Hi all, I am having an offer from Samsung Semiconductor. But, thinking about going from there to FAANG or HFT. I will graduate soon with a PhD in CS and the position that I was offered in Samsung is "Senior Software Engineer" from the beginning. Is it possible to move to FAANG or HFT afterward? I am mostly worried about the fact that I would not be considered as a good candidate for those companies due to my lack of knowledge on technologies like Spark, Kafka, or etc. used in FAANG and HFT! Especially since job descriptions for senior SWE in FAANG requires experience with such technologies, which I would not have during my time at Samsung. That is something that worries me! So, what do you think? How fucked up I am? Honest answers, please. I really dislike unnecessary encouragements. Thanks.
Are you confusing general quantitative finance and HFT, or are you really interested in high frequency only?
I meant SWE in HFT companies.
I don't think there's such a thing as a pure "HFT company" nowadays. HFT is just one of techniques that may be employed by an asset manager. I strongly advise you to do your research before attempting to go into the field.
Avoid SWE in HFT. Treated as second class citizens.
I've also heard about this. But, don't they pay more in comparison to the tech companies?
We are doing mobile stuff and have people from Samsung, with very relevant skills.
Nice! Thanks for replying.
I was hoping for, somehow, significant switch to some other stuff like data infra and system design, and move away from system-level development. I don't know how much it is doable.
For G and generic SWE position those don't matter, data infra is all proprietary. You just need leetcode and learn some generic bits about system design - just read a book or two I have an ex-Samsung teammate btw
Hey, which books would you recommend for system design?
DDIA
I have a dozen friends that went to FAANG after Samsung
Good to know! Thanks for the feedback!
TC or GTFO
You can always jump to FAANG after Samsung. Recently many of the senior engineers joined Faceboob office at nyc and mountain view
Good to know! Thanks for the feedback!
We don't hire from Samsung, sorry
I know at least 5 people who went to Google in last 1 year and other 2 who declined offer from Google and went to Airbnb and Uber.
That seems interesting! Thanks for the feedback!
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