31 Aug 2024, 15:36 UTC≈1,660 views23 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
Is It a Big No-No to Take a Vodka Shot Before a Video Interview?
RYzZJv @ Amazon
I’m more easygoing and chatty when I’m just a hint tipsy, and since it’s a video interview where they can’t smell me, I’m wondering if it’s okay to take a vodka shot beforehand. Is this a risky move, or do you think it’s manageable?
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27 Aug 2024, 11:11 UTC≈1,720 views7 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Amazon interviewer said he hates Amazon
VEes28 @ Microsoft
I just had an interview with an AWS employee and the whole interview was pretty much how much he hates Amazon. I’m dead! Amazon is so shitty that he couldn’t mention one good thing about it. He literally said he quit the team I am interviewing for because they were going to force him to relocate. He also said a few other people just left the team.
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26 Aug 2024, 18:06 UTC≈1,290 views8 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Looking for a Chill Job
asatya_ @ Amazon
Is there a company where I can chill, and coast by working ~20 hrs a week or less?
I’ve reached a point where my side gig of freelance development is earning ~300k or so every year, with very little effort (I outsource most dev work to guys in India, costs me peanuts). I know 300k isn’t a lot but my wife works at Meta so we have a good HHTC. I’m burnt out at my current job …
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26 Aug 2024, 12:16 UTC≈1,160 views15 reactionsread 7 August 2026 We are actually underpaid.
OSkn80 @ Apple
Considering how little engineers it takes to make billions of dollars in software products…
We deserved to get paid way more.
One of us, can build a billion dollars product.
We are super underpaid.
TC: $600k. NW: $8.5m (NVDA, TSLA, FB, NFLX, AAPL stocks)
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23 Aug 2024, 14:39 UTC≈1,400 views35 reactionsread 7 August 2026 1.5 yrs in with 0 work done at Amazon. How much longer will I last?
agHX08 @ Amazon
I joined Amazon 1.5 yrs ago after I was included in Google's layoff. I joined with the intention of doing "nothing", getting free money, and eventually get pip'd. I put in about ~8 hours / week, mostly in meetings. Without exaggeration, I owned 0 kingpin goal (Amazon's goal process), resolved 7 tickets, and delivered 1 automated das…
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20 Aug 2024, 11:08 UTC≈1,040 views1 reactionsread 7 August 2026 What is “enough”?
donebut43 @ Microsoft
I am 43. Wife 44. 1 kid. Bay Area.
Household TC $550k (wife not in high tech).
We have 4.5M in investments spread across 401k, stocks, education fund, other.
Our house is not included in the 4.5M.
Yearly expense = 220k (includes mortgage, private school, healthcare for elderly parents, travel, cars, etc.)
We live a comfortable life and are willing to reduce cost but don’t wan…
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19 Aug 2024, 22:03 UTC≈1,010 views1 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Hustling is better than being a FAANG engineer
bkNI37 @ Microsoft
This is complete bullshit. First of all, most FAANG engineers don’t even hit $500k unless they waste 10 years of their life on this rat race without any social life or freedom. Secondly, even if you finally reach staff at Meta or Google and make $800k, it’s still not a great deal when you factor in the fact that your income is dependent on you being …
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14 Aug 2024, 20:01 UTC≈1,530 views0 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Airbnb is the king of all tech
wqwf @ Google
They give 500k for you to live in Vietnam as a senior engineer.
Houses there are like 50k.
Such easy life
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8 Aug 2024, 00:56 UTC≈1,270 viewsread 7 August 2026 23andMe is very soon going to be a forgotten brand!!!!
hlo61z @ 23andMe
Another big layoff!!
I do want to say that the talent I have seen in this company is beyond imaginable. Everyone is super smart, and oh so intelligent. I have often boasted about it to my family and friends how amazingly smart colleagues I have.
I guess none of that matters when the leadership isn’t capable anymore to save the company. It’s s…
7 Aug 2024, 21:53 UTC≈1,120 views4 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Just bought a house
Ndtj13 @ Meta
$2.2m, 20% down, 5.875% rate, monthly payment $13k
$300k cash after closing + well-funded retirement accounts, no other investments
$250k base+bonus, $580k TC, 3yoe+PhD. Spouse doesn’t work so this is household TC.
Can rent out ADU for $2500/month
E5, cliff will hit in 2027 and take TC down to $480k assuming no promo by then
If shit hits the fan then rich mommy will give me mo…
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7 Aug 2024, 20:19 UTC794 viewsread 7 August 2026 To impacted intel candidates
semiguy8 @ Lumicity
To those who were affected:
I am very sorry to hear about the intel layoffs and to those impacted.
If anyone has been impacted within the CPU related groups at Intel feel free to private message me as I have several roles open in the Bay Area and Austin, and also some remote; working in processor microarchitecture, architecture, verification, and performance modeli…
6 Aug 2024, 20:56 UTC774 viewsread 7 August 2026 Meta is a PIP factory
GiuaTan @ Meta
Aggressive performance curves, PIP quotas, hire to fire, incompetent managers throwing ICs under the bus
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