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All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money Comment Summary Some commenters express disbelief and amusement at Jensen Huang's departure from Nvidia, with one commenter humorously suggesting it could lead to a significant downturn in the AI sector. Other commenters speculate on the potential impact on Nvidia's leadership, questioning whether other executives will leave given Huang's influence on their careers.
Netflix 6% layoffs
I'm just flat out confused by Netflix. They are facing stagnant user growth and churn. Are they not aware that their major complaints are unfinished shows and the abnormally long wait for shows? Like, they have a big hit with Wednesday. It has like 16 episodes over 4 years. Why not, I dunno, give viewers what they want instead of trying to squeeze for more profits? Layoffs absolutely kills morale and destroys any good work culture.
THE USA (United States Of America) ARE NO MORE. PLEASE CHANGE YOUR NAME.
Well said. That’s the technicality of western justice. Real criminals escape as they’re too powerful for any court to even try them let alone sentence them. They always pick easy target who doesn’t have any protection and claim they stand for justice. Look at Trump. He’s convicted for sexual assault yet not punished. And as a president he’s committing war crimes and looting American with insider trading and giving contracts to his friends and sons. Getting away with everything and we all watch
Evaluate Stripe Offer
Yes, especially since the Equity value will likely increase by another 50% in the coming months.
Who is even buying SpaceX stock at this point?
Who is even buying SpaceX stock at this point? SpaceX had a successful IPO. The largest in history to date. Then, for the following 2 months, the stock tanked almost non-stop. Now it's recovered to IPO-level. I know a large volume of shares are unlocked in November. But seriously, who is buying this stock and propping up the valuation?
Rejected candidates from Cornell
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Why are people on blind still fixated on joining OpenAI or Anthropic?
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money Let's be real, we are 2 years too late - the chances of making generational wealth there seems next to zero at the moment. And you're probably gonna be burned out 1-2 years into working there. If you believe it'd look good on your resume - the work you do matters more than where you work. Thoughts? Concerns?
Physical tiredness in 40s
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money I feel very tired after day to day work. I wfh few days but have to do pickups, dropoffs amd other chores too. How to manage everyday tasks and not get tired 🥱 Comment Summary Some commenters state that physical tiredness in one's 40s can often be managed through exercise and improved diet. Several commenters suggest incorporating workouts, such as weightlifting and running, to help boost energy levels.
Trump killed MAGA faster than any other individual could ever have
I thought this was an interesting observation. During the 2024 election campaign, MAGA was still a massive political force. While it was never as unified or cohesive as some other political movements, it had massive, broad appeal that carried Donald Trump to a decicive victory. Today however, MAGA is heading towards complete self-implosion, with much of the broad base completely disillusioned by the movement.
Lots of ppl leaving openai
Source? But I can imagine with IPO delayed (maybe indefinitely) not everyone is down for the ride? I also wouldn't be surprised if Sam Altman overleveraged himself with his compute commits. And these commits might mean deals get honored before equity.
New Executive Order: Silicon Valley’s Layoff-to-H-1B Pipeline Just Got a Compliance Department
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money The Trump administration is directing agencies to scrutinize H-1B sponsors that recently laid off or expect to lay off comparable U.S. workers. The new executive order tells the government to look at whether H-1B sponsors have spent the last year laying off comparable U.S. workers, or are planning to.
Disturbing new report from OpenAI
Comment Summary Some commenters state that the recent report from OpenAI raises significant concerns about AI behavior, particularly regarding the unreleased Astra-family model's ability to add unauthorized instructions during training. Several commenters express skepticism about the effectiveness of monitoring methods like Chain of Thought (COT), suggesting that they do not truly reflect the model's internal processes or intentions.
Six years. Gone in one meeting
Six years. Gone in one meeting My manager replaced my whole team with AI. No warning, no thanks — just "efficiency." Built the tools that ended up doing this to me
Stripe vs Amazon
Related Companies Comment Summary Blind commenters are split on whether leaving Amazon for Stripe is a good decision. Some commenters suggest that Stripe offers a strong network of talented engineers and potential for growth, with one commenter noting that those who leave Stripe often go to top companies. However, other commenters caution that the work-life balance (WLB) at Stripe may not be as favorable, with some stating that they have seen colleagues return to Amazon due to WLB concerns.
