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- Meta isn’t going anywhere but the moon📈!! What’s that? You wrote Meta off? You came on Blind to laugh about VR and taunt Metamates for selling their souls? Joke is on you. You really thought aunty-ji was gonna ditch WhatsApp and stop sending good morning messages? You thought bae was gonna stop liking thirst traps on IG? You thought based
- Meta Product Designer IC4 Offer Sharing this for my fellow designers as a data point - Los Angeles | Instagram Org Base: 160K RSU: 46,750 per year (Total grant 187K) Bonus: 15% Sign-On: 15K Total Comp (Year 1): $245,750 Current TC: 150K | YOE: 6
- Expecting Staff SWE from Instacart. but worried their valuation Today doordash, uber are much lower than the time when insta got their 39b. Does instacart offer based off 39b valuation still? TC: 520 YOE: 10
- Meta NYC return to office I’m joining Meta (Instagram team) located in NYC this month for a hybrid model (based on offer). What is the current working from home vs from office policy for current employees? How many times are you going and see others working from NYC office? Any shuttle service available for commute? If drivi
- Thoughts on Amazon doubling it’s base salary? Worth 2x 🍌 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-07/amazon-is-raising-base-salary-cap-to-350-000-from-160-000?utm_campaign=instagram-bio-link&utm_medium=social&sref=xuVirdpv&utm_source=instagram&utm_content=business
- Help ya girl out, Metamates 😚😄 Over the past month atleast 10 of our clients have been logged out of their instagram accounts for "unusual activity". Usually after 24 hours we would submit an appeal form and have the accounts restored. But now, even after a few weeks all appeal forms still say "Go to Instagram and confirm it's y
- What is your opinion on Instagram subscriptions? https://business.instagram.com/blog/subscriptions-creators-instagram-recurring-monthly-income I think this will attract more creators and increase quality of Instagram. Will this move FB from purely relying on ads to a YouTube premium kind of subscription revenue based model?
- Trying to get an idea here If in the AppStore - I am giving keyword “Ins”, although the top search is Instagram, what pops first is ad for tiktok. I’d assume it’s based on relevance. But do tiktok pay way higher to promote their App, to hide the search for Instagram and just to float on top?#tech #instagram #tiktok
- Tech products with mostly female user base? Pinterest, Realself, Instagram...etc. What are other tech products where the user base is mostly female?
- FB listening to my conversations.. 😒 I have noticed a weird trend where I started seeing ads based on my conversations in real life (across FB and insta) .. I don’t think I ever signed up for it .. this happened to me multiple times and am not comfortable companies listening into my conversations .. Did anybody experience it ? I am p
- Salary for Engineering Manager M1 @ facebook? What is the average salary for an M1 at FB/Instagram? Are we looking at 200k/y base salary, 15-20% annual bonus, $100k RSU? Is there a way to get a signing bonus?
- Instagram vs Netflix I have 3 offers on the table and I am trying too see if I can get Instagram to come-up a bit as that role excites me the most and I am really keen to take that. YOE: 6+ Instagram 200k base, 600k - RSU, 100k sign-on Netflix - 450k cash + 5% Stock Options Amazon - 330k TC (extremely complex of
- Instagram design team? What is it actually like to work as a Designer at Instagram? Is it really PM and AB test based? Can you actually do and ship holistic design? What's the design culture like? #design #ui/ux #instagram
- vote Facebook team match Just got an E4 offer for Facebook recently. What department has the best career track and why? Facebook vs instagram @facebook Current TC: 190 (140k base 10% bonus and the rest RSU) New TC: 177/400/75 offer from FB YOE: 2
- vote L5 SWE offers - which to pick Given roughly similar base and equity (except Insta and Twitter which are about 2/3 equity as others), which would you pick. I'm currently in an ads/ML team and wouldn't mind staying in ads, but feel Insta/Twitter don't have much upside from current valuation.
- What is preventing Meta from copying TikTok? Serious question. Reels is embarrassingly bad. Nearly every video is of a random person snowboarding, driving a fancy car through a scenic area, or a girl working out in yoga pants. All of them are set to the same 10 songs or audio clips. It doesn’t matter how fast I swipe away from a video, a few v
- Twitter's future Serious question: What are the major bets Twitter is taking to rekindle their user base? Do they have a valid shot in the world of FB, Instagram, Snapchat and Messenger?
