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The Blind Ambition Podcast with Jack Kelly
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Приєднався 16 кві 2022
The Blind Ambition with Jack Kelly provides a candid look into the top companies in business and tech. Go behind the scenes with industry and workplace leaders and explore work culture, what it takes to land a role at these companies, and how to build, scale and thrive in your career. Hosted by Jack Kelly and Rick Chen and presented by the professional social network Blind.
'Should I Stay or Should I Go?': Jack and Rick Discuss Walking Away from $1.2 Million Total Comp
Despite eye-popping salaries in the tech industry, many high-earning professionals find themselves feeling financially stretched, and like they are falling behind their peers.
This paradox, where million-dollar compensation packages still leave workers feeling like they're living paycheck to paycheck, stems from a combination of hefty taxes, exorbitant living costs in tech hubs, expensive family obligations, and lifestyle choices.
As Jack and Rick explore, the decision to leave such lucrative positions involves complex considerations of financial security, career growth, and personal fulfillment, challenging the notion that high salaries automatically equate to financial comfort or job satisfaction.
Join the conversation and comment on this thread: www.teamblind.com/post/Golden-handcuffs-in-highly-political-environment-rMtVuBqc
Join the Blind community and sign up here: bit.ly/blind-podcast
This paradox, where million-dollar compensation packages still leave workers feeling like they're living paycheck to paycheck, stems from a combination of hefty taxes, exorbitant living costs in tech hubs, expensive family obligations, and lifestyle choices.
As Jack and Rick explore, the decision to leave such lucrative positions involves complex considerations of financial security, career growth, and personal fulfillment, challenging the notion that high salaries automatically equate to financial comfort or job satisfaction.
Join the conversation and comment on this thread: www.teamblind.com/post/Golden-handcuffs-in-highly-political-environment-rMtVuBqc
Join the Blind community and sign up here: bit.ly/blind-podcast
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Jack and Rick Take on Nvidia's Millionaires, Golden Handcuffs and Stock-Based Compensation
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Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to a viral Blind poll that found that 76% of Nvidia professionals claim to be millionaires, and 33% may have a net worth of $20 million or more as a result of Nvidia's incredible stock price appreciation since 2019. Rick reveals how much stock you might have gotten depending on when you joined Nvidia. Rick explains how stock-based compensation works and why employ...
Jack and Rick Take on Goldman Sachs' Latest Layoffs and Wall Street Compensation
Переглядів 654 години тому
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen break down Goldman Sachs' latest planned layoffs of 1,300 to 1,800 people as part of its annual performance review process. We react to the mega investment bank's plans to "cull" its workforce and why so many Wall Street firms and banks have annual layoffs. Jack reflects on how the situation is exacerbated by the stigma associated with being labeled a so-called "low per...
Jack and Rick Take on Nvidia's Millionaires, Golden Handcuffs and Stock-Based Compensation | FULL
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Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to a viral Blind poll that found that 76% of Nvidia professionals claim to be millionaires, and 33% may have a net worth of $20 million or more as a result of Nvidia's incredible stock price appreciation since 2019. Rick reveals how much stock you might have gotten depending on when you joined Nvidia. Rick explains how stock-based compensation works and why employ...
Jack and Rick Take on Goldman Sachs' Latest Layoffs and Wall Street Compensation | FULL
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Jack Kelly and Rick Chen break down Goldman Sachs' latest planned layoffs of 1,300 to 1,800 people as part of its annual performance review process. We react to the mega investment bank's plans to "cull" its workforce and why so many Wall Street firms and banks have annual layoffs. Jack reflects on how the situation is exacerbated by the stigma associated with being labeled a so-called "low per...
Terence Bennett, CEO of DreamFactory Software: How to Make Transitions Work for Your Career
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Kyle Elliott, Founder of Kyle Elliott Consulting: How to Land Your Dream Tech Job | FULL
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Kyle Elliott, Founder of Kyle Elliott Consulting: How to Land Your Dream Tech Job
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Charles Beadnall, Chief Technology Officer at GoDaddy: Your Career Roadmap for Faster Promotions
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Charles Beadnall, CTO at GoDaddy: Your Career Roadmap for Faster Promotions | FULL
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Jack and Rick Take on Wall Street and its 100-Hour-Plus Workweeks | FULL
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Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to Wall Street's 100-hour-plus workweeks and its culture of grinding out employees, especially in the junior ranks. We explore the compensation available and whether the money is worth the sacrificed weekends, social relationships and mental health. Jack also walks through all of the available functions and roles in the finance industry and why tech professionals ...
Jack and Rick Take on Wall Street and its 100-Hour-Plus Workweeks
Переглядів 1921 день тому
Jack Kelly and Rick Chen react to Wall Street's 100-hour-plus workweeks and its culture of grinding out employees, especially in the junior ranks. We explore the compensation available and whether the money is worth the sacrificed weekends, social relationships and mental health. Jack also walks through all of the available functions and roles in the finance industry and why tech professionals ...
