Are there any teams that are not Hack specific at Meta? Aside from Data Engineering anyone use Java or Go for micro services?
Curious about the fb stack. #engineering #software #swe #meta #facebook
Recently interviewed with a few big tech companies in Singapore. Suggestions on which offer to choose considering their tech stack and the role: Facebook - full stack (Hack, Typescript) - TC ~260k SGD Bytedance - backend (Go) - TC ~250k SGD Shopee - backend (Go) high throughput systems - TC ~200...Read more
I'm trying to get some of my younger cousins to learn about technology and software development. I showed a project on VS code, and they called me a hacker 😆 lol. I blame the US education system for not offering coding classes. What areas would be good to start? I'm thinking full stack web deve...Read more
Recently received an offer from FB. I'm a full stack engineer with stong react and Java knowledge. I know FB is based on React for web and Hack for backend. Would like to know how is the standard of the react and Hack codebases. Do you have good tests, coverage report and coding standards? How is th...Read more
Does a partially statically typed language work in practice? Are FBers happy with Hack? How much PHP is there running around vs Hack code? I know Instagram is primarily Python - how about other products? Do they have different stacks?
Interviewing for SWE Infra, E4. I spoke to 2 teams at Meta:- Organization: Dev Infra Team: Health Compass Tech stack: Hack, React, Python Organization: Traffic Team: Capacity and Simulation Tech stack: C++, Python Both are in MPK and have decently diverse work in terms of frontend and backend opp...Read more
Currently taking courses and learning ethical hacking keep getting stuck on alot of pentesting projects. Are there any chatrooms or forums that focus on ethical hacking? I want to ask questions on them kind of like stack overflow but worried they arent safe. #cybersecurity #security #ethicalhacking
Career hack: Learn an extremely outdated tech stack and become a world class expert at it. Then join a company at an old school, well established sector. You’ll get some benefits of working for a govt job (stable salary, less impacted by layoffs, better WLB, sometimes pension plans, etc) but with b...Read more
Just joined the Premium Hack reactor Prep Program, to give myself the best odds of getting admitted into Hack reactors Part-Time remote program. On top of that I’m trying to get certs that will be helpful for me in the long run. I’m always seeing #frontend or #backend or full stack which is the bes...Read more
Have only talked to two teams three weeks after passing virtual onsite. Among these two teams, the infra one is pure backend development and the oversight board one is full stack. The infra‘s hiring manage specifically mentioned that they are looking for candidates with distributed development expe...Read more
Is Hack Reactor really worth it? Personally, I wouldn’t mind self-teaching myself but I would lack the structure of what to learn vs. what not to learn or building the correct foundation, etc. I do like Hack Reactors stack though. Would prefer to hear from some HR alumni or personal interactions ...Read more
Are there teams at Meta that use Java as their core stack? Infra or otherwise? I usually most of the people working on C++/hack but curious to know if there are projects in Java aside from android domain?
Asking for a friend My friend is looking for insights into Visa interview process for Full Stack Engineering role in Austin. He got a hacker rank challenge. How difficult are the challenges? #interviews #visa
My Fiance recently graduated from Hack Reactor and has a verbal offer from a start-up as a Full Stack Engineer. She transitioned from finance and has no previous SWE experience. What's a reasonable salary expectation considering the company is offering no equity
Can anyone comment on the interview process at slack? It sounds different than the typical FAANGs, with a take home component, code review, and focus on team/soft skills. Also curious on the eng culture there and stack/ecosystem - only company I’ve considered that is using Hack-Lang…
Anyone can recommend a good bootcamp in NYC area? I’ve done my research and found the following three have good outcomes: Full Stack Academy, Hack Reactor and NYC Data Science Academy. Would like to hear your opinions. Thanks!! #tech #career #bootcamp #nyc
I heard that Slack is still a monolithic stack built with PHP? Is it true? How's that possible? Are they planning to convert application into microservices in the future? From this quora post, it seems for the backed it's entirely in PHP/Hack built on HHVM. Dude Meta engineers know where to go next...Read more
Looking for some entry level software eng roles in NYC. What are some good team that will take in some non-CS grads. Know the node stack with sql/nosql and learning python but it’s not on my resume. Coming from sales role @ uber who went to a hack reactor
Anyone have tips on how to maximize call backs? I’m sitting at a 1% ratio with 300 applications and 3 responses. I just hacked together a full stack project using Java Spring Boot and React to slap on my resume. I have 2 YOE in Python Web Development and Automation. Any other suggestions?