- Rate my offer Offer from Instagram (IC role, non-technical role): $190k base $260k equity over 4 years $20k signing bonus 20% target bonus Leaving at Apple: $168k base $300k unvested $20k was last bonus Edited: YOE: 6 total (4 at Apple) Apple level is IC4
- vote Weighing FB offer - NYC vs Menlo Park Hi all - anticipating a pending offer from FB L4. Details to come but it will be based out of Menlo Park or NYC (instagram team). Before they tender the offer, I have to select my home office - any advice on NYC vs Menlo Park?
- Instagram: How were accounts verified before the "Request Verification" button was added in 2019? It seems like such a long time ago but up until 2019, I reckon many celebrities suffered from impostor syndrome because they weren't considered popular enough by IG. Did Instagram auditors contact the celebrity personally to verify or was it just assumed based on the pictures posted? What kind of in
- Folks at Instagram (or rest of FB) - How do stories work? What’s the secret behind the ranking of followers that view your Instagram story? I know Instagram said it’s based on who you engage with the most. But I have to know - do the top 3-5 viewers have anything to do with who visits my profile the most?? Really important question please answer.😂 TC 210
- Facebook Product Cases - Urgent Last Minute Question The person that will be interviewing me works on the Instagram team. Do interviewers at Facebook typically choose the product questions based on the team they are on, or is it random?
- Instagram Data Science Culture Got invited to phone screen for IG for an M1 DS. anyone know what the culture is like there? TC to expect? The team is SF based. TC: 230k
- is facebook dying Does Facebook continue to be preferred social-network for everyone as it used to be 6 years back? To me it seems that the gen-z is more attracted towards instagram and snap compared to facebook. If that is true, what is Facebook target customer base and where do you think it will plan to capitalise
- L1b visa without Bachelor’s degree Hey Folks, I’d Like To Know Is Ig Possible To Get L1 Visa And Do Internal Transfer To US Based Office Without Bachelors Degree From Europe ( Not EU Citizen Though). I’m An SDE. YOE: 4 (at Amazon 1.5)
- PM/TPM compensation at Facebook What is a typical strong base, bonus and Stock grant for TPMs Vs PMs at Facebook/Instagram at IC5 and IC6 levels (for someone coming in externally with 8 years of PM experience)? How does this compare to what's offered by Google and LinkedIn?
- What is your outlook on Snap? Considering my offer, but curious what current employees think of the company outlook - things interviewers won’t answer candidly. Have you noticed any trend of talent leaving? My vague feeling based on anecdotal experience of using the app and talking to friends is that people are migrating over t
- FB inflating MAU to increase ad revenue? Lots of folks are joking about Finsta being harmless. But saw this email between execs talking about SUMA (Single User Multiple Accounts) in SE Asia. Does any know how big of an issue is fake accounts on FB. For folks hiring influencers, our spend are based on impressions. If 1/2 those impressions
- Is it easy to transfer roles from WhatsApp to fb ? How easy is it to transfer internally from WhatsApp to fb or Instagram? Since WhatsApp is considered a separate entity, is it like applying for a new company? Also do WhatsApp employees get same benefits as fb employees or is it lower? Salary - 120k base
- vote Google L4 vs Facebook E4 Both NYC/ Full stack role Facebook - Team TBD (probably Instagram) Base: 175 Bonus: 17.5 Equity: 380 (vested quarterly) Sign-on: 50 Year 1: 338 Year 2-4: 288 ——————————————— Google - Search Org Base: 167 Bonus: 25 Equity: 289 (.33, .33, .22, .12) Sign-on: 50 Year 1: 338 Year 2: 288 Year 3 -: ???
