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- Oculus Vr vs Amazon Devices Have onsites coming up. Besides the current Facebook bad news cycle, any red flags for joining either company ?
- Surface vs XBOX vs AR/VR vs AWS Currently I have offers to work in MSFT Surface, XBOX, AR/VR and Amazon Web Services as Senior Hardware Engineer. Please advise which would be preferable job with equal compensation. Which one has a better future outlook of growth.
- vote Stay at Amazon, go to mid sized company for high TC, go to Microsoft (VR org) Where should I go? - I am a new father so work life balance is important. I want to spend some time with my son and help my wife. - I want to continue to learn and be challenged. I want myself to be marketable and have good job security for my family - My resume looks like Masters degree in CS (s
- Google just got easier: no more team matching Google hiring policy change. Will no longer do team matching, it'll become team-based hiring instead. - Before: 4 algo rounds general hire -> Hiring committee - Now: 2 algo round + 1 domain knowledge + hiring manager round (all team-specific) The rationale is current system outputs a lot of fal
- vote Non-tech PgM - Jump from Amazon to Meta? I am interviewing for an IC5 non-tech PgM position at Meta's VR/AR group, when I am currently L6 PgM at Amazon (8 YOE at Amazon, $205k TC). Meta's TC and benefits will almost certainly be better, but I'm concerned about Meta's future -- that Meta's stock price (thus my TC) will keep going down, and
- Is Metaverse vision bound to fail? FB is betting big on Metaverse. Do you think it is bound to fail? Zuck is betting billions of $ that everyone will buy oculus and VR will take off. The devices are still bulky, troublesome to use. I’m skeptical of this optimism on AR/VR which is almost 10 year old tech which has failed miserably
- Facebook Software Engineer AI Hello, I have an 45 minute phone screen interview coming at Facebook for Software Engineer AI role in Facebook AR/ VR. No coding. The interview will be detailed technical discussion about my experience and Computer Vision/ Deep Learning. location: My preference is Menlo Park but the team is in Me
- Why doesn't Facebook diversify? Why is Zuck so brain stuck on the social media? It currently hit a thredshold on user acquisition and is no longer able to grow its user base. It's basically stagnant and a value stock. With its employees among the top brains globally. It can go into other sectors (outside of social + VR) and WIN S
- Facebook Redmond benefits I’ll be joining the Oculus AR/VR group in Redmond soon. Curious to learn if the Redmond campus have the same benefits such as free-food, laundry etc. Current Amazon TC - 620k New FB TC - 825k YoE - 12 #facebook #facebookbenefits
- Amazon Sumerian? Does anyone know anything about the Amazon Sumerian team? How is the culture, wlb? Do they have a chance given the backing and power of AWS to compete with Microsoft, Oculus etc in the AR/VR space?
- Help me in selecting an interesting name for a tech startup. Hello Guys. From past few days I am struggling to find a name for my cousin's tech startup (IoT, ML, AR VR) . Whichever name we decide, it's already available somewhere . Hint: We liked the company name like spaceX, Tesla, Amazon,etc) Please help in finding a suitable name which suits this startu
- How do you be an AR/VR Engineer at FAANG? Doesn't have to be FAANG. The point is I want to have the skillstack of a FAANG AR/VR Engineer. But, looking at some of the LinkedIn job descriptions, I don't know where to start other than learning Unity. May you share some advice? #engineering #software #swe #arvr #faang #facebook #apple #ama
- Looking for PM referrals Hello Everyone, I was looking to make a career switch to a company working on products I am more excited about than what I am doing at my current role. I have been working as a PM for the DoD focused on cloud infrastructure and before that I helped build an e-sports tournament platform as well as
- Looking for referral for Google/Meta/HFT At Amazon right now, have not slept in last 24hrs grinding my bezos bucks. Looking for position related to AR/VR, DevOps/SRE, or anything HFT in Austin Texas area. Please lmk if you have anything, much thanks friends. Current TC: 160k YoE: 2.5yrs #referral #google #meta #hft #facebook #citadel #
- Best companies for INTERESTING Front End work? (Web) As enormous and sophisticated some front ends can get, at the end of the day buttons, tabs and forms are all just the same. Interesting means things like client side maps, visualizations, 3D, AR/VR, figma-like design tools etc where innovation at the UI layer is the meat of the product. What compa
- Amazon co-development autonomous vehicles? I recently heard about a group at Amazon described like the title says. Zoox is not mentioned anywhere in what I can find about it. Wondering if anyone knows what this group is? Seems they work on machine learning and possibly AR/VR for vehicles. “autonomous” is also mentioned. But other than that
