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.
To the folks at MS and Blizzard, is there any plan to build WoW 2? If not, why so? I personally think that WoW 2 would be great for Microsoft/Azure commercially like how AWS had brought in many other AAA projects/games by showcasing how Fortnite was developed entirely on AWS. TC 200k YOE 3 #game #...Read more
How can I best prepare for this? Doing MS Leetcode tagged problems? I've been told these cleared interviews are "easier" than the ones in the regular commercial loop but I don't want to get too confident and get slapped with a LC hard outta nowhere. Also, is there a system design round? My recruite...Read more
Just got MS and did not get recognition financially. Research says I’m getting below market rate. Work is boring and slow. Feels like the hole gets deeper the longer I stay. Is it any better in a commercial company? Should I consider pivoting to software? TC: 100K YoE: 5 #Defense #hardware #engine...Read more
Hi everyone, I recently had a virtual onsite interview with #MSFT. Today I received an email saying that the positions have been canceled due to a re-organization in Commercial Software Engineering and they are reducing the investment in Zurich and reallocating heads elsewhere. Does anybody know w...Read more
Are we allowed to do an internship along with open source programs like Google Summer of Code? I had applied to one such part time program (20 hrs/ week) but now I've recieved the offer letter from MS which says not to engage in any other activities of commercial nature? Should I cancel the other p...Read more
Does it make sense for me to leave my existing company TC is 160k. It is cleared scif work. Contract defense based company TS/SCI with CI poly YOE: 7 with a MS in Cloud Computing Redhat offer Title Container Infrastructure Architect Base 165k RSU 18K over 3 years Annual bonus 15% split into 4 qua...Read more
Should I leave my current, slow/low growth defense contractor job to the commercial side via AMZN/MFST cleared jobs or do I go straight to commercial? - Currently located in the DC Area - 4 yrs exp and working on MS in Computer Science Main reasons for leaving defense: - most of the tech is not th...Read more
I know this is a bit unconventional post! But, it would help me a lot if I could receive your valuable input... My brother received admits from one of the best unis in the world. However, because of multiple admits we are confused as of which uni to select... Following are our final choices: 1. Carn...Read more
I'm trying to decide whether to go earn an MBA or a MS in computer science. It's not an easy decision. I have a BS in electrical engineering, with 5 YOE in that, + 5 YOE in data science / cloud / DevOps tech implementation in the consulting world. My career is quite different from you typical SF tec...Read more
I’ve been at Boeing Commercial Airplanes for 11 months now, as an electrical engineer. I have a MS degree and about two total years of work experience in traditional engineering (building requirements and specs, supplier coordination, qualification/conformity/compliance testing, in service support, ...Read more
Companies hire best of the best paying several times more than the competition. Where's the results? I implement Oracle ERP. At every conference customers are crying for features Oracle will never implement. MS Teams the new low in a category "buy a good product that everyone loves and just kill it...Read more
I have a commitment at my current job (tuition reimbursement) that will keep me here till 08/2023. After that I want to work at a more commercial company, perhaps FANG if it’s still paying well. With that being said is there anything proactive (or just general advise) I can do to prepare for a role ...Read more
I moved to the US 10+ years ago to study for MS in CS and then have been working on visa with approved i140 while I'm stuck in the indefinite backlog for employment category green card backlog. My classmate from undergrad recently move to the US on L1A and got EB1C Green Card last year. I'm genuine...Read more
I have joined Intuit few months back! Since i was still in the interviewing spree and heard a bit of layoff rumors, ( Seems like blind has layoff rumors for even Microsoft! So not influenced with that now) I interviewed with Microsoft and recently got an offer as sde1 in the commercial software e...Read more
Just finished interviewing for two MSFT Senior PM positions associated with the MS Azure deployments for the US government. First is focused on removing roadblocks internally to getting products successfully moved into their S/TS spaces from commercial. Second is focused on more capture like activi...Read more
Hi all! I was curious if anyone knew if the Capital One Commercial Rotational Associate Program was for just new graduates with no experience, or if early career professionals can also apply? A little background, I got my BA in 2020 (non-finance related) and after that an MS in Analytics in Dec of ...Read more
A commercial aircraft carrying 80 tons of gloves, masks, gowns and other medical supplies from Shanghai touched down in New York on Sunday, the first of 22 scheduled flights that White House officials say will funnel much-needed goods to the United States by early April as it battles the world’s lar...Read more
*emphasis on the NOT brokerage because it's an important distinction, not to disparage* I've been snooping for a bit and don't see much here which is understandable. Looking to get a feel for how people here in the field are also doing, TC wise, hours wise, edu. wise, WLB wise etc. etc. Lucked out...Read more
I have a friend who has been interviewing for government/private/public sector work. Two companies have gotten to the point of talking about making a job offer. My friend asked for salary ranges for both of these positions. One is a government contract where they initially sent over a benefits wor...Read more
TL;DR: IRS sits on top of archaic cobol code and is very expensive to make changes. They're investing $80B over the next 10 years and code redesign is included. I lived in 2 other western countries and will tell you I didn't need to pay $60 tax filing software, nor did I pay $200 CPA every damn yea...Read more