Am I ready for FAANGMULLA+??
I'm looking to break into big tech after 2 years at a startup and 1 year at Deloitte. I consider myself a solid SWE and was a winner in a pretty big hackathon this year. I have been grinding leetcode the past few months and if I don't hear back from any big tech companies I will probably go back to school for a CS Masters (Either UT Austin, Georgia Tech or UIUC). If I am worthy, I would love some referrals! Either way, I would greatly appreciate some honest feedback. Attached is my resume. TC 135k #FAANGMULA #meta #apple #x #bytedance #tiktok #google #amzn #amazon #microsoft #netflix
You are ready as soon as you clear the interview. Your experience doesn’t matter much.
“your experience doesn’t matter much” is crazyyyy
What about for securing interviews?
get rid of the “full stack” and nodejs stuff being such a focal point. I see this and think “frontend and/or JavaScript” scrub.
They dont hire people that dont post their TC
true hahah, just updated
You will gain this kind of experience in 3 months at Amazon. Anyways that doesn’t matter much, focus on leetcode.
Do you think this will at least be enough to secure interviews?
Really fulky? Most of the work at Amazon is pushing around coral models and wiring a lambda to another lambda lmao hardly anyone does real work.
No
I did Ms CS at one of these schools you enlisted. Honestly it was an Amazing experience and most of our alumni are in these companies and better ones as well. Having said that, get a master's if you wanna study and not just for breaking into big tech, although it'll definitely help.
Yea I have heard really good things about those programs. Georgia Tech and UT Austin offer more flexible online masters for people who want to work while they get their masters, which seems very appealing to me
Online masters aren't as good. You won't get the complete value of it which is mostly the network you gain.
I would rephrase the stories. No one really cares about how you got shit done but the business case or customer incentive (proposed and implemented a load balancer that effectively reducer customer errors and enhanced system reliability by 30%) see how we said the same thing but mine sounds like it actually made an impact that matters. Key word is Proposed and designed and less about implemented and developed. Any senior engineer could propose and design work and tell you how to implement it. But not everyone can propose and design for a customer issue (that’s the real winner there)
Don't do masters. FAANG only cares about leetcode monkeys.
Why don’t you put your hackathon win on the resume?
It’s a little hidden under under projects. Should I put it in a different spot?