One of my friend interviewed at FB US and got through it with a $180k TC in Menlo Park. While he interviewed at Google India and was sent back after onsite interview (he said). He is from a premier college of India. Is this common? What experiences do Indians have related to this? My TC: 🥜
I am considering joining as a swe in this org in Menlo Park. I have an underhrad cs degree and a graduate degree in ml from a top college and some research background. How much of the work is actual ml? Is it mostly fine tuning? Is there much collab with the FAIR? Possible to move into a research e...Read more
Hello, I’m a college grad and I’m bootcamping at Facebook rn. I’m thinking of joining a ranking team where I’d do building and training ML models for suggestions and so on. Do you guys think it’s a good place to start for my career? I’m in Menlo Park, CA TC: 175k
Relocating to Bay Area soon. What are some areas that I should avoid when searching for home? For example, I don’t want to love in a loud area where mostly college grads and singles live. Any park where there are many homeless people? An area where crimes are frequent? Basically, I am looking for sk...Read more
I borrowed my friend's account, so please ignore the Microsoft label in my account. Compensations for these internships are similar (9k - 10k). Location preferences: Doordash (SF) > Robinhood(Menlo Park). Personal interest in the business: Robinhood ≥ Doordash. This will be my last internship in...Read more
I'm starting fulltime as a software engineer at Facebook, Menlo Park out of college this summer (after interning there). During negotiations I ranked NYC as my top office choice and straight up said I would accept immediately if I got NYC office and would probably reject if they couldn't do that. M...Read more
As a remote employee I've been looking for states with no income tax. However, after visiting Chicago - I've learnt it's incredibly cheap. You can live in the best neighborhoods in The Loop or River North for under 2k a month. It feels like college again with all the normal young people. Which mak...Read more
Houses with high school ratings are so much more expensive. You can buy much better house in Redwood City vs Sunnyvale. Do people look beyond just one number? Or do they care about equity? Here are my personal stories. My friends kids graduated from an IB program in Sequoia High School (6/10). It h...Read more
I work at Facebook in Menlo Park and have been living in South Bay for 2 years. I'm in my mid 20s now and I'm finding South Bay quite boring -- not much to do after getting back from work and most of my friends from college live in the city (in SF/Seattle). South Bay is also worse in terms of datin...Read more
I recently hit $5M NW, roughly as $2.5M primary residence, $2M stock investments, $1M retirement accounts, $2M in rental properties, and -$2.5M in loans at interest rates <;3%. My perspective on rental properties has been, buy and rent where it's easy for me to property manage myself. And I kinda
I am working at my current company from last 8 months which I joined as a new grad fresh out of college(Tier 1 if that matters). I like the work that I am doing and I really like the team in which I am working currently. My current TC is 32L and I am genuinely confused what should I do going ahead. ...Read more
#tech #swift #investment Hi everyone, new to Blind. What I'm looking for: A Swift tutor. Ideally you program Swift on a daily basis. My questions will probably be dumb from your PoV, but that is essential. Tried lone-wolf learning but didn't end up well. I'm one of those "false beginners". Goal...Read more