- Reflecting on the Page/Brin age Google used to have a cool innovative culture. Now it's known for firing people who speak out. No more TGIF, food is meh, lots of people getting shitty TCs. iOS still way better than Android. Oculus is doing way better than DayDream. AWS and Azure doing way better than GCP. Larry and Sergey had a
- Sexism in Apple I have to raise my voice here, in SWE, one of my previous group, guys are bully towards me. I am a female experienced engineer. I reported to HR, then HR covered them. And point the finger to me. Classic backlash of meToo movement. I also report sexual harassment in this group before. When out fo
- vote Apple: 200 employees laid off from Self driving car project Why has Apple fired 200 people from its car project and relocated them to other projects in the company ? Are they trying to get away from car project ?
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and industry lounge. - Good idea to join Citadel? Received an offer from citadel. Offered - 300k Worth leaving apple? Half TC here Specially concerned because of the glassdoor reviews about frequent firings and terrible culture.
- If you could characterize your company's culture in one word/phrase what would it be? For example in the case of Apple it could be "secrecy" or, for Netflix it could be a "fire fast" TC: (6.4k + 2.7k)/ month Position: Intern
- Harassment at Apple by eng manager, what to do? Don’t know where else to go so sharing here. Long story short, this individual was an external hire a few years ago, and since then has done nothing but continuously harass members on his team. Everyone constantly lives in the fear of being fired or given a PIP. He blackmails members on his team to
- vote Among FAANGMULLA, which companies get looked down upon to work for? Each of these companies has a reason or two e.g. Facebook = Privacy evil Amazon = Banana Apple = Secrecry Cult Netflix = Firing Culture Google = SJW Microsoft = Dinosoaur Uber = Stock and Bro culture Linkedin = Glorified stalking site Lyft = Stock Airbnb = Culture and exec politics TC:300K
- Career growth reflection I just wanted to write this out because I have a bit of time…I’ve been self reflecting on what I achieved over the course of 4 years with regards to my software engineer career in the Bay Area. 2 years ago I was a software engineer at PayPal earning 96K TC straight out of college with B.S. in CS. I
- Common Blind abbreviations AI - Artificial Intelligence AMZN - Amazon AWS - Amazon Web Services BI - Business Intelligence BIE - BI Engineer BS - Bachelor of Science or bullshit DE - Data Engineer DS - Data Scientist EE - Electrical Engineering or Enterprise Engineering EM - Engineering Manager FANG - Facebook, Amazon, Netfli
- Apple Hiring I was fired from Apple retail 4 years ago, now I’m thinking about working for them as a SWE. Do you think that would be an issue given that tech and retail are totally two separate branches of the company?
- Apple vs Amazon - evaluate offer I'm based out of Bangalore, India; So are the offers. Even if you're based out of Seattle/SFO/NYC/London etc., I'd like to know your general inputs. Current YOE: 6 years (Years at Microsoft: 5) Level in Microsoft: 62 Current TC (in INR): Base (22 lacs) + Bonus (1.5 lacs) + Stocks/year (8 la
- Apple's heroic fight to save human kind... Okay. Since there are lot of Apple haters here, I'm gonna write their adventurous history to save human kind in multiple occasions. Year 1976: Only there were IBM mainframe computers. No one had ever thought of making a personal computer. IBM just ignored the technology to common people like you an
- link Will you fly with 15" MBP ? honestly I'm glad I have an older 13" MBP and an XPS 15 as backup options. Even if you have an older model MBP or a good battery, will you risk the hassle ? https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2019/08/17/apple-macbook-pro-fifteen-inch-battery-recall-safety-fire-faa-airline-flying-ban/amp/
- Apple vs Uber Location: India Current TC: 3.5 million INR (35 lacs/annum) Both Apple and Uber are offering similar TC: 5.5 million INR (55 lacs/annum). Except in the case of Uber around 20 lacs/year is paper money. Yoe: 6.5 Questions: 1. Which has a better brand name - Apple or Uber ? 2. How's Work life balan
- Need to switch immediately !! I didn't get good review this year and looking forward to switch before getting fired. Can someone suggest me companies that: 1. Only focus on problem solving programming questions 2. Complete interview process in short time (4-8 weeks from applying) 3. Offer competitive pay Beside Google, Amazon,
- roku, Apple TV, fire tv where are you google? is chromecast really the best google has to offer to compete or it is not interested in competing. how hard is it to make a decent box that plugs into Google ecosystem?
- 10 Things You Can Do To Really Be Part of The 1st Class...(#4 Give Up On Your Dreams) 10 Things You Can Do To Really Be Part of The 1st Class...(#4 Give Up On Your Dreams) If you're young still, still full of ambition and beliefs. Beliefs about how you are going to change the world or how you are going to make it better and you were born in or live in America - Give those up! It's n
- link Apple fires iPhone X engineer after daughter’s hands-on video goes viral - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16565110/apple-engineer-iphone-x-youtube-video Cant stop thinking the daughter was seeking for social attention by posting on YT like so many others do nowadays Mighty Blind contributors, thoughts on the below?
- (Apple) How to appeal a rescinded internal INTL transfer? Hi peeps so this is for Apple folks I’m posting for my wife who is a team manager at Apple. She was offered an international promotion which would have sent her overseas passed all the interviews got a verbal offer...waited about 3 months only to have an EVP deny the relocation request. Odd conside
- link It finally happened - The Apple engineer whose YouTuber kid posted a video of IPhone X got fired.. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/28/16565110/apple-engineer-iphone-x-youtube-video
- Referrals Wanted Hi all, I have onsites coming up with Apple, Amazon and a few no name startups. Just wanted to interview around so I can leave my dumpster fire company. Any other companies are welcome too - I can only tag up to 3. If you would be willing to refer a backend SWE with ~ 2 YoE, that would be awesome