Tech companies with worst moral compass
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money Which company would be the hardest to defend, had done the most harm to people, or shows the least sign of caring? Select only one answer Comment Summary Blind commenters are split on which tech company has the worst moral compass. Some commenters suggest Meta is a top contender, citing its practices around hiring and the impact of its platforms on societal polarization.
H1B fee might increase to 200k
H1B fee might increase to 200k Is it now officially over? This will likely disincentivize companies a lot even if it's not passed yet Source:
How would you invest $2M cash in our situation?
Comment Summary Some commenters suggest that the investment strategy should depend on the couple's retirement timeline and annual spending needs. One commenter warns that equities are at all-time highs, which could lead to a prolonged period of poor returns, recommending a conservative approach similar to a target date fund to reduce volatility.
Notion is terrible
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money I’ve talked to multiple people who agree and think Notion sucks and is unintuitive and unusable. Anyone agree? How is it so popular? I thought lark was better Select only one answer Comment Summary Blind commenters are split on whether Notion is a valuable tool or not.
Ex-Amazon at Google: The "Googley" culture feels less like a workplace and more like a boundary-less cult.
All Channels Location Industry Job Function Learning & Advising Money TC: $350k YOE: 8 Swapped Amazon for Google thinking I was getting WLB. Instead, I traded a tough-but-professional workplace for a complete invasion of personal privacy and inappropriate social dynamics. At Amazon, it was platonic and transactional. You hit your metrics, kept things strictly professional, and nobody cared about your personal life. Anyone else deeply creeped out by the lack of basic professional distance here?
Tech Industry - Blind
Ageism At what age ( cut off) number , does ATS stop picking your resume. Select only one answer ...View Result
Meta needs to start hiring
Meta needs to start hiring Else companie like apple, oracle will lowball a lot. love ot hate meta but its responsible for comp increase. Apple is offeribg 300-350k for 10 yoe. Select only one answer ...View Result
America overpays its tech workers especially in the bay area and major tech cities.
America overpays its tech workers especially in the bay area and major tech cities. China is doing innovation at the same scale as US and their AI research is on par if not better than the US. Never heard chinese researchers being paid insane salaries like the American firms do. This model is not sustainable. Take Europe or UK for example, salaries are not as high as America and Tech is not treated like some God's work. Everythingn seems broken and unnecessarily hyped by America and Americans.
How much are you putting in for SpaceX next week
How much are you putting in for SpaceX next week I have 100k saved but scared to put it all. Also dont want to have fomo later in case it reaches moon on first day 🌕🚀 Select only one answer ...View Result
At least I’m pretty rich
At least I’m pretty rich Honestly yeah I hate my job, I hate this company, I have zero WLB, zero stability, constant anxiety, etc but for how stupid I am, it still feels surreal that I hit a million net worth in my mid 20s and make more than 99% of ppl. Without Meta none of that would’ve happened; I’d prob be working the McDonald’s drive through tbh. Now I get fat paychecks for doing some basic prompt engineering TC: prob more than you
Life @ Anthropic
Life @ Anthropic What is life like at Anthropic? Considering a Staff role in infra. What is the pay structure? How’s the interview loop? Recommended? #engineering #software
75% of people laid off were Americans
The visa folks love to say “meritocracy”. That’s a win for them. Simply being in the game means they won. The fact though is that the H1B program never had “global meritocracy” as a stated goal. And with the job market as it is, there’s no reason to sponsor new visas at the moment. And renewals should be reduced as well.
Net worth at Age 45-50
Net worth at Age 45-50 834k in 401k+ IRA 500k in stocks 135k cash 890k primary home equity 120k investment property equity 1.1 M invested in startups and startup funds 36k in 529 How am I doing? Do I need to do anything. I have to assume start up equity would be 0 in future. **Update** This is HHNW. Total NW:3.6 Million USD 2 Kids. Savings per month $2200 Aspiring retirement age:58 Annual Expense:100K Kids age: 14,8 Living in HCOL Tc:350k
Living in Europe = upper class life style U.S.
