Interesting product and projects, amazing work life balance, generally good people
Uninspiring leadership, terrible middle management, massive bureaucracy considering company size, CEO is completely unqualified and demotivating, awful product prioritization, rampant technical debt, and no real decision making capability by ICs or line managers. Things used to be better, but culture and company has been on a steady decline.
Either bad to humanity or to the users themselves.. Incomplete list of things these social networks have contributed to - Facebook - Cambridge Analytica Twitter - Capitol riots, Bitcoin mania Blind - Toxic TC chasing Reddit - BANGing stocks TikTok - questionable privacy, child safety Btw Blind wi...Read more
Main point: Laid back engineering culture, privacy issues and cancellation of services will eventually lead to Google's demise. Problems: 1. Search is down the drain. https://weirdmarketingtales.com/why-people-are-adding-reddit-to-their-google-searches 2. GCP is losing out to competitors. It has a ...Read more
This is annoying because it’s interfere the privacy! And I can’t imagine this could happen in US, which claims itself as country with freedom of speech. But curious practically how this would work? I gave USCIS the name of my Facebook, reddit, YouTube. Then what will they do? I can only think that ...Read more
MEGA THREAD HERE Edit #1: stop asking for invites that’s not how it works on Reddit. Read below GME TO 1000 BABY!! 🚀🚀 Info: earlier today the WSB mods were discussing changing the privacy settings so that they could limit the number of bots posting distracting posts on the sub, to get users to ...Read more
Those scumbags got rid of my goto apollo Im getting a new device tomorrow. Guessing I need a new Apple ID. Because Reddit always stores the same app with the same data / credentials preloaded tied to your Apple ID, and there’s no way to wipe it clean. (So much for your “love of privacy” Apple) Any...Read more
Saw this on LinkedIn. Copypasta: -Telegram and Signal, privacy-first comms apps, are #1 and #2 on the app stores currently, knocking out WhatsApp. A global trend. -At one point today, Newsmax and OANN apps (“alternative” news networks) were outpacing CNN in the stores. -Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey fr...Read more
#Top 5 Updates of last Week: * Meta’s Targeted Advertising is dead in EU now, the platform requires direct consent from EU users to use their data. * TikTok announces new Privacy-focused Ad Targeting option. * Instagram launches new DM Control features to protect users from unwanted messages. * ...Read more
Me (30M) and my boyfriend (29M) have been together for 2.5 years now, and everything was great. We’d even discussed marriage, and I was gonna move with him for his job. But well, I’ve been cheated on once before, and I hate to admit it but I violated his privacy. He trusts me with his devices and st...Read more
Tired of working contract roles, would like a full time role with some benefits. Any referrals would be greatly appreciated. Cybersecurity/Privacy industry YOE: 2yrs #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #algolia #algorand #anaplan #apple #argoai #atlassian #audible #aurora #benchling #bettermortgag...Read more
Recently I was doing an update of all my software when I realized I'm out of the loop on the latest and greatest shit. After stumbling around for a while I landed on a site called privacytools.io. Kinda opened my eyes a bit. Things I've changed (or in process of changing). 1.) using Firefox ins...Read more
Hi all. Hope someone can help, I know this is a super longshot but have exhausted other avenues. My boyfriend recently had a parent pass away suddenly and unexpectedly. Non-COVID-related, as far as we can tell. Parent was very rigorous about privacy and apparently used 1Password. Apparently parent ...Read more
Hello, I'm looking for job referral for remote Machine Learning Engineer or Data Scientist role. If you can help or provide pointer, I would really appreciate it. I currently work as L5 Applied Scientist at Amazon and am eager to switch due to the following reasons: (1) Leadership recently took a ...Read more
I've been reading leetcode, reddit and blind a lot these days. And I had found so much information. People are sharing an information that they shouldn't be sharing: questions they were asked, packages, the way they bluffed, lied on their resumes. But it shouldn't be so hard to figure them out, righ...Read more
I see a lot of talented people looking for tech jobs when the all-star team is already on Blind. First the truth- TikTok will be banned in the U.S. in the next few months. EU will follow. Twitter is imploding and global citizens need another platform to allow for democratized freedom of speech and...Read more
Currently mid level and underpaid (withholding YOE and TC for privacy bc they'd be identifiable), ex-FAANG, looking for referrals for remote SWE roles. #swe #engineering #software #referral #hiring #jobhunt #addepar #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #akasa #akunacapital #Alphonso #alteryx #amazon #a...Read more
Hello All, Need referrals for any remote roles in GRC, PRIVACY, SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE. Thanks in advanced. TC 110K + 4K OPTIONS/RSU - YOE 3 #compliance #infosec #cybersecurity #referral #hiring #jobhunt #addepar #adobe #affirm #airbnb #airtable #akasa #akunacapital #Alphonso #alteryx #ama...Read more
Hey everyone! I've been working as a Software Engineer at a US-based SaaS B2B Privacy and Security company for the past 1 year and 6 months (1 year as an intern and 6 months as FTE). I graduated in May 2023. I mainly work with the backend team of the company but since it's a startup, I have been fa...Read more
I am struggling to decide between my top three offers, which are for Meta, a Hedge Fund (think Citadel, Jane Street, Two Sigma, etc.) and a London based HFT firm (you'll likely know the name but want to protect my privacy). The offers are: Meta (E5): TC ~£203k (109, $420/4 years, 15% bonus), plus £...Read more
Blind has helped me a ton throughout my interview journey! It can be hard to find information for machine learning positions (ie machine learning engineer, applied scientist, data scientist), so I want to share my experience interviewing for ML positions. All roles were primarily for MLE and I am cu...Read more
Hello Blind Community! I have been on this app since i was a Freshman in college (2020) but I never had any reason to post until now, as I am finally graduating next year. I am looking for referrals to companies (specifically big companies like Nvidia, Uber, Doordash, Netflix..) as its been a rumor ...Read more