Blind TL;DR Edition No. 43: Week Ended Sept. 2, 2022
Blind TL;DR helps you stay on top of what shaped the tech industry this week in about 3 minutes. Keep tabs on the latest with insights straight from the newsmakers—technologists like you.
Gone in a snap
Almost 1,300 people will lose their job. Snap laid off about 20% of the team, including the developers who worked on its mini apps, games and Web3 projects. Other hard-hit groups include Zenly, the social mapping app, and the hardware divisions focused on AR glasses and drones.
Read the debate on what this might mean for the tech industry.
Can you hear me now?
As expected, T-Mobile fired engineers and network employees after acquiring Sprint two years ago. The layoffs are a part of a company restructuring, which has resulted in thousands of lost jobs. T-Mobile now employs fewer people than before the merger.
Find out which teams were affected most—only on Blind.
Outbreak!
The return to the office hasn’t been going well at Google. There has been a constant stream of notifications about COVID-19 infections in the Los Angeles offices. According to the city’s public health reports, there have been almost 300 cases reported from the internet giant’s Venice and Playa Vista campuses.
Check out the reactions from Googlers on Blind.
Is RTO toxic?
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase have never been big fans of remote work. Banks have gotten aggressive about ending work-from-home privileges, and some employees have finally had enough. Banks have seen employees quit en masse, citing overwork, the end of remote work, and a toxic work environment.
Learn what it’s like from the people still there.
Price drops
Believe it or not: House prices have fallen in the San Francisco Bay Area. A new report found that the metro area saw the largest monthly drop in home values in the country. The new prices result from increasing mortgage rates as the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.
Blind asks: Are the glory dates of tech over?
Don’t make these mistakes during your Google interview
It’s no surprise: If you want to land a job at Google, you’ll encounter data structures and algorithms in the job interview. While they might be common whiteboard problems, it’s still easy to get tripped up. Check out how software engineer candidates fail—so you can avoid the mistakes.
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