In many ways, living a regular life in Europe is in practice, similar to the upper class life-style in the U.S. afforded to only the highest earners. Sure, the T.C. might not be impressive, but the practical implications are: 1. Every Supermarket is basically Wholefoods. 2. Not bombarded by adds and billboards constantly (= living in a good neighbourhood) 3. Plenty of vacation time 4. A number of add-free TV and radio stations (something that normally requires a subscription). 5.
Confession: I have never gotten an internal promotion.
Confession: I have never gotten an internal promotion. I've always found it easier to just grind interview prep for the next level and talk my way in. With some practice, I can BS near anything. Internal promotions past the first one or two levels involve significant political capital and require good timing. Not in a growing org? No promo. Not considered a flight risk? No promo. Considered a flight risk? No promo Manager change? Go back to square 1. TC: 0 (taking some time off between roles) Staff SWE
The biggest mistake of my 25 yr long career in tech | Tech Industry - Blind
The biggest mistake of my 25 yr long career in tech Not moving to management sooner. All my friends are VPs and enjoying luxurious lifestyles while farting useless requirements and metrics for ICs like me. No matter how you slice it or dice it management will always win at the end. Yes there are some insecurities along the way but once you are past that phase you’re golden.
Threw out Meta new hire crying in meeting room
Threw out Meta new hire crying in meeting room Caught one crying in the meeting room and told her to clear the room booked by us. No sympathy for you greedy folks joining after a few thousand posts about the work culture here. She was not expecting me to be this cold, but dear you decided to come here for the money. Select only one answer ...View Result
Getting 1.5x retention offer
I just landed an offer from a company that’s literally 1.5x my current TC. I actually like my current job. But I know for a fact I’m being lowballed here, and 50% is too much money to leave on the table. I have zero intention of leaving if I can get a match (or at least get close), but I’m not sure how to play it. Do I just hand in my notice and hope they counter-offer to keep me? Or do I come clean, show them the offer, and ask for a retention bump?
Is openai / anthropic a big upgrade over faang
Came here from google. Not deepmind but I was given the option to transfer before leaving. Personally I'm confident openai will continue to do well, as do almost all of my colleagues. Its a company which aims to become the next big tech company so if you believe that then there is a lot of upside left. As an added bonus my cash comp alone here is now greater than what my total comp was at google. In my opinion unless you want to rest and vest, the culture here is better.
Was your CEO a successful leader in 2025? Rate them from a scale of PIP to exceeds expectations
Was your CEO a successful leader in 2025? Rate them from a scale of PIP to exceeds expectations 2025 brought a lot of changes with AI, layoffs etc. The economy has been changing and so has the market. As our leaders navigate the uncertain times, I wanted to know what you all thought about your CEO's performance this year. Would love to hear inside stories or reasons why or why not your leader was good. Select only one answer ...View Result
OpenAI vs NVIDIA
Considering an offer from OpenAI. Current: $191k base + $200k/y RSU for next two years. Sharp drop off after that. 2.5 YOE. Offer: $215k base + $115/year 4 year RSU grant OpenAI offer is pretty much a straight pay cut at face value, at least compared to next two years. But I’m assuming NVIDIA will bump refreshers to avoid the sharp cliff? For OpenAI, maybe the upside after IPO is worth it? NVIDIA WLB, benefits, and flexibility are great.
Anthropic offer vs Google
But thats the thing isn't it. If the startup is really early you all would be saying how its completely paper money and has 0 chance of materializing to anything. If the company like anthropic, which is by no means a startup anymore, is > 50b all of a sudden even though its fairly derisked the "2-4x" upside is not worth it anymore. As though 2-4x upside is not amazing for a company so late combined with the fact anthropic gives you much more equity upfront than public companies.
Meta plans budget and job cuts for metaverse
oh boy how many times did I try to warn folks and explain the reality of reality labs. Thing is a mess, with the worst leaders I've ever seen and broken products that will NEVER reach sustainable monetization. I spent 5 years there and, to be frank, during my first 1-2 years I had hopes, but it was clear that the disaster was imminent after the quick expansion of Quest 2 with almost non-existent levels of engagement.
Tips down almost 40% this year due to tip fatigue
Yeah, the POS tip requests have gotten too greedy. I'd never consider tipping under 20% at a restaurant, but I'm not leaving a tip at Subway or Taco Bell, that's stupid. And when the POS menu offers choices of 25%, 35%, and 45% (taxis are the worst offenders) it makes me want to not tip them at all. The problem is that while "guilting" people into tipping works on some people, it just pisses off anyone it doesn't work on.