- What is the culture at Walmart Labs Received offer for Principal Engineer position at WalmartLabs on Wednesday. I have other offers from Amazon, Yelp, Groupon, Kohl's Work is good in the research domain in Walmart, so considering it. This is one of the RnD team in Sunnyvale. (AR/VR related work) Primarily considering WalmartLabs for
- PM Referrals YOE: 2+ TC: $135k Hey all, I have experience as a product manager working on enterprise web apps, optimization engines (data science), and virtual reality. I have a strong foundation in agile, lean software development, user centered design, and psychological safety. Background: 11 YOE working in
- Offer Evaluation and Advise (FB E5 vs Amazon SDE2) Just got my initial offers from FB and Amazon and hopefully I can get some advise in terms of compensation (if there's room for negotiation), WLB and some thought on the teams. Some Basic information: - Location: Both in LA - YOE: 5yr Facebook - AR/VR team (Discovery, Distribution) 180k Ba
- link FB offer for E6 in Bay Area I am recently promoted L7 SDE at AMZN. I will be making 420k this year and seems around the same next year. So I am thinking of FB. The other reason is my whole family is so tired of Seattle gloom and want to move to sunnier place . How much should I expect from FB in Bay Area in case I get a offer
- vote Apple AR/VR vs. Meta Reality Labs (Canadian ed.) Apple ICT4 onsite Vancouver - AR/VR. ~$375k CAD final. (180 base, 100 sign-on, 686 rsu) Meta E5 remote - Reality Labs. Currently negotiating. Initial offer was ~$305 CAD (174 base, 450 rsu, 15% perf. bonus). I told them my Apple offer. The recruiter now wants my expected salary which will then go t
- Recent Grad looking for Opportunities… Currently live in the Greater Seattle Area, and am definitely looking to get out of TCS. I’m finding that there’s a lot of mid-level or higher SDE jobs but entry level is starting to become very slim or oversaturated with other applicants. Anyone know of a company that is hiring entry level SDEs?
- Is Silicon Valley tech getting boring? Compared to 4-5 years ago at least. Feels like right now the most desirable companies to work for in SV are: - FAANG - rideshare - self-driving cars - finance/crypto (Coinbase) - food delivery - AirBnB There's a lot of startups but none look like an imminent breakout hit. Feels like the industry i
- Bored, looking for a change I've been at Amazon for two years now. I'm not unhappy really, just bored. I'm the past I've worked with Games, VR, GeoLocation systems, matching apps, image manipulation software, backends of all kinds, and spent a year collecting crypto bounties. At Amazon I've gotten experience with distributed
- FAAG RF/ANT Engineers Unite! Each of our companies are all trying to hire each other for some Wearable/VR/AR/Phone/Hub/Smart Home/etc project. How about we agree on TC being equal to the equivalent level SWE salary before we interview so we can push up our market reference? If we all start saying the new prices for RF/ANT tale
- Looking for PM or PMM referral Hey guys, I'm looking for a PM referral for a project management role or project marketing management role for a company in UK. Appreciate any help you can offer. I currently have three years experience. Any recommendations or referrals for PM roles in London? (I have a dependent visa so work auth
- vote Those who work at Facebook, are you worried about future TC drop because of $FB? It is no secret that Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram are losing users, although they monetize better over time with better algorithms and pushing the limits of privacy. The competitions is getting fierce - Snapchat, Signal, Telegram, Tiktok, Parler etc. are popular alternatives. Each country has th
- vote Which role would you prefer to be in the next 5 years? I have been a backend engineer for close to 2 years now and have been retrospecting as to where I would like to see myself in the next 5 years. From my current position I can pivot towards these roles: - Product feature development: customer facing web dev/API development - Distributed systems/Infr
- L6 SDM Looking For Excellent Teams @ Amazon Seattle! Hi Amazonians! I have an approved offer to join Amazon as a L6 SDM. I'm currently looking for excellent teams to join that need an experienced SDM. I have 12 YOE, 5 as a manager. I've been a front line manager leading ICs and I've also managed managers @ MSFT and at a startup. I have a background
- vote SWE: FAANG London vs Switzerland non-FAANG Doing my MSc in Switzerland and will have a bit of time to try and find a job here if I want to. Currently in Laussanne, pretty good companies are here and in Zurich: Google, Palantir, Microsoft, Logitech, Cisco, Oracle, etc. FB and Apple have only AR/VR stuff so not considering that. Most of these
- UXer at bank - aiming for FAANG+, doing side projects worth it? My portfolio consists of drab 0 to 1 enterprise products that I helped take from one line ideas to shipped products. I have worked as a lean UX team of one. Keep getting radio silence from FAANG+, and my guess is that my projects are too straightforward and with no mobile, VR, deep UXR studies etc.
