Compensation is the biggest pro. Also, unlike other hire to fire companies (most tech companies at this point in 2024), you at least have a chance to prove yourself and are given a couple months to onboard. There are worse tech companies out there such as Amazon and Intuit, but Meta’s culture is still quite terrible. They try and justify the long hours and stress with how much you can make - Meta still pays more than any other major tech company, even in 2024, which is definitely a pro, but the culture is cutthroat and you can’t trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at “less prestigious” tech or tech adjacent companies to make the same amount at Meta with more stability, better WLB, and less drama.
Pretty much the same as what one would experience at most tech companies in 2024. But some aspects are better or worse than others. Long hours. WLB is highly team dependent. Apparently Meta used to be a lot better in this regard, but now not so much. It is intense, but if you have startup experience, it is at least less intense than that. And again, it is more fair than a place like Amazon. Office politics are a thing at all tech companies, but a little more extreme at Meta. Blame and shame culture is big. People are snakes and are prepared to throw even the newest and most vulnerable employees under the bus to save their own skins. This makes things quite unfair, but as long as you’re proactive and document everything thoroughly, you’re at least given a chance to refute these attacks. A lot of gossip and backstabbing. This is separate from and still related to PSC culture, which everyone complains about. Management is terrible overall. Sometimes there is micromanagement. One of the few companies where it’s possible you’ll have a manager younger than you, even if you’re only 27-31ish. Often ICs seem to be held accountable for things that are way beyond their day-to-day scope - basically things that are ultimately the fault of leadership and management. Management frequently tries to pin things on their employees. Your manager is often trying to screw you, and if they can’t find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isn’t a dealbreaker because as long as you’re doing your job, it is easy to refute, but it creates a ton of work because you have to be extremely well-organized and have documented every interaction with your manager colleagues. I recommend studying employment law / consulting with an employment lawyer early on in your tenure at Meta, so you know what to look for. Because it is a massive tech company, you are there to please your manager and make them look good, so you need to do pretty much whatever they say. there’s a lot of internal conflict because it’s very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and it’s bottoms up at the same time, every man for themselves. Do everything your manager says and it is somehow still all up to you as an individual employee to make the company successful. To top it all off, your colleagues suck too. People brag about work that YOU did as being THEIR work that THEY did if it is successful. If a project involving multiple people is so much as an hour late, then YOU are blamed, even if you had nothing to do with the lateness. The lateness itself isn’t really the problem because guess what? It’s not anything is broken. Except for when things do break and the whole app crashes for a day because everyone is forced to focus on office politics instead of their actual work. it’s not really about the value you create, so much as it is the PERCEIVED value you create and whether or not your manager likes you. Ergo, a lot of bootlicking charlatans make it to the top.
I was wondering if It will cause any issues if I attended the Facebook HQ Hackathon, while working at Twitter. Is this allowed? Should I be wary about any consequences?
Are hackathons outside of Facebook (i.e. MLHackathons) considered a COI? If so, is it just for Eng team or everyone?
Facebook was my dream company. I joined as an intern. I’ve seen that Google vs Facebook intern fight. I’ve seen that hack culture. People used to collaborate and contribute out of love / interest. But after the layoffs Meta has lost the culture. Now it’s people coasting / working out of PSC fear. T...Read more
At Meta for 2 years and can say that Meta waste a lot of money. It doesn't feel like they spend money responsibly. Some of the things like - Phone / Laptop renewal every 2 years vs standard 3 years. Data Center hardware renewal every 3 years (AWS is 5 and Azure is 6 years). - Business class interna...Read more
Hey, I'm a pre-final year student looking for a summer internship for a full stack developer role. A little about me- I've won several hackathons including Smart India Hackathon, UNESCO India Africa hackathon and EthIndia hackathon hackathon. Apart from this, I'm currently a XROS fellow at GMetriXR,...Read more
Currently intern at Cisco. 200+ leetcode questions + hackathons. Fb opened intern position today. Will be graduating 2022 so need a referral for fb intern london. I can send cv if you want. #facebook #london #intern
Hello blind Facebook community I am looking for referral for new grad entry role at Facebook Accomplishments ●2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a model to detect COVID-19 using PyTorch and won second place out of 72 teams consisting of 2,150+ participants. ● Honorable Mention Winne...Read more
Hello Everyone, Recently completed my MS in CS looking for referrals for entry-level/New Grad roles. I have completed two internships in the past Some of my achievements are: ⚈Second Prize Winner at Facebook AI Hackathon. ⚈Second Prize Winner at HackCOVID2. ⚈Honorable Mentions Winner Natural Langua...Read more
Hello blind community I am looking for referral for new grad/ internship referrals Accomplishments ●2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a model to detect COVID-19 using PyTorch and won second place out of 72 teams consisting of 2,150+ participants. ● Honorable Mention Winner, Natural...Read more
Hello blind community I am looking for referral for new grad entry role at ripple Accomplishments ●2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a model to detect COVID-19 using PyTorch and won second place out of 72 teams consisting of 2,150+ participants. ● Honorable Mention Winner, Natural ...Read more
(Posting for a friend) Hi Everyone! I am looking for referrals for my summer internship hunt. I'm interested in both SWE(backend) or data engineering internships. About me:- Leetcode :- 120+ Experience :- 2 years full time & 4months of internship Have won multiple hackathons including NVIDIA AI H...Read more
For anyone who has worked at Facebook (and potentially other places), what's the work/life balance? Are there frequent weekend hackathons that you should participate in for example? Is it hard to say that you are going on vacation for a few days? Is this all very team dependent or is there a predomi...Read more
I'm looking to break into big tech after 2 years at a startup and 1 year at Deloitte. I consider myself a solid SWE and was a winner in a pretty big hackathon this year. I have been grinding leetcode the past few months and if I don't hear back from any big tech companies I will probably go back to ...Read more
Hello blind community I am looking for referral for Machine learning software engineer roles if anyone has any leads or any opportunities in your teams do comment. Accomplishments ●2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a model to detect COVID-19 using PyTorch and won second place out o...Read more
I have just completed my summer internship at Amazon (got return offer) and am looking for referrals to some other good companies. Solved 230+ problems on LC, + more on InterviewBit and Hackerrank Good projects and prev. won 3 hackathons MS CS Degree I am looking for referrals to: Google Facebook ...Read more
I am a new grad. At one of the hackathon. I networked with one of the fb employees and got myself a referral . I got rejected even after referral. It so weird. I have been having a hard time getting calls for interviews from FAAN(-G). Its not that I am dumb. I have worked for close to 2 years includ...Read more
Here are some of my qualifications : ⚈ Google certified TensorFlow Developer. ⚈ One of the top candidates to receive a scholarship from the University, for successful completion of the Research Project. ⚈ 2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a model to detect COVID-19 using PyTorch an...Read more
Looking for internship opportunities. Preferably FAANG companies. I love to develop mobile apps, mainly iOS. I had won in Harvard hackathon last year and I am a GSoC student currently. ✨ Currently I am in 3rd year. Skills C++ , Swift(iOS) , Python(Back end), Java #engineering #software #swe #ref...Read more
Hello Blind community, I am looking for new grad SDE opportunities if any of the hiring manager and recruiters are hiring new grad roles could you help me. Experience: Two internship experiences ( android and Ml research intern) Achievements ● 2nd Prize Winner, Facebook AI Hackathon: Developed a ...Read more