Junior talent is strong. Product is innovative. Fast paced environment
Incompetent senior leadership. Exotic DS VP from Disney, stay away from her org
Which company to join? My priorities: - lower chance of layoff - growth opportunity (internal promotion as well as next role externally) - culture - compensation YOE: 3 No negotiation yet: - Pinterest (L4): 300K - Disney Streaming (Senior): 265k - Snap (L4): 360+K #snap #disney #pinterest
Recently got offer from Snap, and now I'm in team matching. What team is hiring that you would recommend? Probably level at L4-L5, recruiter didn't disclose the level. I'm interested in analytics, logging, data pineline (batch/stream processing), generic backends infra, and/or ML team (although not...Read more
Months after announcing intentions to launch an AVOD business, Netflix finally hires the senior leadership team to build the business. https://deadline.com/2022/08/netflix-hires-snap-execs-jeremi-gorman-peter-naylor-advertising-streaming-1235103701/amp/ Considering Netflix’s deep pockets, I suspect...Read more
I see ppl still interviewing for Snap and stuff and get genuinely confused. Is the company doing well? Do people still use the Snapchat app? I’ve opened it only a handful of times in the last several years and almost drowned in a deluge of ads and shit tier content. Do they have some other revenue ...Read more
Most tech companies are built such that they can turn on profits at the flip of a switch. Tesla. Amazon. Uber. Facebook. Google. Airbnb. etc. Some companies take the strategy of reinvesting their profits into growth. Is Snap built this way? Is Snap losing money trying to grow? Or is Snap still ...Read more
Facebook turns out to be easily copied and was effectively copied by TikTok and Snap: HAMMERED Netflix turns out to be easily copied and was by a half dozen streaming companies: HAMMERED I think we will see this story repeat a few more times.
Can anybody talk about how it is working at Snap? Blind has a negative sentiment on how they hired a lot of Amazonions and that ruined the culture. Is it just because they're bringing in Amazon practices or they're incompetent? Recruiter reached out to interview and they're working on something whic...Read more
How frequent is the ML models deployed on batch/ streaming ( spark/ storm/ flink/ samza) mode rather than APIs? Most of my work has been with ML models on batch/ streaming use cases. How frequent is the ML + DE role rather than SWE + Micro services role? How do I get into such roles building micros...Read more
What of the following companies merged? Ebay, PayPal, Twitter, and Snap. My insight: I am thinking: 1) The payment processing across all companies by users, merchants, and ad companies will be brought under 1 platform and Paypal can process it. 2) Snap can be the place where people view an Ebay pr...Read more
Hi there, happy Monday! I finished updating my resume and identifying jobs this weekend. Could anyone help me with internal referrals for: Google Apple Netflix Stripe Square Affirm Snap Disney streaming Hulu Appreciate any help! TC 195k YOE 9
It's a new year and you know what that means: an annoying updated ranking post. 0: Hooli, Pied PIPer, Albertsons, Kroger, Publix, Safeway 1: Google, Meta, Netflix, Airbnb, Square, Cash App, Snap, Stripe, Databricks 2: Apple, Twitter, Roblox, LinkedIn, Coinbase, Robinhood, Asana, Dripbox 3: Uber, Do...Read more
Looking for ideas to expand reach outs, openings and interview conversion. This is what I have done so far: 1. I am already reached out to connection (mostly hiring freeze is affecting this stream) 2. Applying online 3. Reaching out to recruiters via LinkedIn Appreciate if there are other ideas I...Read more
LinkedIn: Base: 185k RSU: 385k over 4 years Sign on: 45k Target bonus: 10% TC without bonus: 325k first year, then dropping to 280k Location: Sunnyvale, CA Level: Senior Engineer Team: Streams infra Kafka team Snap: Base: 170k RSU: 534k over 3 years Target bonus: 10% (My friend working at Snap to...Read more
Recently had the privilege to interview a recruiter who worked at 3/5 FAANGs the other day. Wanted to pass along her wisdom. The following was her response to "what companies do you like to see on a resume? " : "I like to see: - Ride share apps (uber/Lyft/didi/grab/etc) - Food delivery apps (DoorD...Read more
As polarizing as he can be… I believe Musk/X is going to take down many existing platforms. Who are on the potential hit list?: - Snapchat - Discord - Reddit - TikTok - WhatsApp - YouTube - LinkedIn - Stripe - PayPal - Banks - Tinder I’m not saying that it’s going to happen. Just that, if he reall...Read more
Hi there, I am a Data Engineer and have 3+ years of experience in building batch and streaming pipelines using Spark and AWS. I am looking for data engineering referrals. Please drop a comment if you are willing to refer or can pass on my resume to the hiring team. I can dm you to share more info...Read more
How is Reddit as an employer now? (Considering applying) What I know/have read: $10B valuation based on $700K funding by Fidelity in Aug $15B potential target valuation at IPO, Snap IPO CFO hired. But when is IPO predicted? Ad revenue potential weak because of two arguments usually: - Anonymity pre...Read more
Hi there, I am a Data Engineer and have 3+ years of experience in building batch and streaming pipelines using Spark and AWS. I am looking for data engineering referrals. Please drop a comment if you are willing to refer or can pass on my resume to the hiring team. I can dm you to share more info...Read more
Stripe - overvalued and 💩 vesting Palantir - weak revenue growth and underperforming stock. Had 19 years to figure out how to be profitable, 2 more years and it can legally drink Instacart - employees are bagholding onto worthless paper Twitter - absolute shitshow especially with the Elon takeo...Read more
Hey everyone, I’m a digital marketing manager/director based out of NY with 6+ years of experience leading growth programs at tech startups, managed accounts , developed new revenue streams in ad tech startup . I know the Blind community is great at networking and I was wondering if anyone would be...Read more