If you have problems with discussing tiers, then GTFO of this post. These rankings are based off the data points from other tier blind posts, If you think these rankings are off, then please comment with your own rankings. Tier = Pay, prestige, wlb, culture, benefits, talent pool, brand weight on r...Read more
I totally relate to the videos! My boss is definitely the boomer and check all the boxes for millennial. Give it a watch and comment if you relate
Tier = Pay, prestige, wlb, culture, benefits, talent pool, brand weight on resume, people have starry eyes when you tell them where you work at Tier 0: Be your own boss Tier 1: FNG Tier 2: Apple, Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, Linkedin Tier 3: Amazon, Microsoft, Stripe, Pinterest, Slack, Snap, Dropbox, Robinh...Read more
I have this engineer who massively over-engineers everything he’s assigned to. Something his boss estimated for 1 hour could take him 3 days. He’s very sharp very experienced (15+ yoe), but he codes a 3-br townhouse when his boss asks for a cat litter box. He doesn’t report directly to me but I ma...Read more
My husband recently joined Microsoft. Its been 2 months to be exact. His boss is literally toxic and ignores him when he messages him and requests for a call. He wants to box him and doesnt let him research and implement better solutions. I am feeling very sad seeing his situation as he was so excit...Read more
As things sort of fall apart at the seams around me at work, I'm seriously thinking of starting a retreat center in Colombia where my dad is from and building that up. Should I start this, or continue going on interviews with tech companies and keep getting rejected because my skills don't seem to ...Read more
Finance Director 15 YOE I’ve been asked to take on a bigger role, ERP implementation as a sort of Product Owner / Finance Transformation Lead, which is expected to take most of my time. I ask what this will do to title and comp and got told that’ll be later… Now I’m being told the backfill for my ...Read more
I resigned this week. I worked as QA for an auto recycling company in Atlanta, I most tested their point of sales systems as well as their data generated reports for executives. So for the last two weeks this company had fallen to ransomware attacks ( Company uses dedicated hardware running Window...Read more
Boss suggested I take a class as part of my annual review. I agreed it might be helpful. To be clear, I don’t actually think it will be helpful. It is in a technical area I don’t work in, but whatever. Play the game. I sent the boss a list of possible classes and I asked if it’s what they had in min...Read more
At what point are you supposed to inform your employer? I think respecting employers policy is important however it is a big black box of legal jargon. Layman’s terms - 1) When did you inform your employer? How did you inform them? Who did you inform first? (HR/Boss etc?) 2) If I work on my startu...Read more
I’m almost at 3 YOE. I set up a meeting with my boss to discuss my yearly performance I haven’t missed a single deadline, and exceeded expectations, gave presentations and cleaned up a bunch of tech debt I currently make 80k and want to ask for 90k (Canadian) Our company is a consulting firm, I f...Read more
Does anyone have more than one realtor (from different companies) helping them show properties? I’m a buyer in this case. I would like to know what are the pros and cons. Would there be any legal issues if I go with one or the other if I’m going for private showings with both (of course separately)?...Read more
Making it a poll to get more input. In OMSCS right now, boss at work has flat out said it won't matter at all where I'm at. I have unrelated BA and MS degrees so I check the box of having a degree. I am a US citizen, so don't need it for visa. The reason I started it last spring is to fill in knowl...Read more
Hi blind, I’m have interviews setup for Google in 2 weeks and would love to get interviews scheduled for any of the companies below. Companies must allow remote work or be based it Utah 😁 I am a full-stack SWE, my teams dev ops SME, and I was asked to lead a new team next quarter as their team le...Read more
I came to software engineering from a non-CS background. My coworkers told me in a meeting that people with CS-background are better engineers because they know how computers work. That’s fine with me. I guess they are. Even if they aren’t, that’s none of my business. I’ve proven that I’m good enoug...Read more
FAANG has made me obsessed with money. I reached levels of compensation and wealth by the time I was 30 which far exceeded any goals I set for myself before getting into tech. I should be celebrating, yet I’ve just become obsessed with getting MORE (not just in my career but outside of work through ...Read more
Currently an EM (actively doing IC work) with 10 YOE at 5 startups. I've worked for the same 3 bosses, so I've not needed a resume in a long time. After seeing all of the crazy TC posts on here, I decided apply to EM/Staff SWE roles at public/soon-to-be public companies. Resumes v1 and v2 got me not...Read more
Trying to keep this brief and am unbiased as possible. I have a co worker that now makes significantly more than me, and I have no clue how to deal with this. I started with the company 5 years ago as basically a receptionist with no direct experience. Shortly after, our office had some unexpected...Read more
Hi: I have been having such a hard time finding an entry level PM role and I’m desperately trying to leave my current company. I’ve been experiencing a good bit of racism and micro aggressions from my boss and team, and HR is not doing anything about it. It makes working miserable, it’s impacting m...Read more
Started at a new position (level 5 engineer) and everyone on my team is also level 5. The problem, I feel like I am surrounded by new grads. No one uses virtual env, knows how to use git, makes modular code, writes pep8 code, thinks writing python 3 compatible code is important, knows how to handl...Read more