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.
Which projects at FB London make heavy use of Java ? My interviewers seemed not to be fluent in the language so wondering if it is used extensively. #facebook #facebooklondon
Hi, I am about to join Facebook (E5) next month in London and would like to know are there any teams in London that have codebase in JAVA. I am very much comfortable in JAVA and had most of my work experience in the same language. TC: 150k GBP
Joining soon but I heard most teams use C++? I’ve never written a line of C++ in my life.
Are there teams at Meta that use Java as their core stack? Infra or otherwise? I usually most of the people working on C++/hack but curious to know if there are projects in Java aside from android domain?
I’ll interview at these places in 1 year or so and I’d like to choose a language to really master: this would mean choosing it for LC, studying it more in depth and trying to get projects/tasks at my current job where I could practice it. I’m currently decent at both, but expert in none. I’d pick ...Read more
If there are any Java meta teams in Seattle, pls comment team/ org #meta
I have meta first screening interview coming soon. I have selected Java as a scripting language. Can someone guide me which type of questions should i look for? Any pointers? TC -110 Yoe-5
Starting as a senior engineer at Facebook NYC soonish. Most of my prior experience is in Java (backend engineering). Should I brush up on C++ before I start, assuming I want to keep doing backend (no Android)? #facebook #facebooknyc
Will be joining E5 soon, which teams predominantly/ heavily use Java ? TC - 450
hi friends, I just accepted the facebook E5 offer. I have 10 year Java backend experience, have lots of interests in micro-service, event-stream architecture, NoSQL and distributed systems. Recently I became interested in Python, as I saw lots of hot companies embrace Python. I'd prefer infrastru...Read more
How difficult is transition from Amazon to Facebook as Senior SDE due to change in technology? Amazon uses Java, AWS and a ton of internal tools. Is Facebook all C++ shop at backend? C++ 11 ? Any advise to cope with the transition?
How is your experience transitioning to c++. Was it a smooth transition? I am a platform engineer (not really infra. Kinda in the middle) with 15+ exp in java. Moving to meta and thinking of choosing a infra team and since they don’t do java likely it will have to be c++ #java #cpp #cplusplus #inf...Read more
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10 yoe, fb tc 410k I have worked as backend dev in product teams so not much intersted in infra. or lets say i dont think i have the expertise to contribute at l5 in infra. Curious what other backend devs with similar profile end up working in fb and if they are happy with the transition. i have ...Read more