Does Google on your resume add more value compared to Facebook

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Dec 12, 2020 29 Comments

Will you guys accept an X-1 offer at Google instead of level X offer at Fb.
Assuming the salaries are only 10-15% apart over 4 years.

Will Google add more weight to my resume in the long run? This is for personal technical growth and growth in the long run.


Is wlb an actual worry at fb?
I tend to learn things quickly but don't like working more than 8-9 hours a day and never on weekends unless oncall.
What about engineering practices at G, are they really way ahead of Fb?

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  • Yea bro if you get Google on your resume over Facebook your TC will grow at least 10x more
    Dec 12, 2020 3
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    Ben Dover

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    Ben Dover
    At this point, FB’s weight on resume is about the same as G, if not more.
    Dec 12, 2020 0
  • Yeah, now that I work at FB I am doomed to be forever inferior to the Google einsteins.
    Dec 12, 2020 1
    • Oracle
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      Your response shows insecurity. I never even said that people at google are smarter than fb. Question was more around engineering culture and wlb; engineering culture can definitely impact your learning and technical growth. I am currently at OCI, everyday we are expected to cut corners and just launch stuff asap. Products that other competitors take a year to build, we are expected to launch in 3 months and hence what we build is not conducive for personal growth. Money is just one parameter.
      Dec 12, 2020
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    yAKt67

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    yAKt67
    I think you're optimizing for the wrong thing. Join a team/role/product area which you are interested in. The company name itself is less important than self-growth
    Dec 12, 2020 2
    • Oracle
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      you are right, actually I am more worried about wlb at fb. So maybe I am trying to find reasons to justify a downlevel to myself.
      Dec 12, 2020
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      yAKt67

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      yAKt67
      It's good that you know what you are optimizing for, I would say that it is still very team dependent and the current team in in at Google is sometimes not great for WLB either. Are you worried about WLB because of a kid or family reasons? You should definitely make it clear during team matching so that expectations are clear on both sides.
      Dec 12, 2020
  • Anyone who takes X-1 at Google instead of X at FB is an absolute idiot. You realize that you can just join FB and then interview at Google at level X?
    Dec 12, 2020 9
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      If you can’t do well in a stressful environment, your best bet is to avoid FB
      Dec 12, 2020
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      is this from personal experience? I want to understand how stressful it really gets? I have worked at amazon in the past but in a good team. I have learnt stress at fb is self induced by ppl over committing trying to get 2x refreshers. But I am an outsider, trying to gather as many anecdotes as I can to get a better idea.
      I am not worried about deadlines, just crazy deadlines which don't make sense.
      Dec 12, 2020