- Maturity of Meta's infrastructure, code base and dev tooling We always talk about pays and compensation but not much talk about actual enginerring side of things. Good Infra support to unlock & scale things, code base that is well structured with best practices, tooling that enables you do things faster and efficient. Whats the case with Meta especially com
- Is Facebook slowly dying? I have been using FB since 2007, but after the 2016 presidential elections and the hate spread from each side, I noticed about 50% less activity from my friends based on posts, likes and comments. Most of my friends are active on Instagram and some on Snapchat. I believe FB's active monthly usage n
- Question for Facebook/Instagram folks who are mission driven I recognize that Social Media platforms play a role in todays society where it helps people in staying connected. Imagine pre-2008 era, for how many people did you know whats going on in their lives. If you were in high school then, then ask your parents to get a perspective. But considering its a
- Anyone invest in SNAP? I did and am hopeful. SNAP has a huge user base especially amongst teenagers. Anecdotally more of the young peeps I know use SNAP and more often than FB an IG. I'm betting it'll grow to $50/share soon. It's kind of a bargain rn. Yes, it still figuring out how to monetize and spectacles failed, but so did Google glass and
- link Facebook Teams I am aware that it is completely candidate's preference to check and see if any of Facebook team's mission aligns with they want to do in their career next or based on their interest. However, there will be some outstanding remarks or comments about every team at Facebook, if I am not wrong. So
- vote Facebook vs Airbnb (senior) Have 2 offers in hand for senior roles, while pondering which to choose I'd like to see what you guys think, and which you'd go with. Facebook (Instagram), NYC Base: 210k Bonus target: 15% Equity: 700k Sign-on: 100k Relocation: 20k Refresher: 140k/year (from what I've seen on blind) Airbnb, remote
- Tpm offer evaluation Hi, I am currently an ED at jpm and got a TPM offer at instagram. It seems that I didn’t do great on the interviews and get down level to IC4 So their offer is not great even after negotiation… The question for you is : should I jump anyways and hope for a fast promo ( unlikely) or just keep try
- Badass Boz What does she actually do at Uber? Based on how she portrays herself on Instagram it seems like she’s spending most of her time hanging out with celebrities in Davos and building her own celebrity. Not saying this is a bad thing given how positively she’s perceived VS Uber’s awful perception proble
- How to afford rent in SF? And how hard is it to actually find share accommodation? Like how long does it take in your experience to land a half decent place? The interview-like process looks harder than at least leetcode catching water in buckets on whiteboard. Take into account that I am not cool nor do I have candid ins
- vote Whats the hype about ShareChat? Few months back, Sharechat became a Unicorn startup and since then, I saw lots of people joining ShareChat from Amazon/MS/OCI/FK in India. I found their compensation range is decent for SDE2(TC 45-65 with base 30-42L). Today, Recruiter reached out for Interview. Although the TC range is really good
- link Question about generating globally unique IDs across shards I was doing some light afternoon reading: https://instagram-engineering.com/sharding-ids-at-instagram-1cf5a71e5a5c In in the last section "Solution", where they are generating a globally unique ID based on the DB's autocrement feature + milliseconds since epoch + shard ID. Why do we need to append
- Looking for NYC Roommate 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
- Nobody told me life was gonna be this way! (Immigrant edition)) I am an immigrant from India, still on F1. Idk the point of this post but I feel like USA is nothing like I imagined. All this while, making big $ after graduation was the point. I was doing pretty good after graduation in India, but FOMO made me want to do my masters & live the Instagram life that
- GCP interview tips TC 325 GCP have changed their interview process. For customer/sales engineer roles they've added white boarding and leadership questions instead of building a technical demo. RRK & Googlyness questions are still there but no more GCA What type of white boarding scenarios should I expect? Are they
- Why did Dubsmash and Vine failed where as TikTok is a world wide phenomenon? If I recall correctly, Vine was super famous at one point and video were super viral among other social media. But eventually they shut down. While Dubsmash is still rocking, it looks like they've cloned TikTok. Despite being in the market first. On the other hand, TikTok is wildly popular to the
- Staff Research Scientist (Google) to FB/Instagram Eng Manager Hi, I got promoted to Staff RS (L6) this Spring and have been managing a team of 3 people as a TLM since Fall 2020. I've found an interesting team in Instagram who is willing to interview me for an Eng Manager position. I love making impact in products and I'm looking to transfer to a more manager
- [seeking] ML design round practice Hello, I am looking to practice for ML design rounds. These rounds are usually based around designing a recommender system or a ranking system for platforms like Instagram, Twitter, FB feed, App store ranking. If you are preparing for ML design rounds, let's do 1,2 ML system design rounds that help
- Pinterest L5 engineers, how much is the comp range? What is the comp range for base and RSUs Pros: - people seem to be very nice and genuinely like each other and like working there - still seem like a small company and a lot to do. Particularly, if they monetization then it would be massive - genuinely interesting problems there (and small enough
- What are FB/ Meta’s business pillars? It’s commonly known that FB runs on ad-revenue, but what else is there? Compared to (F)AANG, FB is solely software based. Why don’t they expand into cloud services? What ever happened to their research projects like drone based internet in Africa or the digital currency lira? Why does FB offer a
- Apps stealing your data beyond limits I know this is common knowledge and a redundant topic but this is more of a rant and any ideas to avoid this. We all have always had ads shoved down our through based on what we search which is fine because we agreed to use these tools for free. However, lately this has gone beyond limits. I know