I don’t use Teamblind as often as I used to, but it played a huge role in my career growth. Coming from a developing country, it helped me level the playing field. Through the platform, I discovered FAANG(current employer for 6yrs now), Leetcode, structured ways to prepare for interviews, and even the fact that sign-on bonuses exist, something I had no idea about before.
Teamblind has been so impactful for me that I’m more than happy to pay for it. While there’s certainly noise on the platform, I’ve learned to focus on the insightful conversations and resources that matter. If you are in the US it might not be so useful, but for us outside, it is gold.
I've been on HN for way longer than Blind, but Blind had had the most impact in my career & I'm grateful for that.
I’m curious: what specific strategies or habits have you developed to sift through all the chatter and zero‑in on the conversations, resources, or people that actually push your growth forward?
For example, do you rely on certain tags, follow particular communities, set daily reading windows, or use any filters/keywords?
I’d love to hear what’s worked for you so others (like me) can adopt a similar approach.
There are people who just make up stories and post them to the internet, especially on reddit, Threads.
I feel like Blind is especially prone to this. It has the half-truth (verified working at so and so), it has anonymity, and people just fill in the blank space with whatever they like.
I don’t use Teamblind as often as I used to, but it played a huge role in my career growth. Coming from a developing country, it helped me level the playing field. Through the platform, I discovered FAANG(current employer for 6yrs now), Leetcode, structured ways to prepare for interviews, and even the fact that sign-on bonuses exist, something I had no idea about before.
Teamblind has been so impactful for me that I’m more than happy to pay for it. While there’s certainly noise on the platform, I’ve learned to focus on the insightful conversations and resources that matter. If you are in the US it might not be so useful, but for us outside, it is gold.
I've been on HN for way longer than Blind, but Blind had had the most impact in my career & I'm grateful for that.
That’s awesome!
I’m curious: what specific strategies or habits have you developed to sift through all the chatter and zero‑in on the conversations, resources, or people that actually push your growth forward?
For example, do you rely on certain tags, follow particular communities, set daily reading windows, or use any filters/keywords?
I’d love to hear what’s worked for you so others (like me) can adopt a similar approach.
There are people who just make up stories and post them to the internet, especially on reddit, Threads.
I feel like Blind is especially prone to this. It has the half-truth (verified working at so and so), it has anonymity, and people just fill in the blank space with whatever they like.
Is that like Substack? I never heard of it.
Nope. Logged on once, saw that the conversations were non-productive, and never logged back in again.
Same. I signed up, found the conversations to be unproductive and unhealthy and deleted my account.