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- vote Can SDEs in FAANG have YouTube channel Just came across Tech Lead’s videos and he claimed getting fired because of his YouTube channel. I’ve seen other FAANG employee YouTube channels - is it ok to have that? Where is the line drawn? (Not talking about coding and SDE stuff in general?) #Youtube #sidehustle #SDE
- Will having youtube channel be an issue in FANG I have a small youtube channel that has videos about how to solve algorithms and data structures problems. I am planning to interview for FANG companies soon. will having a youtube channel be an issue in Google, Facebook, or any other big company? #google #youtube #facebook
- Why are there so many YouTubers explaining why they left a FAANG company? Did they get fired and now they pretend to say they quit ?
- What's the policy around Blogging and Youtube content creation at FAANG companies? The blog and YouTube content would not be about company specifics but is related to the industry the employee works in. The content would also not use the name or logos of the company. And the content is not for selling courses, or anything for making money. For example a Software Engineer writing
- Non-FANG make it rich stories FANG pays top notch and dominates TC bragging and envy here in Blind. I am sure there are many millionaires here who made it rich without FANG TC. Whether you won a lottery, invested right, started your own company, joined a startup at the right time, won big in gambling, made it big as influencer i
- PM - looking to get in tech Hello, Looking to get into tech. I am a project manager seeking career growth. Currently working on getting my scrum master certification. Any help with referrals would be greatly appreciated. YOE: 2 TC:135k projectmanagement #pm #hiring #jobhunt #careergrowth #scrum #faang #microsoft #amazon
- so many noob software engineers on youtube Seems like every fucking dude who gets into Amazon in India starts his youtube channel and starts horseshitting about "HoW I gOT InTo FaAnG" and "hOw tO cOdE LiKe A nOoB" and what not. I'm getting sick of all this. Plus, they shit Linkedin with such awful posts. Like dude you came out of your mother
- vote Are you FAANG sexual? Any person who is obsessed with getting a job at Faang. Edit : I took the term from a tech youtuber.
- Amazon FAANG Interviewers Is creating YouTube channel and educating people for FAANG interviews one of new "principles" of Amazon SWE Promotions ?
- Why did tech lead get fired fromFacebook for having a youtube channel but many others like Tushar Roy not? Tushar Roy who works in Apple also has a youtube channel, there are many more FAANG employees who have a youtube channel but don’t get fired, what did techlead from Facebook do differently that made them for him??
- Struggling to get into FAANG, as Network Engineer Hi, There is a lot of clear information and direction on internet for software folks to get into faang, including leet code, paid mentors, YouTube channels, etc My question is - How can Network Engineer folks get some direction or training or paid mock interviews etc to get into faang? Any websit
- YouTubers Vs Software Engineers I see a lot of people earning money through youtube channels. (Phone reviews, Primitive Cooking, Brusting Crackers, Toy Reviews, Travel Blog) and here I am struggling to solve Leetcode to get into FAANG to earn a decent salary. Considering only earning money is the moto, how do you compare our job
- Why FAANG hires leetcoders when their features are breaking in production? Title says it all. I see so many simple features broken on YouTube app and instagram. All those Algo coding rounds just to hire terrible developers that can’t code simple features. What’s the difference then? I am a Frontend engineer and don’t understand why faang ask LC. #faang #leetcode #intervie
- vote Netflix isn’t a tech company. Change my mind. A tech company in todays world implies a few things. Namely that you work with technology (synonymous with anything touching computers these days, which I think is a fallacy, but I digress). But also that you are high growth and “innovating”. When we look at Netflix, it should be obvious that all th
- vote how would you rate your manager? please rate 5 stars and subscribe to my youtube channel to learn how to earn 6 figures driving uber /s #management #work #drama #amazon #bezos #bananarepublic #faang
- What are the system design expectations for 2 YEO? Will there be a system design round for FAANG? Will it be limited to oop design or will it be like 'Design Youtube' level? #systemdesign #interviewprep
- Google Team Match Struggles I passed the HC review for L4 at Google and am now on to the team matching phase. However, due to “business priorities” and my recruiter supporting primarily roles at YouTube, I’m only getting matched with YouTube teams. I wanted to work on Google Cloud, especially since I’m currently located in the
- Why does company brand name matter? I want to learn why having a FAANG on the resume is good. I know it is going to help for getting next job but what else? And how to leverage that. Good when starting a business? Blog? Youtube?
- What's the most effective way to learn to become a SWE if you don't have any experience at all? Often i heard someone said you need to have lots of experience, and then TeadLead and Clement's youtube videos mentioned that you don't need 5-10 years experience to become a SWE in FAANG companies. If not then what's the secret to learn?
