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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> Note that you also don't need to do much work to be able to "take credit" - it's easier to just "lead" a project which is already on its way to getting launched by sitting in meetings with people more seni
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Aggressively non-comformist comments also potentially result in a ban, especially when it comes to sensitive topics. The negatives outweigh the positives in many cases. Discussions here on scientific topics like human group differences bord
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Not unusual at all. Interviews are team specific and people cheat them all the time if they know people on the team. Bar raiser system doesn't work.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
When people talk about stack ranking they are often referring to the most toxic part of the classic system, forced firing of the bottom ranked X% (usually around 10% per year)
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
This is my problem as well, and seeing all of the unfair behavior -- with average performers who are easy targets getting PIPed while the lowest performers who are the managers favorites get top ranks or promotions -- is really annihilating
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
How is obsessive focus on metrics making anything more fair? Even if you have metrics, choosing which ones are important still ends up being subjective, and the metrics are usually incomparable between projects. So the metrics alone don&#x2
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
I haven't seen that. On the teams I've been on, you would quickly get put on a PIP if you don't work extra overtime (unless you are politically connected, then you get away with doing nothing).
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> Does this mean that only family members and friends of managers get promoted? Or that you have to bribe folks in the company to advance? What do you actually mean? In many cases I've seen people being promoted due to being close f
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> you should not put much stock in the interview process. But there is a sense in which it is very impolite to say so. The interview processes are still very fair compared to things like "performance" reviews and company &quot
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
I believe Microsoft pays competitively for external hires.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Model building is often the trivial part, and often you can't build models without a solid understanding of things like the data pipeline.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
If you're really interested in the problem, it can be hard without being that frustrating. The best people can always keep going when tackling difficult problems because they genuinely enjoy the problem space.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Those people should not be paid nearly as much as the actual value producers.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
$215K in Seattle is still quite high. External hire gets a lot more than internal promo and that site lags behind the current offer compensation which is some part of the diff.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
These "objective" estimates are usually nonsense, or deceptively only show one side of the story. Not everything can be easily quantified.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Like they care. The CEO got a golden parachute with 57MM even after this.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
I understand your concerns, although there is some hyperbole. I was just pointing that the reason a lot of skilled h-1bs still come and stay despite the issues is because the salaries at some companies are just really damn good compared to
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Worst case you go back to your home country, it's still a pretty good gamble for a lot of people.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
The H1Bs still help to limit cost, on top of all the other toxic reasons.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> The constant instability of your entire life as an immigrant is not worth putting up with. Might as well go somewhere else Even with all the hassle, it is still worth it working for big tech. People won't make nearly as much elsew
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
If companies like Facebook and Amazon had such a hard time hiring engineers, they wouldn't be cutting 10% of the workforce every year based on mostly political yearly reviews. That's why they are always constantly "hiring&quo
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Sure, but the big corp issue should also be addressed. Do you really believe a lot of big corp work couldn’t be done by other Americans? People like Zuck aren’t advocating for more h1bs under current rules out of the goodness of their heart
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
HN needs to stop pretending only companies like Infosys and Tata abuse the h1b. Even big tech companies like Amazon and Facebook hire h1b workers so they can create sweatshop environments. H1b workers are afraid of being deported if they do
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> many fear him and he threatened retaliation against some of my friends who were junior faculty Do you have real examples? These types of accusations are meaningless without real data. If they are real, I'd like to know the actual
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Is there an actual example of what was said? Otherwise this is just another empty accusation.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
He wasn't nearly as controversial as today. Your standard for controversial and Steve's are different.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> racial bias in police shootings The science clearly shows there is not much bias, he did not downplay anything. > lack of segregation is the reason for racial underperformance Where? > Interview with an open white supremacist Lot
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
> To call it "damning" is an understatement It is? I still don't see one meaningful example, and you didn't give any either.
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Most people aren't smart enough to think these types of things through, instead of just following the crowd. So cheaters get to put in policies that high income people from non-white races can game while continuing to oppress poor peop
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by amznthrowaway5 6y ago
Not true. The amazon sde2 external hire offer I saw given to people with >=1 year of experience is around 250K in Seattle and higher in California. Amazon is known as one of the lower paying FAANG companies.

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