If you had an option to choose 800k tc at Meta Or Pre-seed ai startup (only 3 people where each member was a founding engineer of YouTube, OpenAI, Instagram - engineer #1 - enginner #4) Where would you go? Upside for the startup is more than 80M if it IPOs
ISO, RSU, How does a company create RSU or ISOs or both, how they convert ISO to RSU , What happens post IPO or acquired? Selling shares of non-IPO companies (How and Where) ? Why I couldn’t find a single book or youtube video series to understand the entire lifecycle of company shares. I don’t want...Read more
Google is literal the gateway to the internet. We created Transformers which is the basis of ChatGPT and the whole LLM boom. We have products like Gmail, Maps, Android, YouTube, GSuites, Chrome etc where billions of users use everyday. We opensourced Kubenetes, Flutter, Tensorflow, eyc. So angry at...Read more
Long story, over years I have tried to get into Google/ Meta. Over 8 yrs ago I tried to switch industries was trying to get into tech and went till the final rounds of Google, was rejected from HC as they felt it was not a match for the tech experience (it was for google voice team) Similar storie...Read more
Hard reality with all what it going on in the tech industry! I wanted to get a new job at Faang in the US, build my network, secure my future but now it is hard to know what to do! I am almost 40 yo, with 100k cash and my house (300k), no wife or kid. Form my research I see that mid-level SWE are p...Read more
Hi there, thanks for your time in advance! As title suggests, I would really appreciate some advice on suggesting my next career move. A little background about me: I graduated 3 years ago with a B.S comp sci and B.A applied math, have about 3 YOE in Data Engineering. I currently work in a mid siz...Read more
Hey guys, Started getting quite lost and not sure about my next move in my career. About my background: Started my first swe job ~4 years ago. Before that self-learned software development & CS topics through various ways (online courses, books, classes, youtube videos, paid courses, personal proj...Read more
Currently working at Microsoft, 1 yoe. Staying on my current team is out of the question, although the excellent wlb gave me time to LMAO (Leetcode My A** Off). I tried internal transfer, but I have to go through an interview loop for each team. So I decided to look internally as well as externally....Read more
Due to lockdown and in the last month switching to living by myself after my roommate left, I found myself unable to do anything. I've been depressed that some of my closest relatives are anti vaxers, and tried to convince me to not get the vaccine. When I went ahead to get it anyways, they say they...Read more
How to get to partner level at Microsoft (L68) or other executive jobs There is a very valuable post on blind about an interview process for engineering leaders from last year: https://www.teamblind.com/post/Interview-Cycle-Facebook-M1-Google-L7-Microsoft-L68-and-Local-Public-Company-dRQmWtbh This...Read more
Warning. This is going to be a very long post. Feel free to ignore most of it and just scroll down for offers if that's all you care to see. I've fudged the numbers slightly for the sake of anonymity but they are more or less accurate. A few months ago I made this post and promised to follow up if ...Read more