- Interview Preparation resources What resources did you use to get into FAANG? I am currently rusty on DSA any resources that you used to brush up DSA? What other resources did you find helpful? YouTube? Textbooks?
- Celebrity programmers in interviews? From CS innovators/legends such as Guido van Rossum, Omkar Desphpande, Bjarne Stroustrup (to name a grossly small few) to the newer batch of folks like the many rising YouTube stars (I’ve been noticing devs like Gaurav Sen, Patrick Shyu (TechLead on YouTube ex Google/Facebook) and a ton on out there
- Be honest, does your previous work experience matters when you apply FANG jobs? Been watching lots of Youtube videos about someone got into FANG companies without work experience, so does it really matter or not? Do they really care? Or they just care about your coding, data structures and algoritm interviews?
- Kenny Talks Code is gone !!! Anybody knew the reason behind , he was so good and would be unfortunate if he lost his channel to some kind of hack. PS: Kenny talks code is a YouTube channel by a guy who made it to the fang and posts general leetcode solutions and patterns.
- Top Platforms for Coding Tutorials I’m a non-tech PM and will be learning python and sql to: a) boost my overall skillset b) become more relevant for future tech/faang applicationss any platforms you recommend for a zero-experience beginner? been youtubing so far.
- Best/Worst Resume Boosters Any advice? I am above average at LC but dropout with bootcamp -Game Jams (Game Dev competitions) -LC style competitions/hackathons -Certifications from big names (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Google Machine Learning Engineer) -A Bachelor's degree -Open source contributions -Viral tech blog/Yout
- Tech trends/news best sources. Hi All, Let gather all the best sources to catch up on everything related to Tech. 1) Newspapers/magazine/YouTube channels to subscribe? 2) Groups to join on Reddit/Telegram/Discord? 3) People/Companies to follow on LinkedIn/Quora? #Technology #swe #apple #netflix #microsoft #uber #faang #tech T
- Learning machine learning Hi I am in dynamics 365. I want to switch to machine learning domain in FANG. Can someone recommend a good roadmap? I am trying to learn pytorch from youtube but do not know how much breadth and depth to cover? I am looking for leetcode for ml.#leetcode #ml
- System Design Study Material I am preparing for interviews at Sr level for FANG, any suggestions for the prep material/tutorials for system design interview? I am looking at grokking the system interview on education.io, do you have any other suggestions about YouTube video/channels, books, blogs? TC 300k #google #facebook #
- Compensation for L6 at Google with no prior FANG experience I have one interview left for an L6 position at YouTube. I believe there is a compensation committee that determines your comp level. I don't have any prior experience at any of the FANG companies. Would that affect my offer? Would I start at a lower rate than my peers?
- Referral for Data Scientist @ USA Hello Everyone, I do have 4+ yrs experience in data science & analytics! Need referrals for core Data Scientist role. Please do comment so I can DM you my info. Thanks! #faang #facebook #microsoft #google #youtube #apple #netflix #twitter #pinterest #salesforce #linkedin #uber #lyft #
- Need Referral Current Location: SF Bay Area TC: 245k YOE: 13 Thanks in advance. Any help will be really v helpful. #software #swe #engineering #backend #referral #sde #devops #microsoft #slack #paypal #facebook #twitter #dropbox #amazon #atlassian #brex #google #instacart #square #twilio #faang
- [Tech] Self claimed gurus on youtube creating insecurity and FOMO Want to know blind community's thought on youtubers ( specifically from india ) teaching super hard algorithm with garbage explanation just to increase insecurity and FOMO among viewers and learner. Not talking about some good people out there who just teach the meaningful stuff really required. Y
- NEED ADVICE as a total beginner to LEETCODE journey. What advice would you have for me ? Examples : 1) Things you wish you knew when you started. 2) How to approach the whole journey to crack FAANG. 3) Important list of problems/YouTube channels that can help in my journey. 4) Buy LC premium right away or wait till things start to make more sense ?
