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- vote Is it Safe to Join Coinbase ?? With current market and risk in crypto and blockchain technologies?? They Pay Awesome I have received a very good offer from Coinbase after 8 interviews and hiring manager seems very nice guy, I am looking for answers from experts about risk/reward balance to join company like Coinbase considering business they are operating and market dealing with decentralized technologies. I have
- In Depth Systems Design Interview Primer for those in need Hey guys, I'm seeing that a lot of people are being laid off at the moment and between those and the hiring freezes, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Blinders are going to be looking for jobs soon. In the event that any of you are prepping for systems design interviews, I made a 30 page in depth
- How do you respond to “equitability” excuses in negotiations? I was recently negotiating a job offer and ended up declining at a late stage. When the company said they couldn’t meet my base salary request, which just matched what my base is currently, they said they looked at other people at the level I’d be joining and could not see an “equitable” way to meet
- Meta - Does this email from Meta look positive? Hi Dear Blind, Completed VO 5 days ago. ======== Hey XXXXX, Just wanted to let you know we debriefed on your feedback. Can you chat tomorrow at XXX about the feedback and next steps? Let me know if that works for you. ======== Tax. TC: 300k YOE: 13
- vote Meta IC5 downleveled everywhere outside I'm a recently promoted IC5 SWE between 4 and 5 YOE, all at Facebook. Started applying to senior SWE positions outside for several personal reasons. After onsite, recruiters tell me the team wants to move forward, and I get so excited. But they don't mention the level until I ask, and 4 out of 5 co
- Which companies are hiring crazy at the moment? I know Meta and Twitter aren't. But which ones are?
- vote Bloomberg or Amazon What should I go for? Bloomberg Senior SWE role: Base 235k Annual Bonus 65k Sign on 40k Amazon SDE2: Base 180k Bonus 75k Stock: 50k/year I feel that wlb will be good at Bloomberg than Amazon. Current TC: 183k
- Software engineers who lived through the dotcom and 2008 crisis: what was it like? It seems we are headed towards a similar recession. Especially for tech companies that enjoyed the most out of that free money being pumped into the market. So I wanted to get a feeling of what it was like for engineers during that time. How many got fired? How many saw their TC tank? Did you have
- Finally I got into Google Finally I got into Google. Still remember 4 years ago back in 2018, I took my parents and my brother to visit the Googleplex in Mountain View. I even can’t imagine I finally get in. Share a timeline and appreciate all the help from blind community. 11/2021 Sourcing recruiter reach out but I was hap
- vote Stay at Apple CA SDET or Salesforce Dallas TX SDET Curious to see what blind thinks. Pretty low compared to everyone else here but I’m bad at leetcode. So I’ll take what I can get 🥲 Current TC in CA @ current AAPL price: Base: 132,000 Yearly bonus: 10k RSU 35k per year ( 140/4 ) TC: 177k Salesforce SDET in Dallas TX: Base: 135,000 Target bonus
- vote Take Doordash vs amazon for 60k pay cut? Offers Amazon l6 470/460/425/425 No refresher Didn’t negotiate yet, can probably push to 500/500? Doordash e5 440/405/405/405 ~30k refreshers for MA Taking DD to avoid amazon toxicity and more interesting work. Right choice?
- A fruitless job search finally worked out! (MAANG) To put this post in perspective, I started applying to jobs around September of last year. Since then, I've received quite a few offers, but always at entry level. At the time, due to stock appreciation, none of those offers were competitive with my compensation (220k): Amazon L4: 180k, eventually
- vote New grad offers Hi everyone, Asking for a friend: New Grad Offers: Bloomberg 153k+20k bonus +40k sign on NYC MSFT 120k+150k/4 RSU + 70k/2 sign on NYC Meta 129k+150k/4 RSU + 50k sign on NYC This is the order of priority: WLB,learning curve, compensation and benefits Which offer do you guys think my friend should
- Mixed feedback from google Looks like I didn’t get it this time boys 🥲. Taking another senior offer with 70% bump in TC. Will try again big G and meta next year, good luck to everyone else!
