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- FB Hack Does a partially statically typed language work in practice? Are FBers happy with Hack? How much PHP is there running around vs Hack code? I know Instagram is primarily Python - how about other products? Do they have different stacks?
- Facebook account hacked Hi. My fiancé’s Facebook account got hacked and the hacker changed the recovery email. She tried all the things on the support page, but is not helping. Is there anyone at Facebook that can help with this? There’s no chat support or anything!!
- Facebook account hacked Friend of mine called me today that his account from Facebook and email was hacked and stolen 8 hs ago probably used same password for both, he was asking how he can recover the Facebook account. He is not in tech and didn't have enabled mobile or two factor auth. Looks like Facebook doesn't have a
- Facebook Hack or JavaScript? Hello friends, In FB frontend dev, how prevalent is Hack vs. JavaScript? If I join FB now as a frontend engineer how easy/hard will it be to find a team working in JavaScript? 8 YOE, $183k
- Hacked fb Messenger account! I used to talk to this person online until I realized they weren’t who they said they were. We only spoke online and she never had access to my phone or iPad. She only knew my phone number and email address. When I found out they were not who they said they were, I told them I no longer wished to be
- link Facebook got Hacked! Anyone from FB can comment on this? Are the high TC folks at FB just coasters? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/apr/03/500-million-facebook-users-website-hackers #cybersecurity
- Facebook preferred IDE for HACK/PHP I am joining FB soon (few weeks). My team mostly uses Python, Hack and PHP along with Presto. Is there any specific IDE someone can recommend for Hack internal usage?
- Why does Facebook use Hack? Why could they not use any mainstream language? Even if you claim that Hack is just PHP, it still begs the question, why PHP?
- Non PHP/Hack teams at Facebook I'll soon be joining FB as an E5. I don't like PHP, I know Hack is a more mature php, but still. I come from Ruby/Javascript background. I'm interested in working with the following tech: 1) Go 2) Ruby 3) Kotlin 4) Rust 5) Python 6) Javascript What are some of the teams at FB where I don't have to
- Can someone give RL examples of hacks at FB? I am always seeing posts about how the codebase at FB is full of hacks & duct tape, & how this necessitates constant fire fighting. Can a current or ex FB-er give some examples of such hacks? Just curious. You can scrub out any sensitive details.
- Facebook included in second Supermicro hack it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-the-software-side-of-china-s-supply-chain-attack
- link Facebook, can you stop “hacking” and use normal software There are cloud products in the market for HR/Payroll https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/12/13/21020736/facebook-theft-unencrypted-drives-employee-payroll-security The company made a right step already with the move to VS code. i would recommend to move to Azure instead of “hacked” cloud. St
- Anyone regret joining FB after knowing that you will most probably work in Hack? Anyone regret joining FB after knowing that you will most probably work in Hack and gradually lose their skillsets? TC 150k
- Looks like the recent hack really is a game ender for FB Who would've thought...
- Facebook/Meta Engineers with good WLB: What are your productivity tips/tricks/hacks? From what I've heard FB has a "get shi* done" culture. Those who enjoy a good WLB (35-40 hrs) at FB and get good ratings, what are some productivity tips/tricks/hacks that keep you focused throughout the day? What would you suggest someone at the start of their career? TC: 150 New TC: 275-ish #fac
- vote Meta SWEs - how painful is working in Hack? I see a ton of job postings from Meta for work on the main/biggest parts of FB, which to me sounds pretty interesting, but all the job postings mention working in Hack… I’m really not sure about whether any company/offer is worth working in Hack, as I’ve previously tried a gig in PHP and it was pai
- Does anyone work for Meta ? My wife’s account got hacked. The hacker changed the email the name and so many details. She has no way of getting back in and Facebook support is trash. Is there anyone here who works for #meta #facebook that can help
- vote Facebook outage was an inside job Not an accidental outage, not an external hack. What do you think? #facebook #facebookdown
- Share your favorite SWE interview hacks Share your hacks that you think give you an edge, whether you used them during the preparation or during the actual interviews. #tech #interview #hack #tips #google #facebook #apple #amazon
- link Fb data breach, discuss... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/technology/facebook-hack-data-breach.html
- vote Facebook/Insta/WhatsApp outage Who thinks today’s Facebook/Insta/WhatsApp outage seems to be a hack and not a DNS/BGP issue?
- How is FB codebase? Recently received an offer from FB. I'm a full stack engineer with stong react and Java knowledge. I know FB is based on React for web and Hack for backend. Would like to know how is the standard of the react and Hack codebases. Do you have good tests, coverage report and coding standards? How is th
- vote Meta’s hack programming language not popular? React, Presto, Hive, Cassandra and many other heavily used things came out of Facebook. Hack also came out, is heavily used in Meta, heavily invested in its development but hardly used. Why?
- WLB and Good Engineering in Seattle? Been at FB 6 months and waiting to hit 1 year when I will leave. I am in Seattle. Engineering quality is just hacks all over the place in attempt "move fast" . I just sick of hacks and keep patching them and getting on call craziness. I am E5 with 10 yrs of experience. Criteria is good engineering
- Joining Fb, where to learn c++? What's the best resources to learn c++? I have 3 months before my start date. I mainly know java and python. I know fb uses c++, hack, rust mainly and c++ seems the hardest to learn. Tc 325k YoE 2 #engineering #software #swe
- Moved to Apple from Facebook as SWE, life is so much better here 😇 I was at FB for 2 years, joined from a startup. It’s been 3 months at Apple and I’m loving it so far. Some of the personal things I observed, 1. Once a year perf review, no real danger of PIP 2. Everyone works decent hours, nobody’s checking code during late nights and weekends 3. Nobody is hack
- ML engineer at FB language ML engineers at FB, how often do you use PHP/Hack? What language do you use the most?
