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- vote Do you like Facebook bootcamp or Google team matching better? Which do you prefer? Consider: - Should companies copy FB's approach or G's? - Is this difference a factor if you get offers from FB and G? **To clarify the poll options: FB's bootcamp is after start date, not just after offer**
- Meta Bootcamp I am trying to decide between Meta and Google. Can anyone comment on how the hiring freeze will affect the number of teams to choose from in the bootcamp process? I will be coming in as E4 SWE. Meta TC: 375k Google TC: 380k
- vote Picked Meta over Google. Mistake? Poll I’m a new grad. Meta TC: 230 Google TC: 210 Reasons behind picking Meta: better TC, faster promo, bad PA @ G, boot camp @ meta Did I make the right choice? Plz comment. #swe #engineering PS: I think I made the right decision.
- Does google has a onboarding like Meta PM??? I heard that meta has a good onboarding boot camp etc. does google have something similar? How does the first month look like at Google as a PM?
- vote Has anyone gotten a job at any high-paying company JUST from just a certificate or a coding bootcamp graduation? Certificates like Google UX Design Professional certificate on Coursera or any coding bootcamp.
- Coding boot camp graduates Does Google or Amazon = large tech companies really hire coding boot camp graduates?
- vote Meta/Facebook vs Google Google: $320k TC L4 Facebook: $322k TC E4 Team matched with Google team that I’m lukewarm about. I’m curious about the prospect of matching with a more interesting team during Meta’s Bootcamp. Criteria: compensation, work life balance, team/product interest, career growth, reputation TC: $220k 4
- Large tech companies who hire bootcamp grads Ambitious bootcamp grad here, posting from a friend’s account. I know there are large companies out there who regularly hire bootcamp grads (eg: Bloomberg) and I know some bootcamp grads are getting hired by eg google and facebook. If your company is one of them, how do I get an interview? I find it
- Google new hire process Does Google have a bootcamp process for new hire like Facebook does? Location: Zurich Tc - 200k CHF Yoe - 5
- vote Best coding bootcamp for full stack? Whats the best coding bootcamp for a newbie coder looking to get into full stack? #salesforceinterview #apple #facebook #faang #microsoft #uber #google #amazon
- vote Google first month People joining as sde at google. how does our first month look like? Is there any bootcamp, something like meta? Or you need to start working on projects from day1? #swe #google
- Referrals Looking for referrals to bigger companies for L3 roles. BA in Mathematics Coding bootcamp Having onsites in Google and Oracle soon Thank you!
- vote Amazon vs Meta Offers Wanted to get people's thoughts on two offers I recently received. Both are for Bay Area. Amazon SDE2 AWS Base Salary: $220K Sign-On: $205K Year 1 $145K Year 2 RSUs:147 shares (5%, 15%, 40%, 40%) Year 1 Total Comp: $448K TC, $440K Year 2 Meta E4: Salary: $184K RSUs: $450K Sign-On: $75K Performan
- Facebook/Meta M1 Bootcamp Hey all, Didn't get much out from the recruiter and neither by googling so figured to ask here. What can you expect at the FB Bootcamp as an M1 TC: $594 [ $245k base, 20%, $1.2mil RSU ] Yoe: 18 (8 as manager)
- vote Facebook bootcamp Hello Community I am in bootcamp and has been reached out by several teams. There are wonderful posts in Blind regarding bootcamp and what you should focus on. One post suggested there are 3 dimensions: 1. WLB 2. Interesting work 3. Impact I want to optimize for promo and therefore focusing on imp
- vote Google or Facebook Compare offer: Google L4 and Facebook E4. both Seattle area Google: 150 base + 400 stock + 0 sign-on; special vesting schedule 40 28 20 12 Facebook: 160 base 360 stock + 50 sign-on Google: - very interested in matched team under GCP - more confidence of stock growth - better wlb Facebook - boot
- vote Evaluate offers Google T4, 150k base, 500k stock, 25k sign on. Facebook E5, 180k base, 600k stock, 50k sign on. Offers are final. Stock is over 4 years. 15% yearly bonus. Both positions are in Seattle. Google’s team is pretty cool. Facebook has bootcamp.
- Waste to become SDE 3 (Amazon), you will still be IC5 Background: I am an Engineering Manager at Meta (Ex-Amazon) who goes through every IC5/IC6 bootcamp hire (ever week) as I have a new area with multiple positions to fill. I also talk to multiple folks from Bootcamp as they represent the majority of hires. One thing I have notices is 9 out of 10 SDE
- Facebook ML vs Google FB e4, ML track, choose team after bootcamp Google L3, matched with a team I like and also related to machine learning. Assume same TC Need some advice and thanks a lot in advance!