- Amazon vs Bloomberg New Grad UPDATE: Thanks for the advice. For what it’s worth found out I did not get the Bloomberg job which is just as well because I was definitely leaning toward Amazon and not sure I could actually choose to live in NYC if it came down to it… that said it would have been nice to try to use it to negotiate
- What is the lowest paying company you would join? Due to WLB, perks, management, team, work, company pride, etc TC: 95k
- Does anyone have a PDF version of Grokking the coding interview? I prefer printing it out to read and not be on the screen. Has anyone compiled the content into a PDF? Can you please send it to me 🙏 YOE: 15 TC: 200k
- Hiring Python Developers in Chicago or New York Successful prop shop - mid frequency $180-225k base salary TC will also include signing bonus + guaranteed bonus for year 1
- Covering up an offer bluff MS was taking too long to respond, to which I told them that I have another offer from MAANG, even tho I am still in the interview stage. The recruiter quickly responded that they will be giving me a offer shortly. But MS being MS, they still haven't gotten in touch for more than 2 weeks now. I am h
- vote Meta e5 filled?? Got the e5 swe offer. Meta recruiter said comp numbers by tomorrow and deadline on Monday. Wtf??? Since when does meta do exploding offers? Recruiter justification was saying these are the “last slots”. She indicated if no changes, e5 filled rest of year. I am doubtful. Anyone else can disprove it?
- How much work do y’all do in that 2 week notice period? Im in my 2 week notice period and still got 7 work days left. I’ve finished whats on my plate as far as stories go. Should i pick up a small story and help out as much as i can or just kinda finesse my way through to the end lmao? TC: currently 108k, new place 212k YOE: 3
- vote Rate my offers - which to take? Amazon L6 470k/460/425/425 Doordash e5 425/425/405/405 (But ~30k refresher per year) Yoe 5 Other details: I’m curious about wlb and scope comparison. DD team is a bit more interesting. Amazon is in office vs DD remote, and I prefer in office. I can probably push amzn offer a bit more. Seattle/
- Meta E5 offer eval I interviewed at meta for E6 loop but due to meh performance in the design rounds, they want to bring me in as a 5 instead. I am currently a 6 at a well established new tech company, so I'm torn if I should jump over into the metaverse or not. Current TC 530k Offer ~500k It looks like tc wise it
- Hiring C++ developers for leading HFT firm - London or Sydney Fast growing team but only 3 years in, so still lots of opportunity to make a big impact and shape how things are built. Large amount of autonomy. Salary is to attract the best
- 100M Sharks are killed every year You read that right! Sharks are vital to ocean health and the ocean ecosystem. I’m not a biologist but loosing sharks at this rate can’t be good for the planet. Is it possible to use tech to help solve this problem? Any startups already working in this space? Does anyone else want to work on this
- Is New York still worth it? I’ve been contacted by an Amazon HM offering to boomerang without any interviews. Considering to go for it and relocate to the US at the same time as I’m currently based in Germany (I’ve worked at Amazon for a few years, so I’m eligible for L1 visa). I visited NYC before the pandemic and simply lov
- vote Chances of passing Google HC? Received Google onsite results for L3: Coding 1: LH Coding 2: H Coding 3: LH Coding 4: LH Behavioral: H H = Hire LH = Leaning Hire What are my chances of passing HC? If you can, please explain your reasoning. TC: 170k
- vote Reasons for becoming a strong engineer The only reason I want to be a strong engineer is so I can work faster and less. Does anybody fit in this camp ?\ TC -> 190k, SDE 2
- vote What are my odds of getting Google offer? Got my interview feedback for Google L5: 1 strong hire, 1 hire, 3 lean hire. Recruiter submitted for team match. (HC next?) What are my chances of getting an offer? I have offers for up to ~500k. Is it worth waiting for the Google process? Blind tax: YOE: 10, TC 340.
- Resignation before IR or after? Hi all, I have toxic manager and we don’t go well. I have been looking for opportunities and got offer from non FAANG. Though the pay is good and work is what I was looking for. Now the connect season is arriving and I know my manager is going to give me IR. Should I put my resignation before conne
- How do people get through difficult assessments Just gave a codesignal assessment for Uber. I essentially solved only the two basic questions they put in there to see if you can code. There was this matrix question that looked doable but I couldn't figure out how to do it for the life of me. And for another question, I simply did a brute force, a
- vote Should I move back to the US if I can’t leetcode? I also won’t leetcode. I’ve got a life to live. Here in Germany you can get 90-100k without doing algo puzzles. Should I just stay here? I’m not really down to move back to the US rat race if to make 120k at a shit startup. TC: 95k€ Location: 🇩🇪 YOE: 10yr front end/1yr engineering manager US c
- vote Amazon stock split Analyst predicted that amazon stock price would be around 150$ after the split. Does it have potential to go up by 3-4 times in two to three years? Asking this to consider a job offer. TC: 190k Level 4.