- Avoid FB. it's past it's prime! FB rewards hacking, making engineering debt and passing down debts to someone else. As an industry hire, FB is the worst place to be in. Short term impact has ruined company culture. Codebase is garbage, Immatured management, stock performance has been abysmal. The only good thing about FB is the
- vote Would you ever hire a Facebook engineer? Based on the comments here, it sounds like Facebook engineers have a tendency towards hacking the shit out of the code base with no remorse.
- FB boot camp prep I will be joining FB in a couple of months. I don't have experience in PHP or react. Should I learn PHP first and then move on to Hack or should I directly learn hack instead? Any good self learning resources online to start with? Appreciate the help!
- PHP... Really? I'm learning PHP for a quarantine project and the conventions are mind-numbingly stupid. Am I missing something? -Edit- Hack looks good. No hate, FB peeps.
- Facebook engineering quality Many suggest that Facebook codebase is shitty with poor quality. Under the hack culture, can you actually learn stuff? Or just keep coding and shipping?
- Burn out .. quit job ? I am burn out ..work is too stressful. Dealing with constant SEVs and sick of the hack culture. I have been here 9 months and have a vesting tomorrow. I feel like I just wanna cut my losses and leave fb.
- Coding language to use during interviews For those who have worked at Facebook and worked on Hack as their primary language, which language do you chose when interviewing for other companies?
- Hack Reactor Grad; Which companies hire FE? I know Google and others hire Front End SWEs, but realistically, where could I be hired as a recent Hack Reactor grad? Would Facebook/Netflix hire FE SWEs?
- Facebook PM /DS- easiest team I have been looking at Facebook PM role and data science manager roles. Are there any teams which are easier to get into than others? Curious if there are any good hacks to get in #facebook
- How to take advantage of one month before joining FB Hi, I'll join FB in early Jan as E4 next year. I have plenty of time till then since I already quitted current job and don't have many holiday plans. I heard that I can ramp up via BootCamp but I want to take advantage of this month to grow as fast as possible once I join FB. I'll be hired as a ba
- Is it true you can use any language in FAANG interview I'm strongest in hack, which very few people outside of Facebook use. Will it hurt my to use that in an interview vs something the interviewer is more familiar with?
- Google vs Facebook culture I've heard the culture at fb is more social/collaborative/hack-y than at Google. How accurate are these claims/what other differences in culture are there? Do people find it easier to meet other people at fb than Google?
- How's FB infra code quality compared to G Cloud or Azure core? I was told that if you like pristine code, G is better than FB, but FB infra did care more about long term than the rest of the company and tend to have less hacks. How is it? Do you feel proud of your codebase?
- FB teams and languages that they use Trying to figure out what teams use which language at Facebook. I know PHP/Hack is used a lot on Product Engg side and C++ on Infra, but are there any teams that use Go, Ruby, Python, Kotlin etc?
- vote Leave Facebook for lower TC and lower tier? Joined FB 3 years back. Went from E4 to E5 and close to pushing to E6, but probably still a year away. It is, well I hate working at FB now. All the broken tools, the crappy code base and then that goddamn hack dialect of php. I notice I really struggle in interviews with systems design cause we n
- vote Singapore Offer Evaluations Recently interviewed with a few big tech companies in Singapore. Suggestions on which offer to choose considering their tech stack and the role: Facebook - full stack (Hack, Typescript) - TC ~260k SGD Bytedance - backend (Go) - TC ~250k SGD Shopee - backend (Go) high throughput systems - TC ~200
- Fb new hire suggestions I am going to join Facebook in about one month. I have three years working experience. I am only familiar with Java. Any suggestions about what I can study before joining? I am currently reading "Hack and HHVM". What other skills will be useful at fb?
- vote Are you particular about programming language when joining a company? I'm referring to Big tech especially. For example, I don't think I'd want to work at FB, cos I have no intention of working with Hack, and that's their primary language. Do you guys consider this when making decisions? Do you think it should matter less?
- How would you recommend a new grad to prepare for Facebook bootcamp? Hi all, I'll be joining FB early next year and was wondering how I should best prepare? Source control? I believe you use mercurial? Programming languages? PHP/Hack, what else? Books? Would Clean code, Clean coder, pragmatic programmer, be useful? Any others that you would recommend? Should I try l
- vote Is tomorrow apple’s turn? Based on the pattern this week, each day one company in FAANG is getting attacked or having a major downtime. Yesterday F- fb services down (they say it was a BGP issue, but might be an attack, who knows) Today A- Amazon (twitch hack) Is tomorrow Apple’s turn? #tech
- Hacks for product design interview Hey, I have gone through frameworks and practiced answering product design questions in PM interviews. Am not performing well. Are there any hacks you can share which can help me better answer questions like how to design a product for FB to help find doctors in those 30-45mins of interview? Any hac
- Amazon London vs FB London I had joined Amazon London 11 months back on L4 with 3 yrs exp but yeah compensation wise FB E4 is much better(around 40 percent more in FB) I like working in Java at Amazon with AWS and all with okay WLB but I have heared that FB uses Hack framework for most of it's Development and bad WLB. If co
- Facebook has disabled my friend account showing some community violation issue Hi friends, one of my close friend fb account is disabled by showing some community post violation message while it was personal account and there was as such no post. Now whatever we tried no luck, no chat, support no other info. we feel yesterday someone tried to hack the fb account. Any clue how