I have an interview coming up for Mid to Senior Level Engineer. Is LC easy ok ?? Still struggling with Mediums. Any tips of how should prepare!
Buying a $450,000 house in Phoenix, Arizona. I’m thinking of paying $300,000 down payment so my monthly mortgage is $1,000. I’m extremely risk averse and conservative and don’t feel comfortable paying 20% down ($90,000) in case I lose my job or want to take a lower paying job. I would sell all my V...Read more
Once you break past 300k , rest of the grind isn’t worth unless you are earning mil +. This chase will take up your life and for what .. maybe drive a model y instead of bmw 3 series, own a 4br house in east bay instead of 3br. It’s all in vain unless you break into exec roles or start your own sh...Read more
TC: $185,000 Base: $150,000 Bonus: $35,000 Age: 27 Yoe: 4 Relationship status: single No obligations to anyone Living with parents until COVID ends Vanguard Roth IRA$35,514.80 Vanguard Brokerage$133,899.08 HealthEquity HSA$10,118.85 Principal 401k$66,931.61 Robinhood$12,973.14 Amex Savings$55,192.1...Read more
I’m a US citizen desi and seems I can only match and stick with other desi girls who have some visa issues. I’ll facetime a us citizen and get ghosted Visa girls seem to chase me on the apps though. I’m 6’3” $155k tc $650k nw age 29 own my own home, drive a tesla, have a runway modeling contract,...Read more
After reading all the posts I figured that the problem with Blind is lack of brain cells! A woman in her right mind would only chose a high value man like me and not the Brokies on Blind! I am 6 ft tall, hit the gym, lift weights, have hobbies, drive expensive car, eats in the best restaurants and ...Read more
I've seen no shortage of posts about chasing better TC or feeling stuck in a spot because of it. I'm curious how people get to the point where they feel stuck, or what drives chasing TC beyond just wanting to make more money. Not looking for generic things like 'houses are expensive' or 'student loa...Read more
Every other topic is now about India and Indians in tech. If not, the comments drive conversation in that direction. It has become fashionable to blame Indians whether it be dating scene, work culture, just culture, TC chasing, Visa challenges and what not. Few Indians follow suite and propagate the...Read more
Looks like all the cars on highway 237, 880, 101, 680 drives in express lane with 1 passenger but #officelife with fast-track setting of 3 while I am crawling in normal lane. Aren’t they getting tickets or cops chasing or should I also join the league ? It is so frustrating to see cars flashing by w...Read more
This place is for brokies and wanna be Americans! I am way ahead of them as I don’t chase being a citizen because I am already one. I keep my self respect. Blind chases women and I am again way ahead of them. I don’t chase women. I 6’ ft tall and hit the gym. I get the woman I want. Infact, Women c...Read more
Chase sapphire reserve (which is visa) is the only credit card I currently have. What’s a good second credit card? I don’t want one that’s best for specific stores since I tend to buy from small business when I can. I don’t drive much so I don’t really care about saving on gas. I also want a card t...Read more
New to the role so want to test if my experience is true for others. While I definitely find the product scoping and evaluation exciting, I feel that more than 50% of my time is spent chasing people to drive alignment and consensus. If this is typical of a PM, what are we learning here? Seems prima...Read more
I'm a bay area native and I love living here, but I can't justify spending 1.5 - 2M on a single house, even though I can afford it. I would rather live in 2-3 homes over the course of the year, chasing warm weather and avoiding snow/rain. I'm looking for ideas and places in the US and abroad to res...Read more
For the successful TC chasers, where do you want to be at the peak of your life? What drives you underneath? I don't think I'm depressed, but hobbies feel like I'm trying to distract myself, chasing TC is not super fulfilling, and improving myself is valuable but a bit directionless if I can't visu...Read more
Just received my W2 and realized that I’ve made over a million dollars last year. My life isn’t significantly better, I don’t have a private jet, I drive a very normal car and I still have almost 30 years on my mortgage. Just wanted to share this story with everyone else who is chasing dollars, ther...Read more
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/scientists-question-evidence-behind-us-covid-19-booster-shot-drive-2021-08-19/ “Trust the science” All experts interviewed by Reuters also emphasized the need to inoculate the vast number of people around the world who have yet to access ...Read more
So I've been thinking about dating. A lot of us here on Blind are ambitious. We chase the TC high, the prestige, the career ladder. I think it is safe to say that most of us here are somewhat ambitious overachievers - even when compared to our peers in the software industry, let alone all industrie...Read more
As a backend engineer, what your practical advice on growing beyond L5 at Google? Typical pain at a big company I've been experiencing: - boring projects - many people chasing few opportunities - teams moving slowly I considered switching to new companies, but I don't see how this is a solution to g...Read more
I have aspirations to become wealthy enough to have a beach house and drive a nice car. Because other than that I’m not sure what I’m chasing for in life. I’m under 21 so my vision might be skewed. What can I do better to save and be wealthy? I have a hard time figuring out how I can get my first 1...Read more
- ML/SWE with 3YoE. - I have more drive and interest working on small projects/alone. Leetcoding and doing generic memorizations unrelated to what I'm building slows down my motivation and interest. - End goal is to build small projects by myself / bootstrap with 1-2 partners and scale slowly. Not...Read more