident who is currently on F1 - fresh out of college. MS recently started the perm process for me. As I understand, there are 2 categories under which MS can file for your green card - EB2, EB3. EB2 is the better one in terms of time/likeli...Read more