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What is Blind? Do you think your degree helped? Is $240k a lot or a little as a senior SWE at a FAANG? Don't freshers hired out of school get offered tht much

What is Blind? Do you think your degree helped? Is $240k a lot or a little as a senior SWE at a FAANG? Don't freshers hired out of school get offered tht much? Any advice for others?

salta2019 8y ago
Blind is an anonymous messaging app where people talk about their salaries, employers, and other topics. It’s somewhat toxic. $240k seems in the range of normal for most of the FAANGs. Of course it can go much higher. It doesn’t seem like the typical new hire just out of undergrad gets that much to start.
- tastyface 8y ago
  Agreed that Blind is a crap community, but their numbers are more accurate than I've seen anywhere else (including levels.fyi).
  - minhaz23 8y ago
    https://www.teamblind.com/articles/Topics https://www.teamblind.com/articles/Topics this is it? any reason for the toxicity? poor moderation?
    - tastyface 8y ago
      Yep. Anonymity is the focus, so people are more than happy to air their racist and sexist laundry. Lots of 4chan-style garbage. In terms of career advice, it's also very mercenary and salary-driven.
- beeskneecaps 8y ago
  Every post on there ends up looking like this HN thread. Some would say it is highly toxic, so make sure to set an aggressive screen-time limit. It is not healthy to read so much depressing content.
tastyface 8y ago
My degree surely helped, but what got my foot in the door was a particularly interesting project I worked on the year before. As for salary, it depends on the company. In many places, this number would indeed be low. (See Netflix with its $300-$400k starting salaries.) At my company, it's maybe on the low-mid of the scale for employees who've had my position for a few years. (Last I checked, the range is approx. $200-$300k TC.) However, I considered it a very high offer indeed, given the large "gap" and general lack of corporate experience on my resume. I actually got in one level higher than I thought I would. (Though I've since come to realize that it was definitely the right slot for me.)

What is Blind? Do you think your degree helped? Is $240k a lot or a little as a senior SWE at a FAANG? Don't freshers hired out of school get offered tht much? Any advice for others?

salta2019 8y ago

Blind is an anonymous messaging app where people talk about their salaries, employers, and other topics. It’s somewhat toxic. $240k seems in the range of normal for most of the FAANGs. Of course it can go much higher. It doesn’t seem like the typical new hire just out of undergrad gets that much to start.

tastyface 8y ago
Agreed that Blind is a crap community, but their numbers are more accurate than I've seen anywhere else (including levels.fyi).
- minhaz23 8y ago
  https://www.teamblind.com/articles/Topics https://www.teamblind.com/articles/Topics this is it? any reason for the toxicity? poor moderation?
  - tastyface 8y ago
    Yep. Anonymity is the focus, so people are more than happy to air their racist and sexist laundry. Lots of 4chan-style garbage. In terms of career advice, it's also very mercenary and salary-driven.
beeskneecaps 8y ago
Every post on there ends up looking like this HN thread. Some would say it is highly toxic, so make sure to set an aggressive screen-time limit. It is not healthy to read so much depressing content.

tastyface 8y ago

My degree surely helped, but what got my foot in the door was a particularly interesting project I worked on the year before. As for salary, it depends on the company. In many places, this number would indeed be low. (See Netflix with its $300-$400k starting salaries.) At my company, it's maybe on the low-mid of the scale for employees who've had my position for a few years. (Last I checked, the range is approx. $200-$300k TC.) However, I considered it a very high offer indeed, given the large "gap" and general lack of corporate experience on my resume. I actually got in one level higher than I thought I would. (Though I've since come to realize that it was definitely the right slot for me.)