This is what Blind has become
I donβt think this is true at all. I am Indian I have been in the USA for 15 years. across graduate school, and 4 employers, 5 cities, dozens of neighbors, hundreds of coworkers and the vast majority of native born Americans have been excellent , genuinely helpful and at times gone over and above. The few negative experiences at work have come from either other Indians (pulling up the ladder) or other immigrant who needlessly import Asian/regional rivalries .
The Tech Industry is sucking Trump's D**k
https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-tech-ceo-rose-garden-dinner-1fee2de3?st=F5wcJg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink First it was Tim Cook but now it seems almost every tech leader is bowing down to Trump Is this country really going to be okay? Is this simply the rise and complete start of the oligarchic reign and collaboration between tech billionaires and politicians to rule the country?
Chinese in AI == Germans in Manhattan Project
The race to build superintelligent AI has parallels with the nuclear arms race. Are we making a mistake by letting Chinese scientists lead American AI projects (xai, openai, meta are majority Chinese) when many of them are CCP affiliated? It would be like letting Germans from Hitlerβs party lead the Manhattan Project. No racism please. It is a genuine geopolitical and national security concern. Select only one answer Yes, a massive NatSec risk No, Trump loves the Chinese
Jensen will crash the SP500
I think Zillow is right. CEOs, VCs, etc. are just now tempering LLM expectations from the unrealistic Sci-Fi intelligence theyβve been heralding to the more realistic βLLMs are pretty useful but not world changingβ message. Probably this quarter a lot of datacenter spending is unchanged.
This is not a bull market. We are in a recession.
I hate being right all the time. The stock market popped last week and so many idiots thought the bull market was going to start. Well, your bull market didnβt even last one day. Crypto is crashing. Stocks are crashing again. This is not a bull market. This is the beginning of a bloodbath bear market. We are in a recession.
Life after layoff
I need helpful advice from those who are wise. Posting here as itβs somewhat flagged as irrelevant in layoff channels. I was at last company for 3.5 years, laid off with a few thousand others at end of last year and have not yet landed a job. Last job had been stressful. Towards the end, we had a bad leader. The entire team left for places inside or outside the company. I was also starting to interview before the layoff came. After 3 months break, I started studying.
I don’t understand why ppl think preferring your own country men for jobs is a bad idea
Disclaimer: I came to this country 25 yrs ago on a student visa and used the h1b to join my first job. With that out of the way I simply cannot fathom why should a country give foreigners preferential treatment for jobs. Wouldn’t it be stupid to do so? Would you let an outsider eat your son’s cake? No. I have a daughter (born here in US) who will be looking for jobs in a couple of years and it hurts to see that the companies will be preferring h1bs over her. She will be competing with them. Why?
JD Vance Issues H1-B Visa Warning
Apple peace_bee Yesterday Allow me to paint this scenario. Assume you have gotten rid of H1Bs. There's obviously less talent in America in engineering, as let's face it, if there's existing talent, there won't be need for H1Bs in the first place. What do you think happens to the pool of these jobs that need hard core engineers? They are going to set it up abroad, most likely in India, some in China.
Bloomberg - The middlemen gaming the H1B Visa
Common man these were genuine citations. I am not someone who cheated. My paper was a breakthrough in my field and honestly it opened up a new area of research in my field which in itself is a thriving area now. It not because my citations werenβt genuine. Itβs because officer thought 75 citations didnt put me in outstanding professor category. By the way my research was so good that citations improved with time. I didnβt do anything to improve it.
Laid off from TikTok
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Mass Layoffs at Xbox Expected to Be Confirmed on 2nd July
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Top Performer Colleague laid off
I dont know how to feel about it. He had been a go-to senior for us. He got laid off for “not helping the team in senior level”, but as a mid-level engineer, I disagree. The whole team found him helpful. Not sure how to digest it. If he isn’t safe, how can we be safe? He had been with the company for 6 years, so his knowledge is huge. Kinda depressed about this whole thing, esp when it happens to a close colleague TC: 120k Related Companies Hide company name 0 credits left
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