Angie Hicks, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Angi: How Anyone Can Be an Entrepreneur
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Carlo di Florio, Global Advisory Leader at ACA Group: How I Became a Regulator | FULL
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Love Social Chorus!
Great episode! Helpful info as I work through my BA.
Great conversations. But I guess one thing Jack Kelly missed is, this guy and his folks, came to USA not from nowhere. They are the cream of China, have been proved themselves as top talents in China, the most populous country. They are fxxxing smart!
Thanks for hosting this discussion - really interested to see how this plays out. I've been a little disappointed in the interviews/pundit takes on the bill so far. No one is really honing in on the fact that the bill is explicitly for non exempt employees. My concern there is that many NE employers are now going to be incentivized to offer fewer hours to those on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum to avoid overtime wages. Whether that results in hiring more people at a lower average hour allocation, or lower capacity/service, in its current form this bill on its own is going to screw over the most stressed section of our employed population. I'm thinking of retail, supermarkets, and other low skill jobs which can't really be automated-away. These people don't have disposable income to inject back into the economy, and I don't see any protections in place which would protect one's total take home pay post-implementation (that wouldn't be feasible, anyway). I'm glad you hit on this at the end of the interview, and the congressman admitted this is a major gap. I don't think his justification is one which the public would like. Realistically, if someone's hourly wage remains static but the definition of FT reduces to 32, they're at risk of realizing a 20% reduction in gross pay. That's not enough freed up capacity to pick up another job to offset, nor should legislation force people in to that position.
I've been incredibly disappointed by the lack of true curiosity or interests by interviewers until you hit on this at the end. They all show their lack of comprehension by conflating it with white collar 4 day work weeks, only aiding the inauthentic spin being put on this to gather support from under-40 professionals. This will have little affect on the vast majority of Blind's target users, and I hope the media starts to do a better job of breaking it down in simple terms so people actually understand the proposal
Thank you Disha, for sharing deeply relevant insights from your epic journey as inspirations! More power to you! …and thanks Jack for being a maestro at harping the right chords! Epic podcast! Cheers!
Google has proven it's got some very senior people more than happy to sacrifice truth and company success for their own agenda. There are plenty of alternatives to their Browser, their search, their phone, their suite, their, Cloud, their AI... it's easy to replace the majority of Google in your life and as they continue to demonstrate the transition to this distortion, like mass media, it's time to consider whether it's worthy of your time, trust and money.
This is an incredibly helpful interview - thank you! The perspective on EOY/Q1 job postings and an org's need is one of those "common sense, but hadn't given it much thought until I heard it here" things. Also really appreciate Bonnie's perspective on AI Recruiting tools. I know a few people who have brought these solutions to-market, and share the caution that it's not an end-all solution and can lead to a lot of unintended and negative biases. Bravo. As one who relocated to a city with less of an attractive job market during COVID and the Remote work surge, now being a victim of tech layoffs, it's incredibly rough out there. 85% of all openings which are aligned with my career goals are On-Site/Hybrid in Seattle, SF, DC, Austin, NYC. It's absolutely maddening that quality talent (which could be had at a better price point than those inflated markets) is blocked-out due to poor corporate real estate strategies and those local gov't pressuring companies to get butts back in seats. One data point I'd question: the # of incremental (or total, for that matter) jobs posted in the US. I'm sure the proportionality works, but LI's messy approach to allowing individual job postings for the same role across markets leads to gross overstatement of job volume across much of the tech and consulting sectors. Really wish they would at least require all 'duplicate' postings be tied back to a single requisition #, and at the very least LI Premium and Recruiter account members had an option to de-dupe them for their search or analytics.
Epic discussion! Thank you!
Love Erika! One of the best people I ever had the pleasure of working with and for
Wtf is that smell!???? Why does it smell like Silicon Valley bank 2.0 …
Good
Proud of you Garima .
Tim is super authentic and shared some great nuggets
A MUCH better discussion point is how ALL major American cities are having these problems. San Francisco/Bay Area is not the only region suffering. Yea I heard y'all bring up Seattle and NY but repeatedly bringing up San Francisco weaken your insight. The whole of tech doesn't live there. What's going on in Austin? Atlanta? Chicago? DC? 🙄
You're right, Michelle! Thanks for sharing this extra context. - Rick
You two are so funny. My BFF and I were talking just like this about all the tech news. Thanks for adding more color!
Thank you for talking about psychological safety. As I'm interviewing this is the standout reason tech companies are appealing to me. With all of the mistakes I've made in my time with different companies, how much better would I have been if I have been encouraged through my mistakes versus punished.
very insightful!
I feel web 3 development is like open source projects