Starting at Facebook on the 13th. Facebook employees: What are your top 3 things you wish you had known as a new hire?
Impact impact impact
How do you demonstrate this? A/B + Metrics? What else?
Why are you leaving Lyft?
I'm in the same boat. Starting in a month. I've always been a high performer at small companies, but concerned how I'll stand out or how performance in measured somewhere like Facebook
Best of luck to you. You'll do great! Very likely results driven so just need to find to demonstrate what you did and how much was the improvement
Thanks man. I'm sure it'll be a totally new experience, just a little daunting. All the best to you also!
Focus on good wlb teams. Make sure you’re able to work on 0-1 impactful features. Make sure team is helpful and very responsive. Make sure manager is comfortable, knowledgeable, and has good pulse score.
Be prepared to come in and ship stuff fast. My team (and generally my org) is very metric focused so if you join a team like this, your impact will be judged by how much you move the metric the team cares about
Everything at the company is all about the PSC, performance review. You will either have the time of your life here or feel unmotivated because your score is either great or mediocre. If you’re starting at the IC3 or IC4 level you will have to show growth or the company will be quick to terminate you. Don’t worry about the project as much as find a manager who you trust and connect with. If they’re your biggest ally you will probably find you will do well and get great ratings. If they are completely hands off and disconnected, even though you feel more freedom, you will probably get mediocre or just meets all scores. Projects change rapidly at the company and priorities shift every 6 months. There are teams with great WLB and other teams that seem constantly in lockdown mode. Your rating won’t be based on output or WLB but the relationship you have with your manager and the work you commit to doing. So enjoy bootcamp and meet lots of managers, don’t optimize your decision on the interesting project.
Could anyone chime in on how life is for someone heading into a front end role? Might things look different? My understanding is there are both Infra and Product UI Engineers, curious what WLB is like
- Facebook moves fast. Really fast compared to most other companies of similar or smaller size. So if you’re not at the top of your game from day 1, you’ll be out. Don’t worry, the tools are built for you to move fast, so it won’t be as hard. - Every minute at FB is fun if you’re on the team you love and you actually build big features, you’re not just a cog in a giant wheel. - Don’t be afraid to make the most of your boot camp (if you’re going through team selection) and take your time to learn as many things as possible and join the team you most like.
What do you mean by top of your game? How do you demonstrate that?
Thanks! +1 to kBoC50's question