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I hope everyone in tech gets laid off at least once in their life

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H1B manager very demanding

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I got a crazy offer yesterday

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Metacnps

Extremely lonely as a tech bro

Seriously guys, what do you do when not working

Tech Industry
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VisaSQypt5rQ

Why didn't VISA send an email to WFH

It's been 2 days since I been laid off. I was thinking about the process cus I had nothing to do and noticed something weird. HR sent me an email that day to attend a meeting remotely. If I was at working from home I wouldn't be attening the meeting in a room and hearing that I got laid off. Most of...Read more

Interview Experiences
4h
MetaMeta-101

10 people interviewed me at Bloomberg for a Sr SDE

I am not kidding, 10 people interviewed me over 9*1 hour interview sessions, for a senior position at Bloomberg and rejected me at negotiations!!! 1 technical screening, 5 interview rounds over zoom. 3 in person rounds(4people total). Aced every single round. Got rejected in salary negotiations!!! ...Read more

Tech Industry
4h
Netflixlifeflow

The Era of High TC in Tech is Over?

Turing Award winner Mike Stonebraker, the person behind Postgres and a lot of innovation in database systems, says: “computer science may well not be a growth industry going forward.” Which basically means no more high TC in Tech. I think that would include AI as well in near future. What do you th...Read more

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MetanI9er

AI can solve unanswered mathematical research problems. Do we still need H1B?

H1B, especially those come from ICC or 1 year master program, can only solve leetcode.

Stocks & Investments
Yesterday
Snapplsnthanq

Pinterest vs OpenAI vs Meta

This might sound like a no-brainer but here are my thoughts and would really like to hear community’s perspective Firstly, Meta E5 - importantly don’t want to go there so not worth discussing. So it really comes down to 📌 vs OpenAI Both for FullStack roles Pinterest: - IC15 : 530k (for Y1 atlea...Read more

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Layoffs
21h
Oraclementor4

Worried about layoffs or feeling stuck in your software engineering career?

If you’re worried about layoffs or feel like your career has stalled, what’s your primary strategy to improve your situation? Vote below, and if you’re comfortable, share what’s working (or not working) in the comments.

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48 Participants
Layoffs
2d
OracleCEM8d6DC

Aug 13 is my bday and Oracle layoffs...

I saw on blind that Oracle is having another layoff but its on my birthday Aug 13th. What a heck of a present. I wasn't expecting a present from Oracle like this, it's ridiculous. I wanted to get out of this place but I didn't want it this way lol. I don't usually make my bday a big deal but haven't...Read more

Software Engineering Career
10h
Microsoftdcroger765

Google coding interview in 90 days?

Is it possible to reach Google level coding interview proficiency in 90 days? I just got a rejection and I feel determined to do something about it.. Google and other Frontier Labs is now my target.. I can stay up to day with Agentic engineering and in fact I aced the Domain/SD round in Google, but...Read more

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Tech Industry
2d
NewaEsyff87

The Future Of Social Networks?

We've had Meta related social networks and my opinion is that there's been really little innovation in this space -- and I truly do think the market / humanity has a desire for a new or different kind of social network that doesn't function in the same way that FB, Linkedin or IG do. I mean I mig...Read more

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653 Participants
Software Engineering Career
13h
Amazonprepp

Live coding for MSFT principal role- easy/hard?

Have upcoming coding interview for Microsoft principal engineer role, what kind of questions to expect - is it standard leetcode or something different? They send me hacker rank link for that. Haven't interviewed since long time so appreciate any guidance so that I can focus on specific things.

Personal Finance
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eBayPKhM27

Married people with children? What are your annual expenses?

I was just calculating and found that I am spending around $140K annually! - my cars are fully paid, no monthly payment - mortgage and housing expenses is less than 5K NYC suburbs - my children don't even go to school - multiple pets: cats and dog I used to think having 250K income could make me ...Read more

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99 Participants
Tech Industry
Yesterday
HarmanExgw78

Offer from my dream company

I received an offer from Google, and It was always my dream to work for Google, However I am very happy in my current org. Which pays almost equal and I joined this company few months back. What do I do-?? 17 YOE TC-600K Experts please advice ..really in dilemma...

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368 Participants
Tech Industry
13h
Intuitoboobo

Would taking a Python job at a big corp kil my chances at FAANG?

Would taking a Python job at a big corp kill my chances at FAANG? I've been doing mostly Java up until now (8 YoE)

Tech Industry
Yesterday
Capital OneESxR80

Lots of money and no friends

I have the money to do whatever I want short of retiring, but no one to do anything with. I bet this is a common problem for SWEs, but to me it feels weirdly humiliating. I’m like a rich loser but also not that rich.

