I get my first big RSU vest on august 15 after staying a year! Yay! What should I do? Update: I’ll get ~$100k in RSU and my thought now is to sell and use the money to buy a multi family real estate or put it in a good index fund. MSFT hit up to $360 recently so just thinking if I should sell all v...Read more
Basically everyone is wfh unless the team is planning a big meeting. Less flexible than hybrid model because no one has a desk anymore. What about the free food perk? Will employees get a stipend for free meals? https://blog.dropbox.com/topics/company/dropbox-goes-virtual-first
Let’s say I have 1 mid-level engineer, 7 senior engineers and 1 staff engineer on the team. Explain your reasoning
How bad it is to not showing up in the first day of work? I just didn't have a courage to say my new employee that i found a better offer at last moment, and not joining them. Today was supposed to be my first day, and i didn't show up. Turned off my phone. Feeling terrible right now. Is that too ...Read more
Looking to buy first home in the Bay Area but overwhelmed by the process. Not sure how to look for real estate agents, financing and generally decide on what areas are good. What do you recommend to read/people to meet to get started on educating myself in this process? More background: I recently...Read more
Laid off December 7th, just received offer at small startup that is more in line with my career goals than my old position was anyway. 25% boost in TC as well. I probably sent in 200 applications, and interviewed with 4 other companies before receiving this offer. 48 days from beginning to end. ...Read more
Made sure the first thing I did was sign up for Blind using my Amazon email. It was quite a ride. The initial meeting dropped 2 minutes in because my manager had to reboot his computer. The image on my MacBook was bad, and we had to reinstall the VPN client. I forgot to mention, everyone was super...Read more
I just got my first paycheck as a software engineer. I’m so fucking excited. I know it’s not a lot Blind standards but I’m making 120k a year, which is more money than I ever thought I’d make. I’ve never made more than 25 dollars an hour before, so this is a huge step up for me. I know you all wil...Read more
I was informed Monday that the company I work for is going to layoff half my team later on in the week. This is the first time in my career that I’ve been informed I was going to orchestrate the discussion with those getting laid off on my team. I know this topic is sensitive, mainly for those gett...Read more
I’ve been terrible with money and i can tell you a story that proves so- i used to make 7k a year in india and i saved nothing and in a couple of years i starter earning 30k in india and still saved nothing. then i moved to wisconsin and started earning 110k, still no savings. and then i decided to ...Read more
Got email notifying layoff this morning. Access lost immediately. Computers locked after 4 hours. Bye bye Amazon web services.#layoff
I got promoted this cycle and I wanted to reward myself with a watch. I’m looking at the following watches (budget: ~7000 USD). Watch enthusiasts of Blind, please give your opinions or any other alternatives: Omega Speedmaster Omega Seamaster 300m Rolex Oyster Perpetual Rolex Datejust <;other?&g
Stuck on the decision of whether I should quit within the first week of joining Doordash? Just recently got an offer from Meta which was unexpected Same location and E4
Just hit 1 million net worth today. TC 320, YOE 5, age 27.5 Trying to figure out what to do next, want to FIRE by 35 🤩
Remote-first: Affirm, Airbnb, Atlassian, Brex, Coinbase, Confluent, Coursera, Crowdstrike, Cruise, Dell, DoorDash, Dropbox, Github, GitLab, Hashicorp, Hubspot, Indeed, Instacart, Lyft, Mozilla, OCI, Okta, PagerDuty, Plaid, Raytheon, Reddit, Redfin, Red Hat, Robinhood (rumored they will RTO soon), Sh...Read more
I have my first hour interview with a hiring manager for a lead program manager position at TikTok US. Anyone have insights on expectations for round one? Is it technical or behavioral? Do they have a defined structure and question framing like Amazon?
Hola, I am in the process of buying house and being first time buyer is making it scary. Being immigrant, not completely aware of the market gain, process, build materials etc adds to the complexity apart from the higher costs of the house. Looking for tips and advises. Thanks in advance! Total co...Read more
My friends at Amazon said Amazon was the first company that adopted the hybrid model: working from office from Monday to Friday and working from home on Saturday and Sunday. I cannot argue but agree with him.#tech
… compared to the people who get fired in the second/third/fourth/fifth/…. wave. In the first wave you get fancy severance, going away parties, career support, extended health benefits, sympathy, and so on. Plus the job market is still lukewarm so chances of finding another gig is higher. Later wave...Read more
Just got my first FANG offer from Amazon. It’s been a long journey but it’s finally paid off. To everyone still looking, stay strong. You’ll make it too one day. Position: delivery driver TC: $15/hr + 1 piss break per week