[no_wizard]

Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure.

Vast majority of engineers I know aren't even on it and often haven't heard of it.

I think Blind is a data point, but its one of many, and certainly not definitive in my opinion

[nine_zeros]

> Blind is an echo chamber, and attracts a certain type of person, for sure.

It certainly is a misery-loves-company community. But I have found them to be the most honest representation of a company and its tech and management practices. It is also a reliable source of compensation data.

For example, I look at Meta's reviews there and that matches my experience. Nobody cares about their apps. All people care about is performance reviews with fake impact. That was exactly my experience in the company.

[no_wizard]

To add some nuance to what I'm saying:

I've found its accurate for Meta / Microsoft / Google / Apple / Netflix / Amazon. Having worked at Apple for half a decade, it seemed (mostly) accurate.

I have found it less accurate for other companies that are big and desirable but not nearly as sought after to work for in the last decade. For startups or smaller companies, its not the best data point

Don't know where I'd put GitHub, maybe the signal to noise ratio is closer to one of the big companies than not, however my current employer has a Blind channel and its not very accurate to my experience

[tough]

You realise Github is Microsoft nowadays right?

[no_wizard]

I do, however for the purpose of this discussion, I'm treating them separately, as GitHub is a distinct employer from Microsoft on Blind.

[tough]

Oh I see, I never checked out Blind, in LinkedIn Jobs tho the Github Offers seem very much Microsoft Offers to me.

[jonny_eh]

It's like a bitter GlassDoor.

[websap]

Lol! If you're an engineer and you don't spend even a little time on Blind, you're signing up to get hustled. Learned so many interesting tidbits from Blind that I was able to use to get ahead in my career. Is it negative, yes; can you still benefit from it, yes.

[tester756]

Let's dont act as if the Blind was the only place where you can have discussion about stuff like this

[websap]

Yet to see a more honest, transparent and non-posturing discussion board about tech.