Systems/Storage Engineer to SWE @ FAANG. Possible ?
Hi All, I'm working as a systems/storage engineer mostly on commodity enterprise storages of EMC and Linux with YOE 3+. I now feel like I could try learning algorithms and DS with Python. And once good with these, will try improving practical abilities through LeetCode. Now, a question that i mind is that, what really matters to FAANG recruiters? Whether one's ability of learning DSA, other factors which FAANG looks for and proving the same in the interview (or) also the previous experiences? Highly appreciate if you could advise on this, as I'm just trying to learn this world of SWEs and FAANG.
Anything is possible. Just go for it and leetcode everyday. Since you don't have much SWE experience, you might need to start from the bottom, like grad or sde1.
Sure!☺️
Did similar switch couple of years ago. Doesn't matter to fangs / recruiters. Only downside is you will feel bad about leaving a core technical job to one which involves calling a very high level apis.
Thanks for giving your opinions. Can you be more specific of how you made the transition? It will help me understand more about the path that is ahead.
I’m trying to do the same switch trying to go from de to sde but I’m already working in an sde capacity; just title is de 😩. Problem I’m facing is that I’m having to work 70+ hours and it is hard to find time to review ds and algos.
@op, were you able to make the switch or progress in any direction? Im in the same boat but with a lot more yoe. I dont want to start from the scratch again and am looking at roles that dont involve a lot of coding..
You're overthinking this bruh. Just eat your leets.
Sure.. :) But this question is something eating my brain as I'm not much aware of SWE space... atleast now i get your opinion may be I'm over thinking before start doing..