- vote Cringe LinkedIn Posts Lately, I have been seeing a lot of cringe on LinkedIn (India) 1. "Incoming SDE Interns" imparting wisdom about failures and life lessons 2. FAANG+ freshers making YouTube videos of success stories 3. College students writing shit articles about finance and tech industry 4. Some seniors in FAANG+ t
- Need guidance of what to expect in terms of salary when applying at @google or @facebook or @apple I have 13 yoe with mostly working in backend technologies and having very good exposure to cloud technologies. Currently working as SSE/L4. If I want to apply for FANG companies what level I should go for and what overall compansation range I should expect? Is it true that the joining bonus is aro
- FAANGs using higher-level languages for increased productivity? Are there any examples of big companies (not just FAANG) preferring Python or higher-level languages over Go/Java for increased productivity? I know that PayPal switched from Java to Node a few years back and achieved some large gains in productivity. Youtube and Insta are still on Python. Can any
- Can’t focus on working Hi folks. I have been locked in a 2bd with wife and two year old for 2 years almost. I’m experiencing declined cognitive abilities. And most importantly I really can’t focus on work. My works are months late. And whenever I open my laptop I just watch YouTube and think of a way to bullshit in the ne
- link 10 yoe TC ~$160k . I need to get out! ASAP Context[below is US based]: - It's 2012, economy still bouncing back from recession. TC 55k, no leetcode, interviews are like what is a java interface? - now 3yrs exp, barely learnt anything for 3+ yrs TC 65K - it's 2015, no clue interviewing landscape is drastically changing (thx Gayle McDowell?).
- Clueless about investing, tax... 2022 graduate just landed my first job, want to learn about taxes, investing specially mutual funds and stock market and all. I was not even able to fully understand my salary breakup ;/ There's just tons of articles and videos on YouTube just don't know where to start. If Anyone have any specific r
- Any advice for Strategic Partner Manager interview @ Google?🙏🏽🥺🙏🏽 This is going to be my first interview attempt @ Google (Second interview @ FAANG). I was wondering how should I start practising or reviewing materials or resources from now on. Last week, one recruiter contacted me for the Strategic Partner Manager, YouTube role and now I am waiting for my recruit
- Thank You Blind!!!!! Finally my time to thank everyone here. Got offers from: Google - Verily Life Science L4 260k (not going further than this, More Ops work which I hate) Bloomberg Senior 270k (all cash) Verkada L4 280k (paper money) Along the way I had: Imply (280 paper) Arkose Labs (270 paper) BitGo (180 lol) Card
- Honest Thread: FAANG engineers quality We see so much of threads regarding FAANG offers, I see many junior people rushing to grab a FAANG offer to make their profile attractive. Could you please honestly speak about what you learnt say in the last one year which made you a better engineer? Depending on seniority, have you taken part in r
- How do you react if things don't go as per plan? I plan many things (Ambitious) Like finishing office work, LCing, basically any personal or professional gaol for that matter. If I don't accomplish I react by watching YouTube, Eating, Smoking, Drinking, Instagram, Sleeping etc.. These thinks are overall affecting my life. Stuck at same job for 4
- What’s the big deal about product management? I see so many guys/gals want to become a PM with hopes of becoming next pichai. All these boot camps across the world are ravaging LinkedIn posting stuff and luring candidates charging ridiculous fees claiming this is the only good thing out there . I am seeing 3-5 YouTubers posting content day in d
- Best companies for 275 TC? 4yoe Tryna jump, goal is 275. Grinding LC and YouTube videos hard Aside from fang (you know which A that is) which companies should I go for? Interested in anything impactful and relevant tbh, just want to leave semiconductor space but if all else fails I will try for Nvidia as last option Targeting L4
- How to get into FAANG ! It's not difficult at all. 1. LC for 2 months (4 months for total noobs). Think out loud as if you are explaining to someone. 2. Take good and short notes. 3. Do some exercise everyday and get good sleep everyday. 4. Include good mix of veggies and fruits in your diet. Also, stay hydrated. All
- Just Passed Google L3 HC First of all , I am so grateful for everyone on this app . I would have never even thought of applying for FANG if I didn’t download this app randomly a couple years ago. I just received news that I passed HC and to fill out a form for gmatch indicating my location and product interests. I am curre
- link Help with Study Plan for FAANG Interviews Starting up the job hunt and want to land a job at FAANG (or something equivalent). Trying to see if this study plan sounds good: 1) Run through JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures Masterclass Udemy Course (already purchased it a while back) 2) Go through Data Structure Study Plan on Leetcode
- Project Management Referrals Good evening all. Looking for #referrals for project management roles. #PMP and #agile #scrum certified with 3 years #saas project experience; 10 years total experience. Thank you! #projectmanagement #pm #hiring #jobhunt #faang #microsoft #amazon #facebook #adobe #salesforce #slack #apple #splunk
- SWE core skills for FANG companies especially FB and Google Just started to learn coding, and I'm kinda like it, I'm wondering what does it takes for me to get a job as an SWE Infrastructure at FB or Google SRE? Can someone breakdown what skillsets I need to master in order to have a good chance to be success in those roles? I've seen someone on Youtube men