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I don’t wish TC 0 on anyone but Blind has to be one of the most toxic communities. I spent a few months on it when working at a FANG adjacent company and after seeing people personally calling out managers and just generally any visible person I stopped using it.


It really is an astonishingly nasty community, probably at this point, self-reinforcing; no-one normal is going to stick around.


What does "TC 0" mean? I only found (three types of) complexity classification, which clearly doesn't match the context…


My guess is "total comp 0". Blind has a culture that somewhat turned into a meme that any post should be accompanied by you disclosing your total comp at the bottom of the post. To the original poster: if you're in the EU I can see if I have anything in my network to help you get some interviews. Feel free to reach out.


The idea that TC is a meaningful measure of anything is kind of silly given how incredibly volatile it can be. If you’re working at a company whose stock is on a constant rise, your TC also skyrockets for as long as your RSUs take to vest, and then you often get a cliff-fill, so your TC basically just keeps ratcheting up as a function of the stock price. I’m not complaining, but quoting my TC at you as if it gives me some kind of clout is kinda delusional if 2/3 of that TC is due to the stock doubling since my RSU grant.


In this context "TC" probably means "Total Compensation", and "TC 0" meaning "currently not earning anything at all".




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