Tech Industry
14h
MetametaZuccs

Databricks TC real?

I see 600k+ offers for e5. Can you sell all of your stocks every year or is it capped at 25%? Esp with the 40% valuation increase every year, yall are rich on paper. Are you as rich IRL? 🤑🤑 TC 550k E5

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Work Visa
Yesterday
Microsoftcofnirmed

H1 to B2 loophole is officially closed

https://www.reddit.com/r/immigration/s/KpI0sVRk7i

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Software Engineering Career
Yesterday
Meta3urh

F**ing hate AI lab rejections(not millionaire)

Prepped like hell for months, applied to xAI, OpenAI, Reflection AI, and Anthropic, and got rejected by every single one. Honestly, it feels devastating. I’ve been at Meta for 5 years now. I know to a lot of people Meta is still the "dream," but between the shrinking perks, stock dip, and getting d...Read more

Tech Industry
Yesterday
Metashowboznes

Meta CTO is a natty billionaire bodybuilder

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=4055099311484870 That deadlift is insaneeeee And to think that was a year ago. He probably 2-3x’d it now. Absolutely jacked!

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Tech Industry
21h
GooglemWQy68

Can AI actually write production-quality HFT code?

Saw this debate on X. Curious what people working in HFT or low-latency systems think. Are frontier coding agents genuinely useful for production trading code, or mainly for tests, tooling and non-critical work? Can AI-native funds really outperform firms that are cautious about generated code, or...Read more

Tech Industry
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Verizontrescommaa

Bloomberg has to be best place to work in tech

Honestly, if you are in tech and looking for an awesome place to land, Bloomberg is hard to beat. The pay is really good, the work-life balance is actually top notch, and they just don’t do the whole layoff culture thing unlike Amazon/Meta. People are genuinely kind, no toxic H1 culture vibes, and t...Read more

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228 Participants
Tech Industry
2h
AmazonThtwiw

My dad bought his house on $58k. I'm at $350k TC and can't clear a down payment.

Single income too. I'm at $350k but a comparable place today is $1.4M or more, I'm not sure. I make six times what he made and I'm further from owning anything than he was at 29. Just taking time out to vent cause there's a lot bothering me. I'm prepping for a Google SWE role and will see a conside...Read more

Offer Evaluation
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Newzoop

Inference Engineer Offer

Got an offer at one of the leading inference labs (Modal, Baseten, Together, Fireworks, etc) How strong is this offer / what level would this map to at OAI/Anthropic? YOE: ~7 Base: 300k Stock: 350k / year TC: 650k / year

Artificial Intelligence
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ex-MicrosoftMomdani

Three of Meta's worst directors are now at Google

🤷

Tech Industry
Yesterday
Apple

How do you survive +4 rounds of interviews?

Maybe it’s a skill issue but statistically speaking I find it extremely unlikely to nail every fucking technical round I have to go through, especially when the number of rounds is north of 4. At least for me it’s guaranteed that I’ll have one average round where I cannot come up with the most opti...Read more

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ByteDanceFartae

Do more people hate elon, or do more people hate the media?

Let's test Elon's assertion that more people hate the "media" then hate him. Does fox news count as "media" in his view? I also realize blind is not the world, and more tech ball licxers here, but lets see

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Software Engineering Career
4d
Microsoftdcroger765

Google Coding Bar is insane!!!

C'mon you are asking problems that if not seen before are impossible to reason under the time pressure.. what are you even testing for at this point? Memorizing? Cheating? Luck? How are folks literally getting into Google??? I can assure you I am not lacking in aptitude, but man the coding intervie...Read more

Tech Industry
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Pinterestghtfhh242

Start date 2 months after accept offer

Has anyone been able to set start date 2 months after accept offer (no visa transfer) recently?

Software Engineering Career
Yesterday
Expedia Groupy766sb6

Can we retire at 3M net worth

Can we retire at 3M net worth with 2 little kids and age 42

Tech Industry
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Undisclosednnnnnnvvv

Director call after clearing onsite for Apple

Hi blinders, I've a call with the director (potential skip), after I was told that I cleared the onsite. I've a few questions for folks who are at Apple or have cleared interviews before. 1) Is this a behavioral interview? 2) Is this because there were some red flags that the skip wants to test on? ...Read more

Tech Industry
Yesterday
ex-AppleThatsBS

Apple is such a hierarchical company.

