Tech IndustryOct 19, 2019
Amazonprestige🧐

What was your education -> workplace trajectory?

Interpret these categories as you like, but here are rough guidelines: Top Company - FAANGUMLA+ Mid Company - Good TC, not quite top tier Bottom Company - Low TC Top School - Big name, top 20ish schools Mid School - Good school, top 100ish Bottom School - No name, < top 100 🍿 (TC: 0)

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Amazon prestige🧐 OP Oct 19, 2019

Inb4 Atinlay rolls his eyes

Adobe Spidey™🕸️ Oct 19, 2019

🙄

Spotify Atinlay3 Oct 19, 2019

🙄

Intel seabay Oct 19, 2019

This will end up as a normal curve

Google kagaku Oct 19, 2019

what "curve"? it's a 3x3 matrix

Cisco koala 🐨 Oct 19, 2019

Magic of LC making bottom tier get into top tier

Microsoft ComputePls Oct 19, 2019

Remember that the talent is uniformly distributed while the opportunities are not. I know many talented folks coming from shitty schools abroad and making it big at top companies in the US.

Google sweSharp Oct 19, 2019

I went from bad/mid school into two bottom tier companies, the second maybe a bit better and with a title change to swe to FAANG

Facebook depression Oct 19, 2019

Interesting, can you give names and time you spent at these places if you’re comfortable?

Google sweSharp Oct 19, 2019

Hmm it's pretty identifying.. I could maybe provide more context if you're interested

Google cloudy sky Oct 19, 2019

No school > startup > startup competitor > Google

Walmart 🎃👽👻☠️💀👾 Oct 19, 2019

Like a Boss!

Spotify Atinlay3 Oct 19, 2019

What do you mean by startup competitor?

Bloomberg offByOme Oct 19, 2019

Currently orbiting earth