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I cheated on my wife for 6 months with a 25 yo girl
I cheated on my wife for 6 months with a 25 yo girl I ended it. She was so cute and had the sweetest feminine laugh I’ve ever heard. Being with her used to make me feel so alive and young. I miss her so much.
Anthropic just asked me the craziest questions during my interview on Friday
It was a recruiter call which wasn't scheduled on zoom or google meets but rather on their own platform since they said that it matches their mission better that way. They asked me if I would continue to work for Anthropic if the stock crashed to 0. They then asked me if I would continue to work for Anthropic if I was required to pay them $$$ just to work for them rather than vice versa.
My son was laid off and wants to come live with me
I’m an accountant making $85k and my wife makes $60k as a teacher. Our son is so smart SWE that he made too much right off school (don’t know how much but he moved to a very nice waterfront apartment and got himself a nice car among other lifestyle changes).
Is super commuting to google office allowed?
Is super commuting to google office allowed? I live a few hours away from the office in another state. Will do 3 days in office and stay at a hotel but other the other 2 days I’ll work from home. Anyone do this? Is it allowed?
F*ck Japan is really aging
i had a dream to retire in Japan: cheaper, safer and better healthcare than US. Plus, I speak the language reasonably well. I had the chance to visit the country in 2016, 2019 and 2026. In 2016 I just shrugged this idea of "Japan is aging, bla blabla". But man, contrasting 2016 Tokyo vs 2026 is really depressing. In 2016, you would feel the energy of "young" professionals rushing through the subway system... people you couldn't tell if they had 25 or 30 since they're healthy.
I wake up every morning to this garbage.
Everything that could be. Missed the cloud boat and now think they can leverage to the nose and get into building AI data centres? I thought it could have a similar run as CISCO did in the late 90s but that’s not happening because Oracle bet on the 2nd best player in AI i.e. Open AI.
I feel really bad for Americans
There are mills that are being run in India and China for years to funnel these people into the US to take American jobs and these snakes lobby politicians for immigration laws... And they scream that Americans can't do these jobs when they let the public education system rot to its core. None of the H1B jobs that I see at FAANG really are that advanced that Americans can't do.
Taking a paycut for the FAANG brand
Taking a paycut for the FAANG brand Would you ever recommend taking a 12% (base) pay cut just for the FAANG brand, or is it better to stick with a smaller company where you'll have more immediate impact and career growth? Select only one answer ...View Result
I'm a part of the 10%
My manager had no idea that I was going to be laid off. Last week we literally were talking about future road maps. Apparently, 'data' decided who was laid off. Is this to defuse any blame? It feels fucked up that a bunch of spreadsheets somewhere decided I’m suddenly underperforming, and the person who actually works with me every day had no idea it was even happening until layoffs were announced. What's the point of having a manager? I feel like we're getting treated like robots.
NVidia vs ByteDance | Offer Evaluation - Blind
Sorry but this doesn’t make sense to me. If you are so so so special with so much specialized skills that NV is willing to pay IC7+ salary to you, you’re most likely not some mid-level/sr engineer. You are a pioneer or an area expert with proven record. In that case, they would hire you as an IC6/7 to lead the way. Your friend getting a 1M+ package at IC4 doesn’t add up. And if it is true, it would be a rare exception rather than norm.
In 7 months I lost my hair at Meta.
this happens all the time at Bytedance too, the entire Blind posts is people wanting to get fired that way they can leave with severance pay, I don't consider those people toxic I just point and laugh and consider those people childish and immature, no one is begging you to stay when Trump got elected there's some really unhappy people that night, because it means their dream of Tiktok ban -> company shutdown in US -> company do layoffs -> they will finally lose their jobs -> they can leave...
I did the unthinkable today. | Tech Industry - Blind
I think you probably lost sight of what you were going to gain/lose there. On the gain side: you probably got a personal satisfaction. I hope that was worth it, because that's pretty much it on the gain side. On the losing side, instead, I think lots of people have brought up things. I would add another thing: dwelling on the negatives, specially with negative people, has rarely brought me anything good.
Meta E5 offer evaluation
Received a negotiated number from Meta today for E5 Base : 218K (15% bonus) RSU : 700K (175K per year) Joining bonus : 50K Recruiter is saying this is the max we can go without competitive offer. What do you guys think ? Should I push recruiter further? They have aggressive deadline of tomorrow to accept/reject. Tips please? This is infra role (Non ML) Current TC : 400K New TC : 425K + 50K joining Select only one answer Meta Senior Software Engineer Menlo Park, CA, US โข IC5 TC: $426K
Much easier to get jobs for US Citizens vs h1b
Us ctiziens by far. Number of companies that do visas is small. H1bs come under fire because the west coast h1b have high paying competitive jobs Witch companies hiring only indians looks like blatant discrimination Witch companies try to staff with Americans as well itβs just witch companies arenβt desirable employers They aren't desirable employers because they reached critical mass of h1bs that makes them shit holes.
Mental decline started at 38y.o.
A out half year ago, I noticed signs of mental decline. First of all, feeling super tired, I need a 1 hour long nap after I get from work. I never was taking nap before. Second, memory losses. Gets gradually worse, usually some short-term stuff. For example, I'm working on something, get distracted for a minute, and won't remember what I was working on. I really need a too list where I keep everything that happens this day, otherwise I'll miss something important.
Dumbest company 2025 (Meta) | Tech Industry - Blind
Easily the dumbest company. While every company is closing their doors and reducing hiring, Meta is the only desperate company hiring everyone with a pulse while also firing historically high performers because of one bad half. Sometimes they didnβt even have a bad half, they just went on parental leave. Or they happened to not be liked by their manager and manager have to fill the stupid, nonsensical 20% PIP quota. And then higher ups are confused that LLAMA is absolute shit.
Breaking: Google offers buyouts to 20,000 employees and ends remote work
Google on Tuesday offered buyouts to 20,000 employees across several of its divisions, including those within its knowledge and information (Search, Ads, Commerce) and central engineering units as well as marketing, research and communications teams. The "voluntary exit program" applies to U.S.-based employees, and some teams are also mandating office returns for remote workers who live within 50 miles of an office, the company confirmed.
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