I have never disliked a company more. And I have worked in a lot of them from startups to other Faang. I guess people are going to say, be happy at least you have a job. When friends ask me what it’s like working for Apple. My reply- “ It’s a cult in there “ super weird company What I mean is - Yo...Read more

Offer Evaluation
Yesterday
UndisclosedvePH32

Microsoft vs Google vs Early stage AI startup

I’m from FAANG. Current TC: 435k (E5) In AI infra. Interviewed and need perspectives on which to go with. On H1B. Startup equity is ISOs vs RSUs at Microsoft.

Offer
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Tech Referrals
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VisazdWu41

Laid off from Visa - Please reach out if willing to refer me (ANY company)

#referral interested in being referred to multiple companies. If you’re willing to please let me know which company you’re from and will check out the job board and send my CV. Thanks!!

Software Engineering Career
22h
Metawjnew83

Type of System design interviews at Google

I have a google onsite for senior software engineer soon. For system design, do they ask product focused or infra focused? (Build slack vs build a rate limiter) role is for general software engineer. My phone screen question was about general tree traversal (sorry forgot the details, its been so lo...Read more

Tech Industry
8h
Adobediljit7

What is good wlb

Does having daily standups a good/bad sign of wlb. For me I cant tolerate them and we have two of them per day one with a lead and one with a team member of 25 people. But overall I dont work past 5 pm

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22 Participants
Tech Industry
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LinkedIniye

Career hack: Stop being an engineer and switch to management.

Less work. More pay. ($600K–$1M.) Your daily responsibilities: • Walk around. • Sweet-talk everyone. • Show your face in meetings. • Delegate all the actual work. • Come and go as you please. Bonus: Lower career risk. Apparently, PowerPoint is safer than production. 😄

Tech Industry
3d
NewHdimyulme

Mum says my brother’s (Doctor) TC is crushing mine (SWE)

Immigrant mother hates that I went into tech instead of becoming a doctor like my brother. Had argument with her yesterday, she brought up that a lot of medical specialties are printing numbers that make normal L5 SWE packages look average and I’m a fool for not listening to her. I do need higher T...Read more

Offer Evaluation
2d
AmazonEAuS37

Offer Comparison: Axon vs. Rivian vs. Oracle

Looking for input comparing three offers below — appreciate any insight, especially from anyone at these companies. 🔹 Rivian — SDE III — Palo Alto, CA Base: $194K Bonus: $19.4K Stock/yr: $57.375K Sign-on: $9.73K TC: $281K 🔹 Oracle — SMTS / SDE3 — Nashville, TN Base: $150K TC: $250K (bonus/stock ...Read more

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Artificial Intelligence
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Wells Fargodeathtopip

how are people at openai/ anthropic so smart?

some nerd last week randomly solved jacobian conjecture with mythos or something. meanwhile i don't even understand a single word of the jacobian conjecture. now openai dropped 10 math proof. i cannot understand any word in the paper. how are these people so smart? how many jira tickets and leetcod...Read more

Personal Finance
2h
VisaOPOG12

Laid off this week. Should I retire or start interviewing?

Hi all, This is not a bragging post (nothing from me worth bragging). I am genuinely seeking advice from the wisdom of crowds, espeically people already or going to FIRE. Your perspective is highly appreciated. As you might have known, Visa laid off 2600 people this week and I am one of them. At t...Read more

Software Engineering Career
12h
Metazuccerberg

Databricks reference check stage for SWE L5. What to expect?

Recently done with Databricks virtual onsite and moved onto the reference check stage. The recruiter is being really coy about what this stage means in the process. Does it mean that the hiring manager and his higher ups think I have a good chance to clear the hiring committee? Assuming the referen...Read more

Software Engineering Career
12h
Googledbi38bsb

Is there a swe job with 50% load, 50% stress, willing to take 50% paycut

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Offer Evaluation
17h
ASMLlee199

Appreciate all the referrals 🙏🏻

I've been searching for over 5 months now since I got laid off (not ASML). Been giving interviews but haven't nailed an offer yet due to some reasons. Would really appreciate any referrals or HM teams connections. Industrial Engineering background (Masters) with 5 YOE in Manufacturing, Quality, an...Read more

Tech Referrals
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Adobedeadsek

Seeking referral at Meta

Hi, Looking for a referral at Meta. I have already applied to the role but thought a referral might make it stronger. Can you please help?

