For those people who did not have the foresight to take up a CS degree in a top school, aka non-priviledged background, how many times did it take for you to crack FAANG? Let's define FAANG to include MSFT and unicorns like Uber, Airbnb, Lyft, LinkedIn, etc. Let's also define one attempt as one round of applications, where attempts are separated by cool down periods. So if you tried all FAANG companies in 2017 and another attempt in 2018, that counts as 2 attempts.
Made it in fang without a degree, first try *brag*
Those who goofed off in high school and then went to a party school and got a marketing degree think people who had the foresight to do well in school and get a good degree are "privileged". You can't have your cake and eat it too.
I think what op is saying is if it’s more than 1 time they’re not willing to try. This is such a pointless question. If you want to get something then do it.
So far flunked 2 FB, 3 G, 3 Apple, 2 msft interviews. Finally got in at msft on the third try and amazon on the first try. 🤷🏽♂️
Elite CS grads don't go into programming. Fang is a lot of state schoolers and internationals.
Where do the grads go into then? Law firms?
Finance, some academia
I have a CS degree from a very good public school. Rated top 6 when I was there. Got in on my first try.
In the USNews rankings for CS grad programs, Berkeley and UIUC are both in the top 5, UW is tied for sixth. Seems pretty public to me…
^^Lol. No. There are currently 3 public schools rated in the top 6, 5 in the top 10, 9 in the top 15. When I went, the order was a little different but about the same numbers.
Joined Uber without a college degree, first try.
Offers from G, MSFT, FB, and Amazon first try, because I prepared and studied for each.
Can’t believe you still took Amazon. Which explains you not having a degree part 😛🤣
I have a degree, just not from a top 50 school. I was previously at Google, and moved to AWS. I see you’ve chosen to unemployed/unknown company route. Nothing wrong with that.
I'm only gonna try if they reach out. Amazon already has but that's an instant hard pass.
I have a business degree from a non Bay Area state school in CA and was living in LA. Could not get past phone screen at google, Netflix, and Facebook. Flew to Seattle to get rejected by Amazon. Was also rejected by pandora twice before finally getting a crappy offer from spotify in nyc. I had pretty much thrown In the towel for big tech when Apple responded to an application I had submitted months before. I’m now thriving at Apple with no regrets.
Are you yelling at people like Steve Jobs did?
Define top schools?
I don't have a CS background, so whatever the consensus is amongst the community. Basically schools that are well represented in FAANG companies.
CMU, MIT, Stanford, Cornell, GA Tech, Columbia, etc.. Top 50 CS ranking according to US News.