- Facebook's future People are leaving Instagram for Tiktok and Snap, and leaving Whatsapp for Signal and Telegram. Facebook itself is only actively used by small ratio of people anyway. They cannot get the attention of youth for sure. As time goes on, they monetize the shit of people by collecting more and more data
- Looking for referrals for PM roles in London Hi all, I’m graduating from INSEAD in July. Have 8 years of experience in Schneider electric with 1 year in SW product management (prior to MBA). I currently have an offer from McKinsey/BCG India, but I really want to get into product management. Any recommendations or referrals for PM roles in Lon
- Recent PhD grad looking for advice /referrals Hello All, Im here looking for some career advice for transitioning into industry from academia. I have a masters degree specializing in CV/AI and recently defended my thesis on Embodied AI/Multimodal ML. I have been looking for Research Scientist positions but hardly find companies other than FAA
- vote Best FAANG in 10 years Everybody now wants to work at G or F. I think F and G have a future less bright than their present. Their only source of revenue is advertising, which is the single most fought thing by congress, society and overall regulations; Their cultures are somewhat imperfect: G is super slow and often fail
- Choosing Google vs. Oculus tl;dr Interviewed at both Google consumer hardware and Oculus/FB for HW Design (RTL) role. Waiting on HC on both. Want insight about long term career prospects. Long version: I am waiting on HC decision on both companies for RTL Design role. Don’t know comp numbers yet and will share once I do. Oc
- vote Amazon L5 or Microsoft L62 Currently an L5 at Amazon and got an offer from Microsoft for L62 in Team Org. Interviewed for L63 but offered L62. Location: Redmond/Bellevue Initial TC: 142K + 20K (sign-on split 2 years) + 90K (RSU vesting over 4 years) Renewed TC: 150K + 40K (sign-on split 2 years) + 150K (RSU vesting over 4 yea
- Business Director in Medical Industry looking to break into tech any advice and or referrals Hi Blind community! First Blind post! I have had a lot of colleagues recently make switches to tech industry but never realized the large TCs in the industry! So I was hoping this forum can provide some guidance on next steps! I was hoping for referrals or advice on Amazon care, or any FAANG health
- Seeking referrals for SDE and Product Design Hi everyone :) About my background - I have a past career in Architecture, the buildings kind (YOE 7, Master's degree at an Ivy). I specialized in design and VR use for architectural visualization, with design research and user interaction components. This work introduced me to programming, which I
- Uber offer rescinded seeking for advice and referral Hi, I am a new grad master student and did an internship at UberATG. I was informed that my return offer was rescinded and started to look for a new position as a software/ML engineer. My OPT will start soon because I planned to join uber directly after graduation, so now I only have until August b
- vote Are Sr+ backend engineers a dime a dozen? I'm currently a L5 embedded specialist in Google. The specialty is nice in that it's extremely easy to break into divisions that need my niche (e.g. AR/VR, Self Driving, IoT, etc). However, there are a couple of downsides that I see relative to my peers in backend: - Niche specialty means that I'm
- vote Confused. Amazon vs AstraZeneca Recently I started working as a Cloud Support Associate(CSA) at Amazon. Initially my plan was to apply to SDE jobs internally in Amazon and switch before first performance review (6-8 months from start date). I am not sure how easy it is to switch from CSA to SDE internally. Any opinions and experie
- Making sense of TC when switching jobs at vest cliff. TL;DR. How can I make more money switching jobs after cliff? FBE6 12yoe +PhD TC:570k (w-2) Seattle I am reaching my vest cliff later this year, and with the recent stock drop it makes sense for me to think about the next step I come from Microsoft, so I didn't need to do any numbers Meta E5 (and t
- Hiring for AWS greenfield project! Hi, everyone! We're developing an exciting new AWS core service at Amazon that will disrupt the software infrastructure market and change the world! I can't tell you much without you signing an NDA, but it's a high-priority confidential project in a quintillion-dollar market that we are building f
- link Facebook Interview Feedback - How to deal with location? I interviewed for E6. I got strong hire on both coding and hire on everything else. One system design is not sure about the level. I will get committee decision in the following weeks. It's very unlikely I don't get an offer recruiter said. More likely I get E5, but if I get E6 there is no team matc
- link ‘ Build on your lot’ builders with cost+floor plans in bay area,ca. I searched but couldn’t find builders with floor plan catalog & approx cost. This was the only one- https://thomasjameshomesusa.com/northern-california/ Any recommendations? Thanks
- vote Stocks and US Elections #personalfinance #investments Has anyone noticed recent steady sell off? what do you think, what are the chances of stocks falling after upcoming US elections if trump wins or biden wins..
- vote What will happen if Prop 22 doesn’t pass? Title says it all. Mainly thinking from the Gig companies perspectives. Vote or comment #Prop22 #tech #california @postmates @caviar @grubhub
- Thoughts on this tiktok nuclear energy influence Her goal is to save nuclear plants and advocate for more nuclear energy using weird videos on tiktok. Thoughts ? https://twitter.com/isaboemeke/status/1319674446391619584
- Ayurvedic doctor in Bay Area Has anyone tried Ayurvedic consultation & treatment in the Bay Area? Looking for references/recommendations. Thanks #medical #health