Why do so many posts recommend working at Netflix so highly? I feel that the problems Lyft, FB, Amazon, ect are working on are much more interesting. Adding in the firing culture to the mix makes me really curious what’s so great about working there. They pay well but that can’t be it ...right? Data @ Lyft: $150k cash, $285k stock over 4 years, 2 YoE
Netflix has really interesting problems on personalization / recommendation. I’m also biased though because I’ve been at uber and felt like lyft was still solving problems we had solved years ago, maybe if I were at a different company I think it’d be interesting and new
Speaking only for me personally, the Netflix culture and management makes me very cautious to leave the company. Pay is good, culture is better.
It’s hands down one of the best cultures in SV. There is mutual respect for colleagues, almost no bureaucracy and one of the most transparent places I have worked at. I haven’t been here long but it’s been humbling so far.
We only have one product, and millions of people use it in 190 counties. Including my mom. It's fun to see direct impact of your work. But mainly I'm here for the culture, honestly.
Wow, it‘s refreshing to hear so many people speak highly of a company’s culuture. What would be TC for a data scientist with 3 YoE?
PhD? Is your work more core data science or analyst work?
Analyst, elite undergraduate
Yeah I echo the sentiments about the culture. Hands down the best company I have ever worked for. I haven’t been privy to any politics or bureaucracy. The fast-firing bit is only for people who make it through the process but don’t actually work out. Feedback is expected to be real-time, so you are never blindsided. I’ve actually heard more stories about how some managers tend to hesitate to fire people, which can affect team dynamic until they are able to do what needs doing (probably because hiring is hard and time-consuming, and some teams are growing fast). The way the company tries to offset this guilt is by offering candidates 4 months severance at full pay.
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How much internet traffic goes to Netflix on, say, a Sunday night? I’d wager “tons.” Sure to some degree that’s an AWS problem but I imagine it’s quite a challenge for Netflix, too.
Technically, it's > 100% of Internet traffic now, but most of that is intercepted by our private CDN so it never travels over "the internet". Source: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a20138/netflix-interview-wired-traffic-exceeds-internet-capacity/
Revolutionizing entertainment with the first truly global on demand premium television service.
Treating each other as adults, trusting the expertise of your colleagues, no egos, ownership of projects, no micro management, no bureaucracy or silly process , lean company where almost everything matters (if the project has no impact nobody will work on it), defining what state-of-the-art video streaming means from encoding to UI to networks to sclability to reliability, the guts to admit that something isn't working and change it, the guts to admit that somebody should not be there and they are dragging the team down, the WLB, the ability to be open and transpared both in good and bad times.
Netflix pays the most, has the best culture, and builds a product that millions enjoy.
Totally agree the product is great and the reach amazing. What would you say differentiates the culture
Google “Netflix culture deck” and prepare to be enlightened.