- vote OFFERS Amazon/Google/Apple/Meta 🤔 Google: GCP 440k Amazon: Prime Videos 530k Apple: AI//ML 465k Meta: N/A (after Bootcamp but I am into the infra cause it matches my experience) 495k All offers are avg (+/- delta) over the four years including all aspects of TC except the annual refreshers. Which one? I prefer Amazon as I liked t
- vote Google Bay Area vs Facebook Seattle dilemma I really need some suggestions here. I’m ok with relocation but prefer Seattle. I like the growth opportunities in Facebook but think Google might be a better brand for future career. Google offers an applied ML team which I’m very interested, not sure how the bootcamp works in Facebook. Google: L
- Google re-extends offer Hi, I recently joined meta as E5 engineer and in the boot camp process. I got an offer from Google as well as L4 , but didn’t choose to pursue it due to the compensation difference. My recruiter reached out to me again reextending the offer . I am wondering if it is normal ? Would they increase the
- Google L4 offer evaluation Hi all, I got a Google L4 offer (this after negotiation using an startup & meta offer (177k+400k rsu+40signon) and was told that’s the best they can do) with 2 years exp. Here’re the details, location: MTV. base: 180k sign-on: 40k RSU: 290k Annual bonus: 15% Been already matched with the YouTube
- vote FB vs Google M1/L6 Time to switch and top offers are G & FB. Google (GCP - MTV) Base: 215k Bonus: 20% Stock: $1.1M, frontloaded FB (Not sure of team, but push is preallocation - MPK) Base: $235k Bonus: 20% Stock: $1.05M Current: 🤷♂️ since private Base & Bonus ~$270k + fake papers/promises Bootcamp is only for en
- Better career opportunities among these three Assuming salary is not a judging criteria, which one is better, career wise, for a software engineer with 3 yoe. Google - image search team Facebook - bootcamp, so don't know the team Uber - maps team Work is search related in all three.
- vote Meta or Linkedin or Google Got offers from Meta E4, Linkedin senior, and Google L4. Meta TC: 320K at Seattle, bootcamp Linkedin TC: 290K at Sunnyvale, product team Google TC: 280K at Sunnyvale, GCP infra team Not really sure which to go, for me: growth/team > stability > comp > wlb I think Meta has highest growth p
- joining Google as New Grad. I am a new grad hire. I signed with Google but little worried. All my previous internships were research-related job that I have not done much of proper software engineering project. What should I practice before the start date? I am thinking of grinding C++, but would java be better? Also, how is
- 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
- FB E4 London or Google L3 Zurich or Amazon SDE I London Hello everyone, Facebook, Amazon and Google extended me an offer. The role in Amazon and Google would be SWE with high focus on data analysis and ML. Facebook has the bootcamp. What would you choose and why? Comp would be similar between FB and Google, Amazon much lower. YOE: 2 years TC: 110K USD
- [India] Coding bootcamp with job placement (land interviews, not interview prep) ? For my cousin. I am not concerned about the fee. But is there any bootcamp which has good placement results (not expecting 100 %, but at least like 30-40%) ? Google wasn't very helpful, so was hoping if any of you have any personal experience / word of mouth.
- How to compete as an upcoming Bootcamp grad? Attending bootcamp part-time and will graduate the end of August. What can I do to prepare/ compete with others looking for entry-level SWE positions? Not pushing for FANG yet. Mostly looking for Tier 2 or 3 companies. No college degree. #netflix #google #apple #amazon #facebook
- vote Google vs Meta Offer I know there has been a ton of related discussion in the past, but please let me repeat :) I recently received a SWE E5 offer from meta. Also, I'm waiting for HC decision from google research, and I think I will get SWE L4 offer as the recruiter says my feedback looks good. Here are some personal p
- [India] Best ski bootcamps in Gulmarg/Himachal Has anyone here attended a ski-boot camp in India? Could you share which one you attended, how long is the course and how much it costs? There’s just not enough information on Google. Blind tax: TC: 23.5L YoE: 1.2 #pto #vacation #travel
- High School -> Bootcamp -> SWE? Is it probable? Do you know of anyone that has taken this path or is college necessary? My brother signed up for Thinkful bootcamp. Is that a good one or should he consider another? Have you hired someone with this level of experience as a SWE? Edit: FAANG isn't necessarily the target. He is okay
- Google interviewers: do you look at resumes? Google interviewers, do you look at a candidates resume before the interview? If so, do you adjust the interview questions acccordingly? For example, would you ask a Phd from Stanford harder questions than a fresh bootcamp grad? When are you selected to interview a candidate, is there any other data
- vote G vs M for Front End? I'm 10yoe and have always been a full stack product engineer, but I want to start digging deep into web technologies, JavaScript & Node runtimes, browser performance, etc. I have offers from both Google and Meta and wondering which would be a more advantageous company to be at for really digging int
- Data Science Bootcamps - Boon or Myth? Has anyone been hired (as a data analyst or data scientist) based on the knowledge gained through a bootcamp? or is the field saturated? Interested in a career switch. Also, which one is better in Udacity, Springboard and Coursera? #career #datascience #dataanalyst #dataengineer #dataengineerinter
- vote Is it too late to be a front end engineer? I have been working as an IC in marketing for 10 years. I am currently working for a Fintech company. Is it too late for me to consider doing a coding boot camp and becoming a frontend engineer? My current base is $150k and TC overall $200k. I honestly don't even know what I want to do next. I'm 34.
