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Oculus (E5): 190K base + 70K sign on + 550K stock (liquid RSUs) Waymo (L4): 175K base + 50K sign on + 160K stock (non-liquid waymo RSUs/options) The people, projects and growth opportunities on both teams are quite exciting. Which would you pick?
There were so many apple employees who were lowballed when they entered as many ICT5 are very stuck at 400k salary. Meta is now offering 1.4M in stock as seen from the flurry of offers posted in blind. Wouldn’t any apple engineer naturally want to apply for Meta now ? Would this lead to oculus bec...Read more
I saw someone post on reddit that "if the FTC orders Meta be split up into Oculus, IG, whatsapp, and FB, I'd gladly invest in whatsapp & Oculus." If this were to happen, how does that affect existing stock valuation? I'm also confused about what this reddit user said, but I haven't really kept up w...Read more
I am currently an ICT4 in HWT at Apple for 3.5 years. Generally, the work is interesting and impactful, but unclear how to advance the career even further (ICT5 or managerial track). Background: PhD+4.5 yoe Base: $174k Bonus: $25k RSU: $580k uninvested (roughly $250k will be invested in 2021)—due t...Read more
I have been working for oculus on VR/AR for 5 years, as my first job. Not CV ML expert. Just system generalist SDE. Now I'm looking for a new job in possibly autonomous vehicle or AR/VR. Which companies would Waymo match offer to? I do have a list of AV companies. TC: $290k last year due to stock ...Read more
Everyone seems to be leaving the mixed reality org and moving to FRL or oculus. I get the culture suxorz in Kipman's org these days. But whatever, I don't care about that, I'm curious about comp. What's the compensation increase folks are seeing when they make this switch? I hear things like peopl...Read more
tl;dr Interviewed at both Google consumer hardware and Oculus/FB for HW Design (RTL) role. Waiting on HC on both. Want insight about long term career prospects. Long version: I am waiting on HC decision on both companies for RTL Design role. Don’t know comp numbers yet and will share once I do. Oc...Read more
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I got a reach out from a recruiter. Curious to know: - Anyone know this team and have any feedback? - Are they located at MPK or elsewhere? - What will interviews focus on? I don't have VR experience specifically but I do have OS and systems programming experience - What level should I aim for? I be...Read more
Having multiple round of layoffs cannot be good for company morale. Also, didn't Zuck, after the 1st layoff, say that there wouldn't be any more? Shouldn't Meta get this right the first time around so that the firm is not paralyzed with rumors? Since then, we have seen Meta dish out low performance...Read more
I recall reading that MS isn't included in FAANG because they aren't consider innovative enough. FAANG originated from high performance stocks around 2013. Fast forward to today, F does not perform as well as AANG in the stock market, and when I think about it, F isn't particularly innovative eithe...Read more
I have an offer from Facebook with the opportunity to start with Facebook 6 week bootcamp where I get to try out different teams and then choose a team. I am really interested in VR/AR and Oculus. How easy is it to get a job in this area as a software engineer. I have some Android open source platf...Read more
20 YOE in Commercial/Defense industry Bay Area TC=$213k= $203k(base) +$10k bonus No Stock IC5 RF systems hardware engineer (EE) looking for best way to transition out of Defense and into Tech Hardware like FAANG. Anyone who can comment on what the fb oculus or google hardware teams are like? Anyon...Read more
Google used to have a cool innovative culture. Now it's known for firing people who speak out. No more TGIF, food is meh, lots of people getting shitty TCs. iOS still way better than Android. Oculus is doing way better than DayDream. AWS and Azure doing way better than GCP. Larry and Sergey had a ...Read more
Long time listener, first time caller … need advice from fellow Blinders! YOE: 15 Yrs, @Apple: 6 Yrs Apple: M1, TC ~$410K, Base: $198K, Unvested RSUs: ~$610K - Commute: <; 30 mins Facebook Offer: [M1], $240K / $1M / $100K / 20% - Commute >; 1 hr (post COVID) Overall I enjoy working at Apple,
Note:I am not trying to shit on anyone's job. It's my very subjective opinion on what excites ME. For all the crap that meta gets and all that shit we get about how we make the world worse and shit. The reason I work for Meta is because they have Oculus or RL or whatever they may want to call it la...Read more
I was just recently offered a position of Software Engineer with the Yahoo Mail team doing Android development in Kotlin in Sunnyvale, CA. And I’m slated to start in early January. Today is actually the last day for me to accept it as I was given the official offer two days ago and they said it expi...Read more