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.
Trying to decide between Insta and Meta Reality Labs (non-AR/VR team). Offer is essentially equal between both. TC 200 Pro’s of Insta role: - Cool team - More organized (less chaotic) Pro’s of reality labs role: - Cool team - Less hierarchy and red tape - Hot place to be
Who can tell me more about these teams? -Integrity -messenger -instagram shops -social impact -AR/VR
1. FB is going the way of Yahoo. 2. Insta is solid but how do you advertise more there? 3. WA is a barren wasteland. Literally zero innovation here. 4. AR/VR? LMAO. Is it even a real business? Who actually has good ideas at Meta? Zuck clearly doesn’t have. #meta
https://youtu.be/JRzgyStNCII Teens hate vr and don't care about metaverse. Also Instagram no 3 after TikTok and snap.
Curious to know how can avatars and metaverse be part of Instagram, tiktok and Snapchat instead of buying a VR. How can avatars be fun on the phone? Pokémon go like? #Avatars #instagram #tiktok #snapchat Tc:300k
For revenue growth Meta needs to look out somewhere else and Zuck is betting on AR/VR which itself is a bold move and could pay off. FB /IG/WhatsApp have peaked .. just look at the number of users. I think in short term it would have been better for meta to get into HW space with building ecosyste...Read more
Meta will be split into two companies. One combining Facebook, Insta and WhatsApp. The second owned privately by Mark will focus on meta verse. This is a brilliant move: without the VR expense fb will be hugely profitable and Mark can use his profits to fund the meta verse ambitions. End to fb probl...Read more
First let me say this, I worked on AR Technology back in 2010 and since then believed in AR/VR. I am using Oculus Quest 2 from around a year now. Metamates created amazing VR software in Meta. A year ago there used to be few people like me hanging around Horizon(Mera) Worlds but now crowd is more b...Read more
For context, I was accepted to Meta’s Rotational Software Engineer Program working on 2 teams over the course of the year. I have been asked to identify my interest in specific roles and pillars. Roles: Web Product Android iOS AR/VR Product Product Infrastructure Infrastructure Platform Infrastru...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
Feel like meta is fucked , as it's not as diverse as amazon, msft, Google.... Instagram reel is getting usurp by YouTube shorts and TikTok Zoomer are not using fb Vr is still far from mass adoption Whatsapp is hard to monetize..... Is there other segment that fb can enter? 270
Does anyone has experience with these teams at NY for data engineering? AR/VR Video Instagram I am deciding on which team to go. Any advice on the growth opportunities, impact, culture or WLB is greatly appreciated!#tech#dataengineering
Hey folks at FB, I’m wondering what are your thoughts on your company’s future? It seems like younger generations don’t use FB. Yes they use Instagram but will grow out of eventually. So what’s next? I know there are VR and ads so maybe that’s why people are still confident at FBs future? #facebook...Read more
I cant seem to find much information on the types of system design questions asked at Reality Labs. Is it the same as the other areas of Meta? Like design newsfeed, chat, instagram ,etc. Or otherwise. Recruiter mentioned that they may ask something similar to Design Jeopardy. Any input is really...Read more
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...Read more
From a user perspective, how are Facebook Watch, Instagram and IGTV positioned vs YouTube, Snapchat and Tik Tok? Is FB borrowing from the pages of other succesful apps such as Tik Tok (eg lip sync, AR / VR) in order to remain relevant to younger audiences? Which social networking, chat and video p...Read more
What's everyone's take on all the recent Metaverse hype? To me it seems like something no one really asked for. It seems much more like a desperate ploy for FB to stay relevant and profitable now that both FB and IG are losing social media marketshare and Oculus VR has remained just an expensive no...Read more
- Does it still have interesting problems (other than its obvious worldwide scale)? - Oncall workload? - How visible product it is internally compared to other products? - Which products are Whatsapp in close collaboration or integration with? (Facebook, Messenger Instagram, VR...) - Is it still a...Read more
Instagram? Ruined. FB feed? Full of suggestions spam. FB marketplace? Full of low effort spam. FB photos? Downscaled your images without permission. FB videos? Full of low effort reaction videos. The ads? Always irrelevant even though I said they are irrelevant. I even clicked relevant ads wish...Read more
What’s the exciting thing you’re looking forward to in the field of tech? When I look within FAANG and related companies, I’m seeing the emphasis is mostly on growth or retention within the existing tech and a few new testing grounds like self-driving cars, AR/VR, etc. For existing tech, it feels ...Read more