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E3 flirting nonstop with female e5s and e6s
E3 flirting nonstop with female e5s and e6s We just had this new grad joining from no name state school. My org at meta has a lot of hot asian girls. This little e3 bro flirts excessively with all of the female senior and staff engs. This team promotes people quickly so half of the staffs are still in their 20s. The weird thing is they seem to respond well to him and giggle back all the time I feel so uncomfortable. What do?
NRI guys asking why women aren't eager to move on H-4 visas
NRI guys asking why women aren't eager to move on H-4 visas It’s not a mystery. A 25LPA job in Gurgaon gives a woman financial independence, domestic help, and family proximity. Moving to a small town on a dependent visa with no work permit is a massive step backward.Why would any career-focused woman surrender her income to sit at home in a suburban basement?
Why do the most senior executives have the youngest Executive Assistants?
Why do the most senior executives have the youngest Executive Assistants? Do they need the least experience to handle the hardest workloads?
How good is OpenAI pay before IPO?
How good is OpenAI pay before IPO? The TC looks better but not sure how easy it is to liquidate the RSU before IPO. IPO rich is great, but also don’t want to live off just the base. Also it seems because of the pay difference, switching to OpenAI often means down leveling. Is scope also decreased?
ServiceNow principal offer
ServiceNow principal offer Got an offer from ServiceNow with a Total TC of 590k (68% hike on my current TC) , am I on the higher side, easy target for layoff? Have other offers, but choosing ServiceNow because role is very close to what I want to do and want to have some Stability and WLB (whatever is left in this industry and ServiceNow is my best bet). Current TC: 350K Evaluation
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.
Sam Altman is the most important person in history
Sam Altman is the most important person in history Forget about Newton, Einstein. Sam Altman has created something that transcends every work done by human race. Not shilling, just a fact
principle engineers and software architects are DONE
Trust me I have realized arguing with stupidity beyond a point will drain you. I have used opus and got for 2 years now. It is extremely powerful to help you even learn new things but it can't design a complex system. But if you ask the right question and keep brainstorming you get excellent results. And even knowing what to ask requires prior knowledge and then absorbing the answers doing critical thinking and asking further.
Why all the hate toward H1B on this app?
I keep seeing post after post here blaming H1B engineers for tech layoffs, stagnant compensation, and market saturation. The narrative being pushed on Blind that visa holders are somehow driving down the tech market is completely detached from reality. Constructive policy debate is one thing, but turning it into toxicity against colleagues who are grinding just as hard only degrades the engineering community as a whole. We belong here and we are here to stay. So if you are upset go therapy.
3 year ban on new H1B starting 2027
3 year ban on new H1B starting 2027 Enough is enough. DHS should ban all new H1B starting 2027 for a period of 3 years. Only exceptions in rare cases - top 0.001% Americans are losing jobs yet we somehow need to fill 85k new H1Bs quota each year. This makes no sense at all. Ban first and evaluate after 3 years.
Am i being used for legal status?
New to blind so excuse if this is not the right group. Not sure who to ask. AI doesn't help! Single, 32, female, indian on h1b with approved i140. Met a Belarusian (European) guy on Tinder who says he is on work visa but also from conversations found out he does freelancing construction work.
Metamates get out now! Recruiters lowballing for us.
Metamates get out now! Recruiters lowballing for us. All recruiters sold that they offer stability and great WLB. Got 5 offers since may layoffs and max offer would just match my TC even when position is higher and levels fyi says median TC is high. Reason: recruiters know everyone including Wang is looking to escape this toxicity.
Citizens are definitely getting hired pretty fast
(Posted this as a reply in another feed). I am seeing most citizens (at least with skills and just few months of experience) getting hired within a month in pretty large organizations for a good pay. I can confidently say all visa holders are not even getting an interview let alone a job. Many I know are going back to severe visa constraints. Calling visa holders as "golden handcuffs" is also a poor joke, its just rotten system. BISSELL Pet Pro 21%OFF $243>$193 Travel Adapter 34% OFF $20>$13
Enough is enough. We need to ban or at least export control Anthropic and openai models
This keeps happening. These companies spend billions on r&d. China swoops in and distills their models for 1/1000 of the cost and makes it open source, cheap, and pro China. We are spending trillions in American money to make China great again. We know what the Chinese did to other tech companies like Tesla. We know we can't trust America's executives to make good choices when dealing with china. Never again 4.1★ Smart Glasses 32% OFF $99>$67 Apple MacBook Pro -8% $2999>$2759
I asked my manager if I was safe. I think I fucked up.
I finally asked my manager to be honest... and tell me whether I'm in a good spot? They answered with we'll see how calibration goes....Not in an anticipatory voice but in a I don't know whether you are good or not. I'm replaying that conversation wondering if that means I'm going to be put on PIP or whether I need to start interviewing... I personally think I'm an average employee but given all the talk at microsoft about more layoffs I feel like maybe I'm not as safe as I thought I was?
Does inbreeding cause low IQ
Does inbreeding cause low IQ None of my family seems to have a normal IQ. I was the only one who was able to come abroad to Norway for studies where we have large Pakistani community. I felt struggling compared to other Norwegian peers in studies. Was thinking could years of inbreeding have caused our community to produce low IQ children?
OpenAI is far far left behind Anthropic!
OpenAI is far far left behind Anthropic! I used to think OpenAI is catching up in writing code and good in behavioral talks, but once I saw how huge are the gaps between these in financial reporting, creating analysis and analytic coding, I was blown away! OpenAI is nowhere close infact they produce 💩 in comparison to what Claude produced with same prompt and data. Select only one answer ...View Result
One big H1b scam just got exposed - again, contracting firm, but for Texas State this time
One big H1b scam just got exposed - again, contracting firm, but for Texas State this time A single H-1B dependent contractor received payment for $10,460,376.99 in staffing contracts from the state of Texas since Abbott in office. In only 12 days (in April so far), they've netted $309,113. They also received over $2.7M in forgiven PPP loans. Why the hell they needed more than 2.7M PPP loan forgiveness to import Indians, to work in the State of Texus as state contractors?
LinkedIn downlevel offer
LinkedIn downlevel offer i interviewed for linkedin Staff engineer role. The recruiter initially said the feedback was very good and he will come back after the debrief meeting. Then he says they gave 'Hire at senior'. While I am working on other interviews, I am not impressed by Senior role at LinkedIn as there is no SDE2 there. Has anyone had such an experience? Is it a possibility if I can ask for considering me as a staff again ? 10YOE, L64 Senior engineer 190k, 35k, 25k
Date is now current…But accepted another offer
I am in a weird situation…as per April 2026 visa bulletin my date is current. But, I accepted an offer with another company and will be joining on April 6th (I don’t have any chance to stay back with current employer)… I requested new employer to file my i485j but they are saying we need to have atleast two pay slips to be generated before filing it… I am not sure what my options are here… 1. What happens if I move to new employer on April 6th.
Atlassian CEO "deeply sorry", Cuts 10%
https://www.forbes.com.au/news/investing/atlassian-cuts-another-1600-jobs-amid-ai-shakeup/ "We are doing this to self-fund further investment in AI and enterprise sales, while strengthening our financial profile," CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said in a blog post. He said employees would be notified of their status by email.
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