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 Metaās 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 canāt trust anyone. It would probably be easier to work two remote jobs at āless prestigiousā 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 youāre proactive and document everything thoroughly, youāre 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 itās possible youāll have a manager younger than you, even if youāre 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 canāt find a way, they are often trying to invent things you did wrong. This isnāt a dealbreaker because as long as youāre 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. thereās a lot of internal conflict because itās very authoritarian, also fairly draconian, and itās 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 isnāt really the problem because guess what? Itās 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. itās 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.
What level is an Instagram Director of Data Science is it L7/M2? Levels.fyi is not useful and I don't know if the same levels of Engineering @ Facebook apply to Data Science? #facebook #datascience #level
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
Fellow blinders, are there any good resources to get a good handle on how to do data modelling for SQL vs NOSQL database? I've been using Grokking the system design for an upcoming TPM interview at Google and am confused. 1. Design instagram section of the resource shows 2 tables ( Photo, User) for...Read more
I passed the technical rounds and they are asking me what my compensation expectations are. The recruiter says they're looking to hire me as an IC5. YoE: 9 years + multiple industry awards (I'm turning 30 this year). Current position: Most senior data person at 100 person startup Current TC: $195k...Read more
Iām preparing for meta on-site and trying to come up with data models for scenarios mentioned in the subject. I certainly feel a regular dimensional model is not going to help w.r.t inserts/updates easily. Can any one share some good examples? Any ideas on spider schema ? #meta #dataengineerinterv...Read more
https://www.reuters.com/technology/irish-regulator-fines-instagram-400-million-over-chidrens-data-2022-09-05/
The issue comes down to European data regulations that prevent #meta from transferring, storing and processing Europeansā data on US-based servers. "We have absolutely no desire and no plans to withdraw from Europe, but the simple reality is that Meta, and many other businesses, organisations and s...Read more
* Google SVP: 40% of young people use TikTok/Instagram instead of Google Search/Maps for finding where to eat. * Internal Google data also shows that around 55% of product searches start on Amazon, not Google. Never thought the Google Search giant could be dented. But here we are! TC: 470K https:...Read more
The EU is investigating whether Instagram broke data-privacy laws after it allegedly exposed the personal data of millions of children, the Telegraph reports. It follows a complaint from a US data scientist, who last year said that Instagram allowed underage users to publicly display their phone nu...Read more
There are redundant databases, networks, data centers and regions even. What can bring down 3 major systems this way? Any inputs? Facebook Instagram Whatsapp #facebook #whatsapp #instagram
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
Instagram is disabling accounts without warnings nor adequate reason. Their AI process flags comments without looking at context and disabling accounts without letting the user appeal. They disable the account, and user cannot appeal. Nor they can login to download their data because somehow their...Read more
can anyone share the links where we can learn data models for Uber, dropbox, instagram etc. #dataengineerinterview #dataengineer #datascience #dataanalytics #data
My fb internship interview is in a month lol. should I tell them I can help them dump 2 billion user data next time. #WhatsApp #facebook #instagram #Faang
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10485635/Meta-SHUT-Facebook-Instagram-Europe-process-EU-data-servers.html
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
Be it X(twitter), Youtube, Facebook, Insta or Blind why there is so much hate against India and Indian people? Some people comment curry smell, some comment cow piss and some target poverty (despite being one of the largest economies in the world) these comments make me feel sick especially those co...Read more
Hi blind peep, Was recently laid off and looking for referrals at the following companies. Please support. EM, SWE and Data Engineering. Here's the list (others are welcome). #apple #google #meta #instagram #stripe #tiktok #nvidia #autodesk #linkedin #microsoft #amazon #netflix #referral
What are good FB teams to join as a data scientist intern where I may get a chance working something related to ML ? Suggestions from Recruiter: Ads, Marketplace, Groups, Messenger, Games, Search, Infrastructure, and Instagram)! I also have a call with DS at instagram this week.Not sure if I can a...Read more