Remote work was good. Pay was decent. Work life balance
Management is terrible. Product leadership is a mess. Reorganizations happen all the time
VMware 160k Bay Area vs Amazon 160k Seattle I know it’s a no brainer but is the bump worth it given bad weather and lesser happening places Bay Area has more meetups, more conferences, greater networking opportunities Thoughts?
I understand due to covid that confernences will be virtual. However, I am curious. When you attend conferences for work are you expected to pay for your own travel and food? My manager from Vmware told us that our company just pays for the conference.
Hi, Asking for a friend here. As VMware got acquired by Broadcom. Are there going to be Layoffs?. If yes, it would be great if you guys can provide a referral. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks Note - The person is not good with DSA but has real good knowledge in the field of SRE and has attend...Read more
Recent MASc grad with publications at top AI conferences looking for referral anywhere with postings related to MLE/MLops/SWE on an ML team. Open to anywhere, but companies I’ve found with postings I’m interested in: #stripe #netflix #paypal #microsoft #gitlab #vmware #block Already have a refer...Read more
I have offers from these three companies in Austin. Which company do you guys think would best prepare me for a software engineering role at a FAANG company? Salary isn't that big of a concern for me, but here are the details so far: Visa 105k base 10% Bonus RSU depend on performance (pretty rare) ...Read more
Recently my(total 2 authors) paper got accepted in an conference. My whole motivation to write a research paper was to build up my profile for MS in CS. I’m a little confused about the process as its my first paper at a conference: 1. Does it matter if I let the other author to present the paper in...Read more
Recently my(total 2 authors) paper got accepted in an conference. My whole motivation to write a research paper was to build up my profile for MS in CS. I’m a little confused about the process as its my first paper at a conference: 1. Does it matter if I let the other author to present the paper in...Read more
PhD - Statistics; undergrad - computer science; 18 YOE in data science (retail), Quant Finance at bulge bracket IBs, and research (academia) 3+ YOE in people management + 1 year of mentoring Current TC: $280+ Published at well known conferences and journals Hands-on coding and modeling experien...Read more
I am a SWE at VMware with 2 YOE. I had applied to a bunch of MS CS programs for the Fall 2021 cycle but got rejected by all of them (I was a bit ambitious and the cycle was extremely competitive). Later, I decided to apply for the Spring 2022 intake. Unfortunately, a few weeks after I applied to NCS...Read more
Hello everyone! I'm looking for referrals to companies in the UK/Canada (perhaps the US too, if relocation via O-1 is possible). The desired positions are MLE, SWE near ML, MLOps. I'm considering big and small companies. LC: 230 at the moment. YOE: ~8 years, most as SWE, last years a MLE. PhD in Da...Read more
TC - 120k Current role - Commercial Account Manager Warning**long post** and **blockchain focused**TLDR at the end Here it goes: I’m currently a sales rep at VMware (3 months), and before that I was at Oracle selling CX SaaS for a year out of college. While I don’t mind sales, I care about what I’...Read more
Hey there! My younger sister (from Singapore) is looking for an summer internship in her sophomore year. She has done a few projects with her professors out of interest, such as an AI medical bot (and published a paper featured in an international conference and university magazine) and developed a ...Read more
Looking for inspiration on what to do next. I've worked at AWS as a Senior Solutions Architect for a little over 5 years. First in the US then relocated to central Europe. Been in a team supporting one of our largest enterprise customers (GSA now bdsi) for most of my time here. Not super unhappy, bu...Read more
Hey everyone! I'm looking for referrals for one of my friends who would be graduating their bachelors program in Computer Science and Engineering this year (2021). They are looking for a Software Developer position. They have interned at MathWorks and worked with a startup as well in their 2nd ye...Read more
Hello everyone, I’ll be graduating with an MS in data Science in May 2022. I have been actively preparing for interviews and applying to as many companies as possible. I’d really appreciate if you could help me out in my job search with a referral. I want to apply to several SWE/ Data Science posit...Read more
Hello everyone, I am currently seeking a referral for SDE2 roles in India. I hold a BTech degree in Computer Science from one of the top 5 IITs, boasting a CGPA exceeding 9. Furthermore, I have published papers in esteemed IEEE Conferences and possess strong problem-solving skills, as evidenced by ...Read more
Hi everyone My first post - happy new year! A bit info about me - I arrived in Seattle late Dec 2019 and shortly after we were mostly lockdown which I didn't get a chance to socialize within any tech/product community in person. I was lucky that I found a job in Aug 20 with a small startup compan...Read more
I had an odd interview on my second loop with AWS and wondered if anyone has had similar. Random Sidebar thought - AWS recruiting is fast! Amazons interview process from internal recommendation to phone screens is very quick. In both cases it was 5 days at most from recommendation to recruite...Read more