- vote Meta, Walmart, Zillow or Sysdig? These are final and Im not interviewing further :) Sysdig: 200k Base, 25k RSU @ 16.23 (400K over 4 years) + 35 K joining Bonus TC: 325k Zillow 205K Base, 400k (Stocks over 4 years)+ 60 joining bonus first year + 45 next year. Better benefits ( 401k , medical etc) TC: 365k Walmart - they quoted 34
- vote Offer negotiation help please TikTok initial offer: Location: Mountain view TC: 325k Base: 190k Level: 2-1 Adobe: Location: Austin TC: 220k I just got my tiktok offer after two months of interviewing with them and this is initial offer they gave. But, I am not at all interested in joining tiktok. I signed Adobe offer 2 week
- OCI interview difficulty level Got a call from OCI. How difficult is the interview process compared to big tech like Amazon, Meta, Google? #engineering #software #swe
- vote Companies with a great WLB in general. or hit or miss/team dependent. Any specific companies /any size not just giants truly known for Co. wide WLB? Can you bank on company wide WLB/not grinding you hard? If so I'd love to know which ones, please. #engineering #software #swe TC 90k
- Is Friday (April 29th, 2022) a company holiday for meta? Just wondering because my recruiter is claiming it is and that they need a decision by Monday (May 2nd) I feel like they're just imposing arbitrary deadlines. I have multiple offers and was on the fence about Meta, so I don't mind walking away. I'm just curious. #meta
- How do you say bye bye? Hey folks, what are some skillful ways to turn in your resignation? Especially if you are on good terms with your team and want to ensure you don’t burn any bridges. Thanks!
- Microsoft hiring events are a joke, what a waste of time for many candidates Microsoft already pays 🥜 compared to industry standards Especially with hiring events, they downlevel and lowball like crazy They interview a bunch of candidates and give offers to many What a waste of time Tc: 160k
- Meta stopped hiring in EMEA region. What's up with Meta? A friend had a call setup with Meta for a SWE E5 positon in EMEA region. He just got an email saying that they pause recruiting in EMEA region?! Anyone heard about something similar?
- vote 100 LC in 1 year or 100 LC in 2 months? Which is better for learning? 100 LC done over 1 year steadily, or the same 100 LC done over a 2 month period?
- vote When org lead says after interview “hope we get chance to talk about next steps” Positive feedback in all previous interviews and this was final interview to see cultural fit and overall thought process, level etc. Not gonna disclose company TC: gonna 🚀 if i get this offer
- vote LinkedIn vs Google vs Amazon? Ask for my FRIEND Currently, he is trying to make a decision from all these 3 companies, and he values career/technical growth > TC > WLB Amazon - SDE2 - Seattle TC: 346k, 190k base + 330k RSU + 137k/105k sign-on over the first two years pros: great TC, new product cons: poor WLB LinkedIn - Sr SW
- Rejected in Amazon SDE III interview I thought I did great in LPs but when I really thought deep I never gave dollar value , number of orders impacted , number of customers impacted. I think I lack Articulation skills. How everyone learning articulation skill and story telling , impressing with story skills ? Need help on this to impro
- Burnt out from interviews I scheduled 8 on-sites in two weeks and I am going through a bout of depression I got rejected from the first two and now I’m finding myself getting very frustrated and kinda rude with the interviewers Should I just cancel the rest until I’m in a better headspace? Tc ~200k
- What does HRT actually pay senior SWEs? Numbers seem anywhere between $300k - and $1M.
- Amazon cool down,use another email? Applying for role with another email works? If you’re on cool down.
- Canceling Google onsite What happens if I cancel my G onsite that is scheduled to happen soon? I don't want to delay it either since I've already done it twice. I plan on just staying back at my current company. I've delayed it twice and then never got around to preparing - probably cannot even initialize a queue properly
- [need advice] Passed onsite, but need team match I interviewed with a company. Recruiter told me overall the feedback was positive. However the hiring team doesn’t feel I would be a right fit for the team. So recruiter is trying to find me another team and asked me what teams I see interested online. How should I interpret the situation? How coul