I received an offer from Netflix. The project is JavaScript stack and I’m a Java engineer, so I’m concerned about expectations. This is my first FANG and I don’t know what “up to speed is” for a FANG. I currently work at a large company, so I have some idea, but a FANG is another level of difficulty. My assumption is that I’ll be surrounded by node.js ninjas, so I’m worried if I’m not up to snuff. For those of you at Netflix who have been in similar situation before, what was your experience navigating Netflix in the first few weeks? I also have the choice of a Java job at Apple. Would it be an easier transition with the Apple job, or am I just needlessly worried about the Javascript position? I’d love any advice you can give. Current TC : 300K
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As an engineer, you should be able to adopt any new language in a matter of 1-2 weeks.
Okay dude, become a pro in C in 2 weeks
Can’t wait to see the smart-ass response 🍿
Which team?
Netflix pays you to hit the ground running. Are you switching from backend to front end? That’s a lot bigger than simply switching tech stacks for backend.
Yes
Front end is a huge investment in what you have to learn nowadays. You have to know a ton of frameworks like React and Angular, build tools, css, etc. if you can’t make shit look good without other people on the team having to touch up your css, that could be an issue. Would you be working on a user facing product or internal?
Doesn’t it take like 2 YouTube videos to be up to snuff on Node.js? Managers are reasonable and during my onsite I asked HM about expectations for the first two months and he said that they give people time to ramp up and he said those are the expectations for the first 6 months rather than 2... Seemed pretty reasonable. 2 months is a long time
Op said he would be switching to front end. I’d love to get paid 500k to write javascript.
Here's an advice: Don't ever call yourself a Java engineer, or any <language> engineer. Part of being an engineer is adapting to new languages and technologies, so embrace getting thrown into a project using unfamiliar languages*. Don't be a pleb who only searches for <language> jobs. * except Haskell.
You make a valid point - I am just trying to get an estimate of how much onboarding time is generally given. Will to succeed is different from actually succeeding