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Being in a major corporation sometimes can play against you: - I see a couple of corporations on your resume, do you have experience working in a startup envir

Being in a major corporation sometimes can play against you: - I see a couple of corporations on your resume, do you have experience working in a startup environment? - ... If you have Blind app access, try to search for "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" post

5350-uiop-1130 3y ago
blind is the most obnoxiously insufferable community. i'm glad they're not employable! TC 0. how's that.
- bogota 3y ago
  I don’t wish TC 0 on anyone but Blind has to be one of the most toxic communities. I spent a few months on it when working at a FANG adjacent company and after seeing people personally calling out managers and just generally any visible person I stopped using it.
  - ben_w 3y ago
    What does "TC 0" mean? I only found (three types of) complexity classification, which clearly doesn't match the context…
    - seeekr 3y ago
      In this context "TC" probably means "Total Compensation", and "TC 0" meaning "currently not earning anything at all".
    - antonp 3y ago
      My guess is "total comp 0". Blind has a culture that somewhat turned into a meme that any post should be accompanied by you disclosing your total comp at the bottom of the post. To the original poster: if you're in the EU I can see if I have anything in my network to help you get some interviews. Feel free to reach out.
      - hamburglar 3y ago
        The idea that TC is a meaningful measure of anything is kind of silly given how incredibly volatile it can be. If you’re working at a company whose stock is on a constant rise, your TC also skyrockets for as long as your RSUs take to vest, and then you often get a cliff-fill, so your TC basically just keeps ratcheting up as a function of the stock price. I’m not complaining, but quoting my TC at you as if it gives me some kind of clout is kinda delusional if 2/3 of that TC is due to the stock doubling since my RSU grant.
  - rsynnott 3y ago
    It really is an astonishingly nasty community, probably at this point, self-reinforcing; no-one normal is going to stick around.
raverbashing 3y ago
> "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" Well, I can see the employer side as well "After Google" you'll complain about the lack of chef on site, about how the automation tools are not quite like how it was in Google, how "oh in G we used to do that differently" etc
- bdg 3y ago
  Yep. Had multiple ex-Faang folks who couldn't ship the most basic tickets in a startup because there weren't 10 invisible teams making their lives easier.
- rewmie 3y ago
  I recall reading something how some companies frowned upon FANG candidates because they were concerned the candidates were more trouble than what they were worth. Stuff like the toxic corporate mentality inherited from a FANG, and overestimation of their own ability even if they were actually good. We're talking about things like SDE1s acting like the principal engineer in their new role right out of the gate and nitpicking everything to try to portray themselves as problem solvers at the expense of their whole team. Something similar to a messiah complex coupled with entitlement. This rubs people the wrong way.
- optimalsolver 3y ago
  "Former Twitter Employee Can't Seem To Find Meditation Room At New Taco Bell Job" https://babylonbee.com/news/former-twitter-employee-cant-seem-to-find-meditation-room-at-new-taco-bell-job https://babylonbee.com/news/former-twitter-employee-cant-see...

5350-uiop-1130 3y ago

blind is the most obnoxiously insufferable community. i'm glad they're not employable! TC 0. how's that.

bogota 3y ago
I don’t wish TC 0 on anyone but Blind has to be one of the most toxic communities. I spent a few months on it when working at a FANG adjacent company and after seeing people personally calling out managers and just generally any visible person I stopped using it.
- ben_w 3y ago
  What does "TC 0" mean? I only found (three types of) complexity classification, which clearly doesn't match the context…
  - seeekr 3y ago
    In this context "TC" probably means "Total Compensation", and "TC 0" meaning "currently not earning anything at all".
  - antonp 3y ago
    My guess is "total comp 0". Blind has a culture that somewhat turned into a meme that any post should be accompanied by you disclosing your total comp at the bottom of the post. To the original poster: if you're in the EU I can see if I have anything in my network to help you get some interviews. Feel free to reach out.
    - hamburglar 3y ago
      The idea that TC is a meaningful measure of anything is kind of silly given how incredibly volatile it can be. If you’re working at a company whose stock is on a constant rise, your TC also skyrockets for as long as your RSUs take to vest, and then you often get a cliff-fill, so your TC basically just keeps ratcheting up as a function of the stock price. I’m not complaining, but quoting my TC at you as if it gives me some kind of clout is kinda delusional if 2/3 of that TC is due to the stock doubling since my RSU grant.
- rsynnott 3y ago
  It really is an astonishingly nasty community, probably at this point, self-reinforcing; no-one normal is going to stick around.

raverbashing 3y ago

> "I really thought after Google, I should be employable" Well, I can see the employer side as well "After Google" you'll complain about the lack of chef on site, about how the automation tools are not quite like how it was in Google, how "oh in G we used to do that differently" etc

bdg 3y ago
Yep. Had multiple ex-Faang folks who couldn't ship the most basic tickets in a startup because there weren't 10 invisible teams making their lives easier.
rewmie 3y ago
I recall reading something how some companies frowned upon FANG candidates because they were concerned the candidates were more trouble than what they were worth. Stuff like the toxic corporate mentality inherited from a FANG, and overestimation of their own ability even if they were actually good. We're talking about things like SDE1s acting like the principal engineer in their new role right out of the gate and nitpicking everything to try to portray themselves as problem solvers at the expense of their whole team. Something similar to a messiah complex coupled with entitlement. This rubs people the wrong way.
optimalsolver 3y ago
"Former Twitter Employee Can't Seem To Find Meditation Room At New Taco Bell Job" https://babylonbee.com/news/former-twitter-employee-cant-seem-to-find-meditation-room-at-new-taco-bell-job https://babylonbee.com/news/former-twitter-employee-cant-see...