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.
Hi, Asking for a friend who is interviewing for Director Analytics role for Instagram and for Director Analytics for Tiktok. What is the expected TC? This is for salary expectations conversation. Also what's the work culture like in both the orgs? Thanks!
Don’t need to go into super details, just if you feel they are in a good space or not. Team matching and unsure what they do exactly 1. Infra analytics 2. RP platform 3. AI devX 4. Ai infra systems I have a couple IG ones but my friend is in IG so warned me in advance.
Is there a significant comp difference for similar positons working on different teams/products? Or are they all in the same range? ex: #facebook openings: Data Scientist, Analytics - Messanger vs Data Scientist, Analytics - Instagram
Mgr had an unscheduled meeting today and told me I’ll be part of the upcoming headcount reduction. Got 2 weeks to look for roles/opps. I do process and automation. Leave me a note or DM with any open roles at companies yall know. Thank you. 2 Blessed 2 Be Stressed TC: Ligma Edit: What I do, sin...Read more
Have two offers. Amazon Lvl 5 BIE, which uses a lot of Redshift, S3, Python, SQL and reporting. FB Data Scientist, Analytics position which is more on SQL, AB testing, reporting and product analytics. My end goal: Be a Product manager, (Senior/TPM at Amazon), in 3 - 4 years. My thinking is, BIE at ...Read more
Trying to understand levels at FB and other companies. What level would a role like this be? I know DE pay is different than SWE, so insight to oay would also be great. Thanks! Data Engineering Manager, Analytics (Instagram) https://www.facebook.com/careers/jobs/322299125315659/ Current TC - $160...Read more
Starting as an IC4 DS (Analytics) at FB, what are some of the best teams at FB to join? AR/VR? Messenger? Instagram? Ads? E-commcerce? Want to transition to management or product management in the next three years. Factors to consider (in order): - Visibility + growth potential - WLB - Exit opt...Read more
Does anyone have any recommendations on resources to prep for analytics interviews for PM’s or Analytics leaders? Specifically want to practice my approach to defining metrics when asked to improve or design a product such as Youtube, instagram reels etc. I already looked up tryexponent but the exa...Read more
Hi, I work for a startup in fashion and am responsible for coordinating influencers on IG. I am looking for the best tool to assist me with finding and managing influencer and the process? Analytics etc. What is your experience with the market places. Any suggestions? Thank you
Hi Blinders, I'm helping out a friend to choose between 2 offers. She got 2 offers (both contract roles) and is confused which one to choose: 1) Facebook: Senior Product Data scientist II (people products) its doing data analytics work for internal employees, assessing internal tools and analyzing r...Read more
I am a new DS - Product Analytics hire at Meta. I am currently in team matching phase. Can someone please advise what team would be best for someone with no prior product analytics experience? Are any of the IG teams a good place to start? I am also thinking about Reality Labs but not sure if it wou...Read more
Any meta/Instagram/YouTube engineers here able to explain how the hell your algos work??? I've watched my girlfriend struggle on these platforms after changes they've made where they apparently don't show your own followers your newest posts. On YouTube she would reliability get views on her videos...Read more
Someone I went to university with is a senior technology consultant at ey and on instagram I see him posing in front of private jets, private yachts, exotic cars, attractive women and seeming to be living a rockstar party lifestyle. He doesn’t code and has a “pseudo” tech degree called business anal...Read more
I am building a comprehensive list of system design interview topics. If you don’t know where to start, start with these: SYSTEM DESIGN COMPREHENSIVE TOPICS: 1. Near realtime location based system (Uber, DoorDash, Dating apps) 2. Near realtime Newsfeed system (FB, Insta) 3. File storage system (Go...Read more
Hi all I have a data scientist interview with FB coming up. While I can handle the stats questions and sql challenges at ease, I wonder how should I tackle the product sense and analytics related question. Is there a course or book train you to structurally answer questions like “how to decide betwe...Read more
All my background is in data and if they ask me for designing instagram and how resolve performance issues in a service, obviously I will fail. I know I am solid in all the other TPM interview questions except this design. And I am only looking to stay in Data, reporting and analytics side. How shou...Read more
I think I will receive an offer to work on Instagram and I have been thinking for a while. Yes, Facebook is a great company with great benefits, amazing perks and some of the brightest engineers in the world work here. But, on the other side, Instagram is just an app for posting photos (in a nutshe...Read more
Hi Blind! I’m moving to NYC in late February/early march and looking for a roommate (or two). Budget up to 2.5k each. Location: TBD, but working in Hudson Yards so looking at places with <;30 minute commute via public transit (Chelsea/Hells Kitchen/Kips Bay/Murray Hill) About me: 25M currently b
Took whatever job I could senior year of college and regret it Open to anything DS/Analytics/PM Current TC: 85k #accenture #adobe #affirm #airbnb #akuna #amazon #apple #asana #atlassian #autodesk #bloomberg #citadel #cloudflare #coinbase #coursera #databricks #datadog #deloitte #docusign #doordas...Read more