[Seattle only] Career Advice
I’m currently a seasoned SDE2 at amazon. Been doing well, get good projects and see path to the next level SDE3 at least per manager feedback. At same time I’m hitting 4 years and will not be getting as much stock as I used to from Amazon. Got ping from FB and Google recruiter and decided to give a try. passed phone screen with ease and is preparing onsite. But Today when I check career website for fb and google for Seattle location, I can only find very few team I’m interested in. I think since Seattle is not FB and Google HQ, there is disadvantage interm of project selections, visibility and decision influencing. Folk at fb and google in Seattle/Kirkland do you experience this limitation in your daily work? Are you doing project you enjoy? I like what I’m doing at Amazon and scared I will be match to boring team if I leave. TC 230k, YOE 5
Shhh we only use d&s for the good ones! Yea fb seems great and fun
Get out of that shithole man. That TC is what we pay new grads with competing offers.
Yea I don’t think it was clear to him he may not be a performer
Dive and save - they try to do it with cash (base/bonus). For stocks, they need SVP approval and only do it for SDE3s. It's slow and painful process. How do I know? I went through the same thing 😜. Amazon doesn't care if you're seasoned or not, they have target TC and lowest variance per band.
Did you pass both FB and G phone screens? How were the coding questions? Easy/med? 1 or 2 questions in a screen? Did you know the questions?
I don’t have any offer yet in hand to get the diving save match. Thanks for the advice.