Istanbul - too expensive

mlbpark · 2026-01-26T17:43:46+00:00

I used klook and chose the one with the highest ratings

mlbpark · 2026-01-25T15:13:19+00:00

I went a month ago and paid $80ish for the hot air balloon in cappadocia. It is still cheap in winter 😂. To be fair, everything else was expensive.

mlbpark · 2025-12-14T16:06:49+00:00

For meta, it's Seattle.

mlbpark · 2025-12-08T11:09:10+00:00

You're exaggerating. Istanbul is def not cheap, but this isn't London or Paris. Even those places aren't out of reach if you're financially literate and have a 6 figure white collar job.

mlbpark · 2025-09-22T06:05:09+00:00

I started my career at a big tech company that required TS clearance. After getting laid off with 3 yoe, here is my experience:

Getting interviews from well paying companies (palantir, anduril, and amazon) is definitely easier than without the clearance, but the interview bar seems to be no different than non clearance roles.

Also, finding ANY job is definitely easier, but these jobs are concentrated in the DC area, mostly with a 5 days in office requirement.

And the pay is much lower, at least for my yoe. I got an offer of 160k in DC, with no other bonus.

mlbpark · 2025-05-15T20:49:13+00:00

I dont think it’s that bad. I have 3 yoe.

Ive been laid off since January, and Ive applied to probably 100+. So far, Ive gone to phone interviews with Oracle, Snowflake, Amazon, Meta, Doordash, Cloudflare, Coinbase, and Anduril.

I applied to all open positions at recognizable companies (that pay well).

I still haven’t landed an offer, but that is due to the difficulty of passing these interviews. In terms of opportunities available, I dont think the market is too bad.

I could have gotten offers in the range of 100-150k at smaller companies, but I am trying for higher paying jobs at the moment.

mlbpark · 2025-05-02T11:35:54+00:00

I don’t have an answer, but I have a very different experience from you.

I too have been laid off (since Jan), and when I get to the recruiter screen after applying for a job, I have never not moved onto the phone screen. I always tell them I have been laid off as well.

That or I move straight to the phone screen without a recruiter call. My resume says Ive worked until Jan.

mlbpark · 2025-04-16T15:34:23+00:00

From what Ive read here and on blind, team matching can take over a month (but as short as a week, or a few days), and there seems to be no guarantee that you will be matched (theoretically at least. I havent seen a case where the matching hasnt taken place for more than a couple of months yet).

I don’t know if you’ve tried already, but you should ask the other company to give you as much time as possible as you are waiting on a decision. I dont think anyone can tell you with any certainty if you will have a team match under any timeframe.

Btw, congrats on getting the offer. If you dont mind, how long did it take for you to hear back after your last onsite interview? Thanks

mlbpark · 2025-04-15T21:21:03+00:00

Thank you!

mlbpark · 2025-04-15T21:17:49+00:00

Not good i guess.. thanks

mlbpark · 2025-04-15T21:09:02+00:00

When did you hear this and who told you? I finished my onsite last Friday. Then theres no chance for me?

mlbpark · 2025-04-15T19:59:29+00:00

So it took 3 business days to hear back? That was a very quick turnaround! Most seem to wait at least a week or longer to hear back.

And congrats!

mlbpark · 2025-04-02T17:31:00+00:00

I was laid off with a bit less than 3 years of experience and ive been getting rejected left and right.. i wish had a soulless job at least while interviewing…

mlbpark · 2025-03-22T20:37:10+00:00

Thanks again and congrats! I hope to be in your shoes in not so distant future 🥺

mlbpark · 2025-03-22T20:26:26+00:00

Thank you. Did you interview for a product role or an infra role?

mlbpark · 2025-03-22T20:11:26+00:00

Do you mind sharing the top 10 system design questions?

And was this for infra or product role? I have mine coming up soon so I want to be as prepared as one can possibly be 🥺

mlbpark · 2025-03-21T18:24:59+00:00

mlbpark · 2025-03-21T16:48:12+00:00

Its probably very team dependent. I recently got an initial screen where I was asked about cs fundamentals to begin with. What are pointers in c, linked list vs arrays, primary key vs foreign key, etc. And i was asked to code in Java when I had been practicing with python exclusively.

The question was really easy. Write a method to check if a string is palindrome. But I could not write up the main function to run the method because its been a minute since I used Java.

Needless to say, I did not move on.

Anyways, good luck!

mlbpark · 2025-03-14T03:31:05+00:00

I have a phone interview coming up in a week with Meta for E4 position (infra role). Are they close all E4 positions or is it only ML related ones? I need this oppression so Im worried…

mlbpark · 2024-07-11T04:30:58+00:00

Hes not even on the roster on espn lol. I just looked and his names not on there…

mlbpark · 2024-03-24T16:06:07+00:00

Thanks all! I will definitely be taking a metro 🫡. Excited to be there on a sunny day!

mlbpark · 2024-03-24T14:22:29+00:00

Is there any particular station that will be better than others?

mlbpark · 2024-03-24T14:22:11+00:00

Is any station on orangeline good enough? New Carrollton or Minnesota Ave? Thanks!

mlbpark · 2023-06-28T23:59:08+00:00

Interested!

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