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.
I understand Facebook refers to all of their engineers as simply "Software Engineer" regardless of level but I notice a lot of Instagram folks specifically refer to themselves as "senior software engineer" on their LinkedIn. Why?
I mean they have all those super smarty 350+k engineers right? What are they doing? But they are slow, comments not loading correctly , features no one wants, search is horrendous etc Tv in the other side is never down, show 1 second charts from over 50 market places, is super snappy and has a gre...Read more
https://fortune.com/2023/02/07/meta-mark-zuckerberg-flattening-managers-transition-new-roles-efficiency/#software #meta #facebook #instagram
Have seen this guy named Alex Heiden in YouTube and instagram posting this kind of content where he says in many videos software engineers are doomed what are your thoughts about this guy ? https://youtube.com/shorts/n9d25aGXR2E?feature=share #engineering #software #swe
So I got a real estate license so I can help my family/friends and eventually myself buy/sell houses, so I kinda have a part time business while I work full time as a software engineer. Since I have a business Instagram, I wanted to make sure my manager doesn’t see it, so I was curious as to if I c...Read more
Cleared E5 onsite and was matched with the Instagram Business Ads team a week ago Anyone have an idea whats the scope and stability of their work? Would love if any metamates shared team insights tool info (DM) YOE: 5 Old TC: 🥜 New TC: Waiting for Team Match Role: Product Generalist #tech #soft...Read more
How Instagram ads work sometimes baffles me. Scenarios ( no coincidence - ruled out that possibility) a. I was searching for BMW cars on my laptop in incognito mode. I see BMW ads on Instagram app. b. I write reviews on Google maps about a recent restaurant I visited. I see Instagram ads of restau...Read more
https://www.engadget.com/meta-vows-to-take-action-after-report-found-instagrams-algorithm-promoted-pedophilia-content-133343896.html #engineering #software #meta
I keep seeing insane TC’s posted in here from Facebook. I was curious, do software engineers in IG make anywhere near the same?
Team matched with a couple teams, any meta engineers care to give me their opinions? Oncall experience? And wlb? 1) Instagram Trust - working on protection to like threads, phising scam, impersonation and authenticity, impactful space: work on features to make ig safer, no prior knowledge for secur...Read more
I'm just curious how Facebook has so many openings when Instagram and WhatsApp has just a few software engineer positions open if not none. Is Instagram and Whatsapp's team that small? Most, if not all, of the other apps/products (facebook, uber, lyft, pinterest, linkedin, airbnb, you name it) that ...Read more
Just watched an Influencer speaking about Instagram algorithm. He said "A tough job is understanding the Instagram algorithm which changes every week". Is it true? #engineering #software #swe
One of my friends close friend joined facebook in 2013 right out of bachelor of engineering degree as a software engineer and now he is director of engineering at Instagram Ads. That guy studied at IIT-Bombay and he was definitely intelligent but How it’s possible to climb the ladder so fast? He i...Read more
Creating a master thread to help track all companies which are laying off - including silent and sneaky layoffs. #tech Meta TPM : https://www.teamblind.com/post/Meta-layoffs-all-TPMs-in-Instagram-laidoff-today-2MQcPFcy Twitch : https://www.teamblind.com/post/Twitch-layoff-35-4WQENTVR Prime Video: h...Read more
How many of y’all are building just basic CRUD APIs, calling other endpoints to store stuff and retrieve other stuff and how many of you are building cutting edge stuff redefining the limits of what’s possible, saving companies millions of $ a year, handling infrastructure that serves hundreds of th...Read more
1) Undergrad in some private college in India 2) Work in some software company in India 3) Come for masters in US university 4) Get a job in FAANG or similar company 6) Start traveling around Bay Area 7) Travel to other states (Las Vegas, Hawaii etc.) 8) Become a travel Instagram influencer
is inhouse innovation dead in facebook? inhouse: fb acquistions: insta whatsapp ocular what are other popular fb products come from inhouse ? #engineering #software
I saw a software engineer posting on Indeed. Looks IC4. Ish. I was laid off last year, so I’m wondering. #engineering engineering #software #swe If they are hiring, is it within WhatsApp or instagram or FB (Blue) app?