Need ur inputs on the Career progression. Have 12 YOE as Full stack Engineer , primarily back end and middleware . Most of my carrer was in Consulting lead many projects primarily on Java, Spring and Aws platform. Have many certification on Java and AWS. Current TC is 155k. Most of colleagues see me as Technically strong and smart. Not sure if my potential is FAANG smart though. didnt know abt compensation in top toer companies untill recently and figured tat i am being underpaid and with some intense preperation i could land offer in Tier 1 or 2 companies. So started LC 6 months back , 2 hrs a day in average but could not do on a daily basis with 2 young kids . Have done 80 easy and 25 Medium and lot of sustem design and some EPI. i am comfortable in System design as i have always learnt them in the side but DS/Algo needs some more prep. Taking 1 hr to solve LC Mediums whixh means needs lot more prep. With all the prep, Got an offer recently with VZM/Oath with 220 TC in Maryland. Wondering should i take it as it has good WLB and decent TC ( ofc not at FAANG level) . I am thinking of taking this offer and keep preparing and switch to Tier 1 in near future as I am on H1b with I140 approved and with VZM/Yahoo on resume. . Other option is to reject this offer, keep preparing and get in to Tier 1 in next 6 to 8 months. But i am always worried abt WLB in Tier 1 companies with young kids. Let me know what u guys think. Note: This new position is just 30 mins from where I am staying. So leaning towards taking up this position.
WLB in tier 1 varies, but nothing to be scared of. 220K is not bad, If you like the work and project. Rather than trying after 6-8 months, be with new job for 6-8 months and then try for FAANG; by the time you can join it will be a year
Why not try getting in to FAANG now if thatās your ultimate goal?
Current work is not challenging and not learning much. Donāt want to waste my time here . Also on H1 so need a company tat can do GC immediately. I am always worried if I am tat good to make it to FAANG. So donāt want to risk losing this ? This new position is just 30 mins from where I am staying. Tats another reason. WhT do u think?
Youāre already interviewing at other places and have an offer youāre considering. My point is if youāre doing this anyways, why not shoot for one of the companies that are your ultimate goal (FAANG)? Worst case scenario is you get rejected and come try again in the future. You may also succeed! Iād definitely go for it.
Pm me your info. We are looking for full stack cloud developers.
Your leetcode ratio seems kind weird to me. I think you probably need more mediums.
Thanks. I want to have enough easy ones to be comfortable before taking on Mediums. I started with Mediums with 50 easy and it was difficult. So thought I need more Easy first to take in Mediums. But l agree tat I should concentrate more on Mediums
Most of the questions you'll see at FAANG companies are medium/hard, probably I found focusing on one 'category' of question at a time helped
40% jump in the TC is good enough reason to join VZM, focus on your job for 6 months, and start interviewing again. Also, keep in mind, these inflated TCs are largely west coast phenomenon, East coast and rest of the regions are normal.
Lol what? Amazon and Microsoft pay same on east coast. Don't discount the salary growth being stirred by these West coast companies in their newly expanded areas.
Sure Big 5 or 10 pay same all across, but otherwise, I tell my MICROSOFT salary to companies on the east coast, hard for them to match it.
Before saying this sounds too harsh, disclaimer that I am in the same boat as you. I feel like Tier 1 and 2 interviews will be more toward the hard/medium to hard range of LC. If you are still having a lot of trouble with mediums on that much prep I don't know that more prep will get you to the levels of optimizing hards in 45 min. That said, I have kids as well, and I would WAY prefer a mediocre company with decent pay and great WLB. Everything I hear about FAANG is how young kids get overworked and spit back out. For older engineers like us I don't think the ROI is there for the damage it can potentially do to your personal life. Just my 2 cents
Very true. You *don't* want to join a FAANG as an IC. Your experience will be useless and your mostly slogging it out against kids on writing and maintaining yet another web service.
I feel like Google is great for WLB. If I didn't have a drive to grow, I could stay as L4/L5 and work hard about 20-25h a week. My manager would just give me CME and wouldn't complain, given that I'm still meeting expectations for that level. I've seen people with 10+ years at Google and still L4.
Try MICROSOFT, great company to work for, respectful, they donāt overwork their employees, insane amount of flexibility for parents.
What's the Verizon media location and what level?
IC4 @ Baltimore MD.
In the FAANG group if you want WLB, Iād guess youāre probably only looking at Google. Outside of FAANG, I hear Microsoft has good WLB. Sounds like a good offer for now, especially in the East coast where itāll go farther.
If I try to join in next 2 yrs, My concern is would it be too late to get into Tier 1 with 14-15 yr Exp. Most of my experience as not on Distributed Systems but more on Webapps/AWS/Data.
No itās never too late, I am 12 yoe and just joined FAANG. Also my boss and bossās boss are in their 40s