How to get an internship/appear competitive to FB employers as a freshman in college?
Find a recruiter or find an internal referral. freshman college resume is never competitive. Don't fill your resume with junk. School name, gpa, a couple of projects, languages and prof names for refs.
Just FYI, this is typically impossible. FB and other top tier(Google, Amazon, etc.) very rarely higher interns after their freshman year of undergrad. Still worth a try, but it’ll be tough. Sophomore year onwards is much more feasible.
Can you continue working on your own non competing startup while being at FB?
No. There might be exceptions but it never goes well
Yes, actually. It has to be cleared with FB obviously
Is it hard to work for a company that could be causing so much social unrest? How’s morale?
People need scapegoats. I don't believe fb was the reason for election results in 2016. People don't know and understand the country they live in. It's a conservative country and very prone to populism. Once you are at FB, you start noticing that the company is trying hard to stay neutral. Morale is not bad
That’s still not an excuse for allowing the amplification of conspiracy theories and the extremism. It’s less of a conservative country more so that most Americans are just plain stupid. Too stupid to critically think about the content they’re absorbing. Facebooks algos fundamentally need to change to stop recommending this garbage. And one could argue this is a much larger problem outside of the US than in. How can you deny that Facebook is not a problem? No denying it’s not just FB but cmon...
What keeps you going daily, even though there is lot of negativity towards FB in media
Honestly, I think it's Overblown a little bit. Fb needs to work on PR. I hate tech in general and all of them do similar s**t. Google or Apple is really no different when you look at what they are doing
Facebook is an easy scapegoat. Look at YouTube, they can host all the crap imaginable without getting any heat.
When will E4 hiring resume?
Jan 1st
To qualify and get into E5 loop, does the candidate definitely has to have 5 yoe? My recruiter asked me to wait few more months to get into E5 loop as I am still 2 months away from my 5 yoe mark.
How to break the plane from E5 to E6?
Following
Also following. From what I heard, it comes down to working at E6 level before breaking it, that is, you should be exceeding expectations for a while, but it would be good to hear from a manager.
Responsibility difference between E5 and E6?
A lot. E6 is working for the department, E5 is working for the group. E5 codes more, E6 not so much. Any project going sideways E6 is still responsible, E5 only for their on projects
@allurdata how big the project and department teams are?
Are there E5 manager positions? Just transitioned to SDM with 5 YoE, what level manager would you recommend for FB?
Short answer, no. There are rare exceptions but it's for very short periods
What do you need to do additionally to move for E5 to E6 for SWE-ML role? Additionally, is there an average yoe for considering E6 once you are in as E5?
Some are happy to stay at e5 forever and would only want ee and the bonus but not the promo and increased scope and responsibilities. Ask your manager directly! about their expectations for the promo. Make it known you want that scope. There is no yoe limit but you need to hit E6 scope consistently which usually requires a few halves. Direction and Impact are important, the roadmap you put together should look solid when you look at it after a year. You are now planning for the year (maybe two) ahead, and not just the half.
Thank you, this is very helpful.
Max E6 offer? How bad is PIP culture at FB :)
230 base and 1.2M over 4 years. Pip is not as bad as people outside think. I haven't pipped anyone over two years.
I see. Which org ? What's the average #hours people work on your org/team?