Layoffs
Yesterday
NewuKbk43

Finally did it

Was working with a startup as a founding engineer raised $250k company got broke Was job less for 8 months working 15 hours a day at a smoke shop to pay my bills Started working on a job agent that applies to job and does the outreach to hiring managers and recruiters without you moving a needle ...Read more

Tech Industry
Yesterday
MetaWorldIsUrs

I came to Meta because I want to change the world

I worked very hard to get to Meta, I’m no Ivy League student, I didn’t come from a prestigious job, I did a career change in my early 30s, and I studied like crazy. I use to think the world of those people who made it to Google or Meta and looked up to them. Truth is I want to change the world and t...Read more

Artificial Intelligence
Yesterday
Newe3viber

Why is using AI seen as a sign of incompetence?

There’s many engineers who act like if you use AI, you aren’t a good engineer but AI has actually made me a more effective engineer. With AI, I never push buggy code. It allows me to focus on business context and how I create business impact. I don’t spend hours chasing down a bug. It’s a tool and...Read more

Tech Industry
Yesterday
Meta

The market doesn't like Apple anymore? 😂

Tsia

Layoffs
8h
Amazonamazon-dog

After all the layoffs, the business is still keeping up

As the title says, after all the layoffs from many companies so far, the business is still up and running. So, are the layoffs right ?

Poll
19 Participants
Tech Industry
11h
ex-MarsUggjkk

Do you think any of this would be happening if we'd just properly counted the hanging chads in Florida with Al Gore?

Imagine a reality where Al Gore won and the hanging chads in Florida were properly counted. No trump years. No bush years. Maybe we never even had 9/11. Who would attack sweet old al gore. No Hillary. No Epstein. No global warming. Internet would be stronger.

Poll
8 Participants
Offer Evaluation
Yesterday
Metacbh:()itr

Pinterest offer ic15

Got Pinterest offer for IC15 SWE role. Not sure why it was so lowballed but recruiter said that’s their range. Equity is per year. $407k/3-year What do you all think? TC: 0

Offer
1 Participant
Tech Industry
13h
Googlentn8dd8

Quant trading - farm referral or cold apply?

I’m at the onsite stage at a frontier AI lab. I want to shop around to see if I can get anything better. My target companies are TGS Management, Citadel, Jane Street, Citadel Securities. TGS and Jane Street recruit from my school so I’m thinking about talking to career services to see if they can ge...Read more

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Tech Industry
4d
NewfmkJ42

I got a crazy offer yesterday

The CEO asked me how much money they’d need to pay in order for me to sign immediately. I gave a number. He then showed me an offer letter with an even bigger number. Because you asked: TC 300 YOE .5

Tech Industry
3h
MicrosoftYagami42

Uber hiring freeze update?

I interviewed and cleared L4 but I am stuck with no updates from my recruiter. Is it over all hiring freeze in uber or the Oracle migration? Additionally, it would be great if any uber manager could let me know when uber will start releasing offer letters. Location: Bay area #uber #tech #hiringfree...Read more

India Relationships
3h
Amazonlive$

How to survive a loveless marriage?

My kids are young, we are married for 15 yrs. There is no love or friendship left between us. I care about my husband but find him very annoying. He is someone who is either complaining or preaching. We do not fight but there is no affection left. I love my kids and the life we have built. How shou...Read more

Tech Industry
6h
LinkedInmrLoop

Anyone noticed recent earnings that GCP has caught up to AWS in growth and run rate, in dollar amount?

Another quarter or 2 and it'll be ahead. Incredible because it's doing it from a smaller base. Never thought I'll see this day.

Interview Experiences
13h
ServiceNowCHxF50

New York Times interview

Does anyone have experience interviewing with New York Times? What type of questions and what the process is like?#swe #nytimes

Software Engineering Career
Yesterday
JPMorganChaseMoyThaiGuy

What are the best Remote-first companies to work for?

As the title suggests, in today’s market what do you guys think are the best companies which offer fully remote Software Engineering positions? #engineering #software #swe #remote

Bay Area
Yesterday
Googleookk

Monthly expense breakdown

If willing, please share your average monthly expense(ignoring lump sums like a big family trip - those can skew the numbers) living in the Bay area - no judgement. Also, if you are open to, please share the family size, for perspective. Mine: Family of 3 Approx Breakdown: Mortgage, property tax, ...Read more

Tech Industry
Yesterday
MetafYaT84

Is this normal for a start up to say Sunday is remote work?

Sometimes we complete any outstanding work from the previous week during the weekend. However, these are the two days that are supposed to be yours. Is it unusual for a company to require a 6-day workweek? 🚩