Meta stock fell about 15% after they reported their earnings at market close. I think the reason for the fall is the tiktok ban and conditions around it. I think the big guys know tiktok is gonna be swooped up by some American company. It would be stupid not to. They make money, people like it and ...Read more
I highly discourage folks from interviewing at search team at Netflix- horrible interviewer. Recently gave screening round with Netflix search team- had a terrible experience with this indian interviewer. It was 1 hr interview where recruiter clearly allocated timing for each section- there were 3 ...Read more
I'm working on a side project. To keep it very short, it's essentially a windows task manager but slightly more effective and interactive. It's fun and i'm enjoying it, but also wondering in the end, what'll come of it? I guess I'll replace my current task manager with it, but beyond that, will it b...Read more
Truly amazing photos but their tc is too low how did they get the engineers required for this?
Hi, For the people who left Seattle due to the bad weather, where did you move to? Cold, rainy, cloudy, windy …
Given the current eng job market, why does snowflake have so many openings? Is it because the attrition rate is sky high at Snowflake or snowflake is still growing like crazy? #snowflake #software #tech #interview #layoffs
Based on the CBRE’s 2023 Scoring Tech Talent report, tech talent in Seattle is 57% white, but Amazon software engineering population in Seattle is at most 20% white as far as I can tell. How is it possible? What are those 57%+ white companies to average it out? I recommend this report btw, it's ful...Read more
Did you all receive a backpack and water bottle in your new hire package? I’m being told those are not included now… @Microsoft #microsoft #msft
Why do Chinese and Koreans get to be the “model minorities”? Just bc they’re East Asians, and Viets are Southeast Asian? https://youtu.be/OMVkwjOazxQ?si=3YYUdVOmQDxVThuE
Google Microsoft Meta Nvidia Oracle Salesforce Huawei Starbucks Eli Lilly Service Now Broadcom and many more... There has to be a case study on this. #tech #womenintech
How do you negotiate a job offer? Say you’re getting an offer and there’s been no talk on numbers etc, if the company is extending an offer will they just send a number or will they try and negotiate on the meeting? If you have an initial offer letter do you come back after that and negotiate again...Read more
Hi Blind community, what’s your stake on the future of python after learning that google laid off their internal python team. Some Reddit and hacker news suggested that they are moving towards c++. Personally I’ve moved from c++ to python and it seems numba, pydantic etc. make it as safe and fast a...Read more
Had the harsh realization. Found that old colleagues and friends that make significantly less than you just talk shit about you behind your back. Talk down on your career, the neighborhood you live in, the car you drive etc. Many people say they want you to succeed up until you’re more successful th...Read more
Any parts of tech or companies focusing on sustainability, specifically urban design etc. using tech? Only two I can think of is Woven by Toyota and Sidewalk Labs by Google
I know people say GCP and AWS have really bad WLB, but people comment on how oracle cloud has good wlb. How come?
I interviewed (onsite) with Reddit a week ago (8 days, 5 business days). I followed up after 4 business days, but recruiter didn’t respond. Can anyone who has interviewed with Reddit or currently at Reddit shine some light on what could be happening. Is it reject? Initially I thought I did ok and ...Read more
Currently working on ML infra. No research experience, been out of university for 2 years now (did a course-based MS where we read a good amount of papers and did some projects). Want to eventually work in a research org. Primarily interested in 3D understanding/reconstruction. Any advice is appreci...Read more
As the title says, I have until tomorrow to decide if I accept or decline the offer. It’s a hybrid role, 1 day a week in office. Will eventually go to 2-3 days but VP isn’t sure when. BTW, I applied because it said full time remote. The problem is that I live 2-2.5 hours away. Idk how I feel about...Read more
Hello Bind members! I'm looking for a company with good health insurance. Which companies have the best heath insurance? I appreciate it if you can tell me about your health insurance experience. 1. What is you deductibles? 2. How much dental and vision coverage? 3. Fertility assistant coverage? ...Read more