Maybe for some, but I doubt I'll see anything. In fact, I think my merit increase will be less than inflation.
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#12> But now, these technical interviews are often being waived Huh? First I’ve heard of that
I got a new job about ~5 months ago and this was not my experience at all.
It was leetcoding questions for days. If you didn't ace it, you'd get ghosted quickly.
One place, I did 3 rounds of interviews, an all day take home assignment. I still got ghosted!
So I call BS on this quote as well.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes this was not my experience in recent interviews (past few weeks). I suspect that maybe this is only the case for the select few with “gold-plated” credentials (I.E. FAANG on the resume).
I have FAANG on my resume and this is definitely not the case lol. Then again, it’s Amazon which most people regard to have the dumbest engineers so…
It really should be FG. Facebook and google pay way better than any of those other companies.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes this was not my experience in recent interviews (past few weeks). I suspect that maybe this is only the case for the select few with “gold-plated” credentials (I.E. FAANG on the resume).
I have FAANG on my resume and this is definitely not the case lol. Then again, it’s Amazon which most people regard to have the dumbest engineers so…
Amazon is absolutely a red flag on the resume.
Many hiring managers (like myself) do not want to import the toxic, backstabbing, PIP culture from Amazon into our org.
Also I’ve noticed the quality of Amazon engineers is lower, on average, compared to Google, ByteDance, FB, Stripe, etc.
My advice is to work somewhere not-Amazon for a year or two. Then you’ll get more bites.
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#15I see the number of daily job postings increasing almost every day on my job board. It's mostly dull in Germany because of the summer holidays but still, it was a surprise to see a lot of job postings.
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#16My personal experience has been quite different. I got a bit burned out on my job and sent in my resume to 10 new places. All remote, some a bit of a stretch, others I was well qualified for. (Data science management and senior DS IC, respectively). I got zero hits. Not a single phone screen. Honestly I was pretty lazy about it, and didn't write cover letters or anything. That might be a contributing factor. That, or…
This is kinda of discouraging. I want to bring my income up soon and was wondering since people say the markets so good if I could spend some months skilling up and then trying to send out some resumes. Also I don’t really have the resources to move and was mainly going to target remote roles.
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#17My personal experience has been quite different. I got a bit burned out on my job and sent in my resume to 10 new places. All remote, some a bit of a stretch, others I was well qualified for. (Data science management and senior DS IC, respectively). I got zero hits. Not a single phone screen. Honestly I was pretty lazy about it, and didn't write cover letters or anything. That might be a contributing factor. That, or…
Find a good recruiter and put a solid profile on LinkedIn. The difference is night and day.
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#18> But now, these technical interviews are often being waived Huh? First I’ve heard of that
At a certain level of seniority people get the 'white glove' treatment where the interview is more about convincing them to take the job.
Makes sense to me - if someone already has a reputation and track-record, and it's you that reached out to them, then why are you asking them to prove themselves to you? Most important thing is to prove yourselves to them!
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#19Even if you think you’re well paid, now is the time to look around. I’ve had a lot of friends, mentees, and coworkers get huge bumps on total compensation even as relatively senior engineers and managers. Pay is jumping and companies aren’t doing a great job keeping that up for their people who have been around for a few years. As an employer, that should be the top worry, keep comp up, don’t lose your people because…
For those of you who have done this, how do you maximise your compensation? Tips appreciated.
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#20> But now, these technical interviews are often being waived Huh? First I’ve heard of that
I got a new job about ~5 months ago and this was not my experience at all. It was leetcoding questions for days. If you didn't ace it, you'd get ghosted quickly. One place, I did 3 rounds of interviews, an all day take home assignment. I still got ghosted! So I call BS on this quote as well.
Was this a FAANG or FAANG-like company where it's likely you'd have TC of $350K plus, or a sub-FAANG company where your TC would likely be in the $100-200K range?