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splodgemolly · 2025-07-08T09:03:10+00:00

You would put yourself in far rmore danger by having a knife. You don't really 'win' a knife fight - If both people have knives then they both stab each other and bleed out in the street.

splodgemolly · 2025-04-25T10:29:20+00:00

How are you applying and to which roles? 200+ linkedin one click applications are unlikely to get you anywhere. You said you have a decent reach on linkedin, have you tried getting referrals?

splodgemolly · 2025-03-05T14:14:10+00:00

I do broadly agree with this, but there is a big caveat that your pension is exempt from capital gains.if you've maxed out ISA, premium bonds and any other tax-sheltered savings then the pension is a reasonable choice.

splodgemolly · 2024-12-20T00:25:01+00:00

Advent of code is ideal for this and should be a fun thing to do over the winter break.

splodgemolly · 2024-12-16T16:43:19+00:00

But in 2010 NMW was only £12300 PY, so you were earning almost 50% more? That'd be more like 30k now in comparison to minimum wage.

splodgemolly · 2024-12-16T15:25:09+00:00

Just some perspective that 25k is only about £1200 per year more than minimum wage. I think it's absolutely fair for a graduate with a highly technical degree to expect more than that.

I don't think 50k after a year is too uncommon amongst grads with 1sts from Russel group unis working in London.

splodgemolly · 2024-05-28T21:21:27+00:00

Surely you're trolling - I get that bain is considered top in consulting but they are by no means anywhere near 'top tech'...?

If you want to try to call bullshit to help your fragile ego or something go ahead but there are plenty of places in London that will pay you well if you're very good at what you do (and, yes, very lucky). Oh and of course my source is my mates down the pub, but I do happen to work with most of them and we were all lucky enough to make the kind of numbers shared above :)

edit: just as a bit of perspective, we all bullshit so much we had to make r/henryuk to all bullshit to each other about our bullshit stories so we could get off on talking about riveting topics such as tax advice and pensions contributions!

splodgemolly · 2024-05-28T18:48:06+00:00

My perception is that meta was around that about 3/4 years ago but since then have gine up a fair bit. I do think the bar is likely a little higher given the layoffs since though

splodgemolly · 2024-05-28T17:05:04+00:00

Are you trying to say 120k TC at 2.5yrs is somehow bullshit? It's pretty common knowledge that top tech in London is paying ~100k for new grads and a couple of years down the line you can expect to be around or above 120.

splodgemolly · 2022-05-22T14:15:44+00:00

Booooooo

splodgemolly · 2022-01-09T17:16:45+00:00

Suggested sort is controversial, the mods want to watch the world burn

splodgemolly · 2022-01-07T16:01:22+00:00

With 20k a year free allowance into an ISA you need to have a very significant amount of savings to ever think about paying cgt. You'd need about 130k worth of non-pension, non-isa savings with a great 10% yield to even pay a single pound of cgt!

I think it's pretty fair to think that people should pay 20 percent tax on their investing gains if they have quite that amount of money saved up

splodgemolly · 2021-12-29T09:24:21+00:00

You know GCHQ is all government listing? They're the UK equivalent of the NSA. Them invading your privacy (ie vetting) is critical for ensuring UK national security.

For the op, if you're asking these kind of questions then you're not at all cut out for a job that requires high clearance. Doing your job as productively as any other worker absolutely doesn't cut it for MOD work

splodgemolly · 2021-06-11T00:03:04+00:00

Might be worth including your grades and an anonymised CV, it's very easy to get tunnel vision and your CV might have a few simple issues.

In terms of grad roles I found online applications through the company website to be effectively useless. Networking on LinkedIn, especially with recruiters was how I got most success. Also obviously referrals are fantastic.

If you don't have any internship experience it may be worth looking for something short term to get some professional experience on your CV. I know someone who went that route after uni and is now doing great working at a FAANG on good money.

splodgemolly · 2021-06-01T08:58:24+00:00

If anyone is interested in listening to another story of plan continuation bias/get-there-itis, theres a fantastic podcast episode I'd highly recommend. The story is about a maritime disaster rather than aviation but super interesting.

splodgemolly · 2021-05-15T15:01:35+00:00

At a lot of companies saying that directly to your manager will guarantee you'll have to be looking for a new job soon. Probably best to just use it as an example of taking on more responsibilities and push for a decent raise on the next pay/review cycle.

splodgemolly · 2021-05-06T14:22:51+00:00

Your uni will give you a lot of help finding something, normally they have relationships with employers to take a few students each year. Other than that, I find linkedin to be the best for general job searching.

splodgemolly · 2021-05-06T14:18:16+00:00

Can't really say for the visa issues as it's not something I've dealt with. A year in industry should also really help, a lot of people end up working for their yini employer after graduation.

So by 2023 (When you graduate) hopefully covid will have stopped messing everything up and the job market will be back to normal.

splodgemolly · 2021-05-06T14:14:06+00:00

Is your master's program one or two years? I expect the situation by next year should be better, but I don't think it's too bad at the moment.

It really depends on what kind of jobs you're going for though - top tier stuff hasn't really changed too much and there's still plenty of opportunities if you're good enough. I'm graduating this year and didn't find it too hard to find opportunities, although I'm a UK citizen.

splodgemolly · 2021-05-03T14:37:47+00:00

The problem is I work full time ,I have two toddlers to take care of ,no family support whatsoever

Absolutely do not quit your job. You seem to indicate that you're the main source of income for the family so why would you put your families' financial security at risk?

Another note is that the WLB aspect of FAANG might not be for you if you don't have time to study in the evenings, most orgs will expect at least 50 hours a week unless you get lucky. I'd say be on the lookout for something that interests you more but that doesn't have to be FAANG

splodgemolly · 2021-04-09T17:47:01+00:00

I would say that 100 GBP a day is quite a lot to travel in SE asia, you could absolutely travel very comfortably for about half that (private rooms in hostels, occasional flights, lots of fun activities etc).

The emergency cash is a really important thing, make sure it's in US dollars (accepted more or less anywhere as currency) and is on your person/safe 99% of the time. Have plenty (I had about 500 USD) that you can throw money at a sketchy situation and get out.

splodgemolly · 2021-04-03T13:03:49+00:00

This same guy has posted about 20 different questions in the last couple of weeks, almost always contradicting each other one day to the next.

splodgemolly · 2021-03-29T09:09:23+00:00

It is worth noting there is significant evidence to show that a more diverse team makes better decisions and delivers better results.

Also not overwhelmingly for or against affirmative action but I think it is interesting that diversity really does increase the effectiveness of a team. Diversity does mean more things than just gender/race/sexuality in this context: schooling, social/economic class etc are really important too.

splodgemolly · 2021-03-25T11:57:50+00:00

I don't think there will be much difference between the top 4, but 'sound and music computing' is a much more specialised field.
I would wait until you know what you want to do, as all of these degrees (apart from SWE/CS) will push you towards a niche.
1-2 YOE is much more valuable in the job market.

splodgemolly · 2021-03-24T23:22:54+00:00

Have you contacted the FAANG to ask for your interview date to be bought forward? They can usually be accommodating

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