- vote Recently joined Facebook and already struggling I recently joined FB after working on Azure in Microsoft for almost 3 years. I was working on really cool tech there. I'm preallocated with a team in FB which uses React and Hack(php) of which I have no clue as I have coded in C++ and C# for all my life. Also never done Web/Mobile development in car
- offer choose GCP team or? is GCP team really bad wlb and growth and bad career product. interested with scability and distributed system. matched with one gce metastore infra team. This is L4 offer in seattle. Also have fb offer seattle teammatch bootcamp and tiktok offer bayarea TC -> lyft > tiktok > facebook >
- Google veteran program Hi blinders, Currently at Amazon for non tech and attending bootcamp hack reactor. What’s my ultimate goal , you ask? To be an sde at Google of course. Why you ask? So I can eat free lunch and dinner at the HQ. All joking aside, If anyone has experience joining Google using a veteran program, I wo
- Facebook Remote Bootcamp/Orientation under Covid-19 My start date at Facebook is March 30th. Due to covid-19, the onboarding page reads "[...] we're working hard to provide a smooth onboarding experience and will be in touch with you as we know more" but since it's only one business week away and I did not yet hear from the Onboard team, I am freakin
- Full Stack Developer - Coding Boot Camp Recommendations I am looking for some full stack bootcamp recommendations that can assist my wife get started with coding. She doesn’t have a computer science background but has been working in the tech sector as point and click admin/dev for 4 + years. We are considering bootcamps that can eventually open doors fo
- vote Google vs FB - New Grad Considering same TC, what is a better choice for student fresh out of school? Comments on why would be great too, even if just “gut feeling”. Looking to optimize quality learning (not necessarily speed) and project interest (not necessarily impact) Note: specific team is not know for either - matc
- Thinking of a coding bootcamp Currently a mechanical engineer with basic Google search based scripting capabilities as needed to automate some of my work/analyses I have some handle on logic, but very little on syntax hence I just Google my way through. This makes me pretty slow as I typically shotgun syntax until one combinati
- Career Pivot Looking to make a pivot into the dev space. I'm 25, based out of Charlotte. Background is centered around Networking, Security, and Support. What tools or sites would you use? Bootcamp? Lambda? Formal Univ. Classes? Checked out google and YouTube for suggestions, but that is a big rabbit hole.. #
- FB or Google given the following teams I was lucky enough to get offers from both of them. Now what matters is the team. Can anyone give feedback from the following teams? I know FB does bootcamp, but I'm taking to teams that have head count. I have 3 years of experience. E4 for FB and E3 for Goog. Google: YouTube YouTube Kids Google Ma
- Companies that allow delayed start date (up to 1 year) Which companies have hiring committees, boot camps and delayed start dates? I know Google and Facebook HC offers are valid for 1 year; with Google you still have to get a team match and a new TC before joining (only the HIRE@Level decision itself is valid for 1 year at Google, and you have to get a
- vote Google, Facebook (Meta), or Amazon? Google L4 * Estimated $280-$350k (no exact numbers because google is slow), front-loaded. No idea about refreshers * GCP Meta E4 * 347/277/277/277 for years 1-4 (excluding refreshers) * 347/297/317/337 with refreshers * I think I can pick a good WLB team in boot camp Amazon L5 (same as L4 elsewher
- Renege google for FB I signed G offer few days ago. But I keep thinking that I should of gone to FB for different reasons (G office location and team). FB office location is better and their bootcamp gaurantees I can choose any team I want. I can always make up the reason of reneging (family or something like that).