What is the culture, WLB, pay and tech stack like? Do they support perm WFH?
I am part of India green card backlog with a priority date. If I move within Engineering from a full stack to BE only or FE only role, would that affect my PERM i.e require a new PERM. Interested to know if anyone has had any issues #tech #perm
Timeline Came to us from ROW country for masters so doing eb3. Started at msft may 2020 after graduation. Msft is a Day 1 gc company, so i was able to get the process started soon as i began (i think the lawyers reused the pwd or did both pwd and perm at the same time) and got into that batch of pe...Read more
Hi, I am Software Engineer g6 and work as a UI engineer in a network team. Filing for perm, fragomen's form to manager has job description of a network engineer. Should that be changed to a description of a UI engineer or should it be described as a full stack engineer. "From your experience does pu...Read more
Hello , I have an offer from wayfair for senior software engineer in Boston . How is wayfair ? My new tc will be 144k . Is it a lowball offer ? 1) Currently I use c++ at work . The tech stack in my new team at wayfair is c# , php, .net . My concern is the tech stack old ? 2) And my current com...Read more
Hello blind folks, help me choose Snap L4 Base 185k Stock 540/3 years (no stack) Sign on 40K/3 years Pros: good team, better wlb, Perm day 1 Cons: need some insights here Meta/Facebook E5 Base 210k Stock 800k/4 years Sign on 100k Pros: can choose team, higher TC, E5 probably higher than L4 Cons...Read more
Before my time at Amazon, I believed layoffs were harsh. The mere thought of being let go in my previous jobs would have shattered me. Yet, thanks to Uncle Jeff and Uncle Andy’s shitty principles, I am now a proud Amazonian, absolutely elated to bid farewell to the less-than-ideal company I once was...Read more
Hi, I'm sophomore doing Bachelor in CS. I think I can get started to work as Full Stack Web App and Web3 dev. I've done few production ready projects. But I'm from Nepal so is there any chance that I can apply for the summer code camp or interns. PERM would be best. Thanks in advance. #tech #fang#e...Read more
Folks, I am looking for Backend engineer roles in startups in USA . I have 8 plus years of experience in Java distributed systems and have worked as founding member of a seed stage team previously. I have also worked for big MNC and other series B startups. Please contact me if you have any suitab...Read more
I am on H1B working for Indian consultancy. I am very strong on Power BI. I also have skills in Microsoft BI Stack. Any friends on Blind knows if their company is hiring for Power BI developers or Architects please let me know . I am fed up with contracting roles and looking for help in getting a pe...Read more
Hey peeps, I got 2 offers with Michaels and Chase in Texas. My situation: 2 and half years left on my H-1B, need GC processing since current timelines require 2 years at least for Perm processing (thanks to Meta this Nov, I have to start again from scratch now). Both the roles are Full-stack as ment...Read more
This is my life since 2017: - joined big telco -> we are gonna cut from ops and save X and started doing layoff (GC Perm turned to literally a nightmare for me) - managed to survive the layoffs and perm went ok then covid hit in 2020 🤦🏻♂️ - moved to FAANG … and got introduced to PIP concept the
I work as a full stack developer in a hardware company. Sort of odd, but that’s how I got my foot in the door, being a covid graduate. Waited for my H1-B to get picked up, and it got picked in my last try, mid-last year. Now my company is ready to file for the Perm process , and I heard it roughly t...Read more
My wife is a full stack SWE on H1-B and wants to take a break to deal with burnout and some health issues by switching to H4. Her current company is being insanely slow to get her GC rolling taking 4+ months to start even the trivial first steps of PERM. Sticking it out at current company for GC doe...Read more
Can you switch teams/manager if the general role is same (generic full-stack SSE to similar SSE role), while your first i140 is still pending? Current perm processing times show that it's taking 1 year as of now, to get approved i140. I know changing jobs will definitely need the whole process to st...Read more
Hi all. I’m currently working for MathWorks, received an offer from DocuSign CLM. Trying to decide if I should take it. I’m on H1b (got selected this year, still have 5 years 11 months left). I don’t have an approved 140. I’m from a backlogged country. MathWorks pro - Private company. Layoff proof...Read more
I'm stuck in this situation where I don't know what or how to prioritize what I should do. 1. I don't like my role/team at Apple and it's a dead-end for my career 2. Received a competitive offer from Amazon 3. Apple initiated the GC process here (I've completed <;1 year on my H-1B). Only the LCA
Can someone pls suggest great companies to target for my career in data engineering? I’m looking at next phase to grow in my career. BB is great but rto and legacy tech (non-transferable skills) are something I’m thinking about.. Currently dealing with analytics building pipelines and frameworks (o...Read more
Hey everyone, As the title says, just looking for tips and tricks on getting a second job. I’m new to the tech industry and I currently have a contract to perm hire job and am able to complete my daily work in a few hours leaving me with time to spare. The spare time has been great but I’m trying ...Read more
When listing skills required for your current job in the Green Card PERM process, if the specific skills used at the current job don't line up completely with past jobs, is it okay to list more general software skills? For example, at my current job I'm working on distributed systems and infra, but...Read more