Currently L6 SDE at Amazon, been transitioning into management and enjoying it. Walmart offer is for x6 senior engineering manager 2, for a new team in Canada. Sign on RSU is worth $30k in addition to the cash sign on 13 YoE, 3 at Amazon TC 370k (based on stock today, planning was $320k) All dol...Read more
This is my understanding. Please correct and answer: 1) TPM - These are technical folks work on mostly microservices, distributed systems with engineers. Take care of communication, coordination with tech partners or stakeholders. Paid well, Obviously less than engineers. 2) Program Manager - Nontec...Read more
What kind of questions are expected for engineering managers at Google? Are they expected to be solving puzzles/algorithm/write code? Are there any evaluation on people management or leadership? How does the onsite interviews work? Weightage for each category? How do we crack the interview? Any tips...Read more
What company has the least divide between engineers and managers? Where managers understand engineering best practices and invests in cleaning up the house? #tech
Does anyone feel that software engineering managers are overpaid (paid more for easy work) compared to actual engineers who lead projects. I get that managers track projects, provide resources, set timelines and see who is doing what and how much, but they don't tackle any hard engineering problems ...Read more
Have been passively interviewing since 12 months. Been through onsite rounds for Meta M1, Google L6, Stripe and have been rejected in the very first round at other small or midsize companies. Looking for forums or groups that discuss on EM role and interview prep. YOE 14 Management YOE 2 years TC 4...Read more
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hi all, I recruit for Platform distributed computing teams. I’ve been refraining from posting to be mindful of the hardship (and not trying to “sell” stuff), but with all the layoffs, I felt like I need to get the word out on all of these openings we have. I hate putting “...Read more
I think managers purposely chose the managerial path because they didn't like to code or found it harder to do with age. The way I look at coding is equivalent to cleaning your house. It's a lot of grunt work, with a fair bit of motivation required, and most importantly you are required to have fas...Read more
Thanks everyone for all the useful posts and data - hugely valuable ! I just got the good news today that I've gotten approved for M2 engineering manager offer @ FB and they asked me my expectations. I searched through M2 FB comps on blind and couldn't get really useful data points. levels.fyi also...Read more
Relocating from US to India and looking for EM/senior EM referrals in Bangalore. Currently an M2 (Eng Director) and have a cs masters from top 10 school. TC:350K; Exp:15 yrs. #amazon #microsoft #uber #walmart #visa #capitalone #stripe #adobe #google #databricks #linkedin #intuit
What's a good TC for data engineering manager at FB, Amazon, MSFT, Apple, Netflix? Yoe 15, L5, Current TC 290k (bay area) Base 170k Bonus 35k Stock 85k/yr
Recently got promoted as L6 SDE at Amazon and been enjoying the role in the team so far. As the team is growing I have been asked if I have an interest in becoming a software development manager. I talked with a few folks who did such transitions. Overall my impression from the discussion is the man...Read more
What type of coding questions are typically asked at FB interviews for engineering manager (M1/M2). What level of difficulty? I've found this on Rooftop Slushie, but want to know if it is safe to assume Leetcode medium tagged with Facebook. https://www.rooftopslushie.com/request/Facebook%20EMEngine...Read more
I am interviewing for a Software Engineering Manager role with Disney next week. I was wondering what’s the phone screen like? #disney #disneyinterview
I am a PM, reporting to an engineering manager. At first, I did not think it would be an issue. Now after 1 year, it has been really weird dynamic. I have been working with an engineer outside of my team(This person refused to work for my manager before, so stayed at my skip manager’s reporting cha...Read more
My manager needs more engineering help to finish our project before May. He has tried recruiting other engineers, but it has been a nightmare. Yesterday, he started dragging other engineers in their rolling chairs over to our team's corner and told them to stop what they were doing and start workin...Read more
Have completed my 5 rounds of interview for l6 em role : 1) system design : leaning hire 2) behavioural : leaning hire 3) coding : leaning no-hire 4) system design : hire 5) leadership and googliness : waiting for complete feed back ( this is the response from recruiter ) . Personally I am satisf...Read more
TLDR; Need help from Blind community to pick my next job! Studied like crazy 2+ months and applied to every top tech company. Interviewed on site at 10+ companies for engineering management positions. I got 8 offers on hand and 2 still pending. Current T/C is $125,000 base + paper stocks on side ...Read more
Can you change your Green Card queue priority from EB2 to EB1 if you transition from Engineer to Manager ? Edit: I came to the US on F1 for my Masters, I’ve been on H1b with I-140 approved for EB2. Started job as Software Engineer. #workvisa #h1b
I was told that I cleared the software engineering Management interview loop and now the recruiter is pressing me for compensation. Recruiter said my feedback was very positive overall. Honestly, I have no idea what to ask. I'm being asked to relocate to the Bay area, I'm in Austin now. Yoe 15+ yr...Read more