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.
Meta folks, Is there an option to get a laptop with Linux as a new employee (eng)? Or is Mac the best option for internal apps and tools?
Meta engg. employees: do you use Windows or Linux laptops provided by the company? Asking because the onboarding flow has only a MacBook to choose from. I'm more comfortable with Windows (shortcuts, window management), and with WSL I don't think Unix compatibility will be an issue. I'm okay with L...Read more
Those of you who use Ubuntu (or another Linux distro) at Facebook, what's your laptop of choice? TC 150k
I'm looking for advice and/or resources to practice for the Linux systems interview... The theoretical part is easy. There's a ton of books/information about the subject. But what about the practical part? Supposedly they will throw out scenarios that could happen, and I'd like to prepare for that. ...Read more
https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/478494032700980/ Is this role SWE or IT? TC? I passed the phone interview, moving to onsite next month. have concern on what the level is and TC, should I ask the recruiter now or negotiate after getting the offer? Current TC: 280K YOE: 5 Target TC: 370K
I have FB and google, virtual onsite interviews coming soon. Position is OS development/embedded software. Do I need to prepare Graph and DP related problems? Also what kind of Coding and design Qs do they ask? Thanks 🙏🏼 #interview #meta #google #embedded #OS
I guess Python for industrial workflow? Algorithm? System design? Linux embedded system? TCP? Can someone share pls? #meta
Accepted my FB M1 PE MGR role - looking at the equipment selection, and it doesn't mention OS. For the Lenovo laptops, are these running linux / can I run linux on these? I'd prefer linux, though would use macos over windows. #facebook #facebookengineeringmanager
Anyone can point to few good example of embedded-in-domain questions for meta reality lab interview, specially for linux related area. does it include device design or some coding of software blocks from linux. YoE 10+ TC : 0 #engineering #software #swe #meta
For an eng position if I pick the Thinkpad does Meta have approved Linux distro? Otherwise can I use WSL?
I am joining Meta soon and have to choose a laptop. I am not a huge fan of Macs. So how do the ThinkPad T14S and the ThinkPad Carbon Gen 9 compare? Also will the OS be Windows or Linux?
How much can you get as a senior Linux /infrastructure engineer at Facebook in San Fran?
. What expect in meta systems linux interview? Meta London Also looking for someone to conduct mock interview pleaseeeeee TC: 25K
Have google phone screen in couple of weeks for network engineer. Any google network engineers, pls advise what to expect, particularly in regards to how many coding related questions, and Linux administration. Also Overall difficulty level same as amazon/FB or harder? On-site has purely technical ...Read more
I have an upcoming interview for the Virtual Reality OS team at Meta. What should I expect? Data structs & algos? System design? Android internals? Android app dev? Linux? Which programming language? Thanks a ton for any tips! #swe #meta
#interview#tech #offer got a call for datacenter operation engineer at facebook . how can i prepare for it? i am good at linux commands, os concept, linux troubleshooting, and shell scripting. tc 100k
I currently work at Amazon as an L4. Got hit up by a recruiter for a production engineer role at FB since I have prior experience doing Linux development as an embedded developer. My current team wlb is really good and I'll probably be promoted in Q2, but I don't particular like the work we're doi...Read more
I been to onsite but not able to clear interview and this thread to help others from my and others experience. I find from time to time , question related to the same and this thread will help interviews for Linkedin, Google, Twitter, Apple kind of Tech SRE interview as well. Here is the interview ...Read more
I've been looking to move over to a role as an SRE and have some interviews lined up. I think I'm solid when it comes to the coding portion of the interview, and am leetcoding hard to prepare as much as I can. However, I know that SREs need to know Linux and networking really well and even though I ...Read more
I have an interview with Facebook Production Engineer - E4. Could someone help me with Systems -Linux and OS - Interview Please ? Looking for Mock Systems/Linux Interview. Willing to pay for it. Thank you, Please DM me directly or contact here. #sitereliability #systemsdesign #design