Career growth at Apple, Facebook, Google?
Can someone give a comparison of the opportunities for growth at Apple, Facebook, and Google? Are they pretty similar or noticeably different? I.e. where can I get higher levels/TC faster? I just joined Apple, so don’t really know how it works here. I’m an engineer and looking for the best balance of growth and mobility, as I don’t want to be stuck to one technology or doing one thing for my whole career.
You own your growth plan. It’s not limited nor is it defined for you at any company.
But certainly if you work just as hard across all, promotions could arrive at different times, no? Plus I guess if your coworkers work harder at one place that can push you to work harder as well, but let’s leave that out of the equation
G,f,A
I think f is faster than g. Rockstars can get level 5 in 2-3 years, then 6 in another 2 years. The promotion process has less process than google so it seems easier to get your promo through here
How do you go from 5 to 6 at fb?
F has faster growth, G has better wlb. G has more diverse opportunities if you want breadth. Comp wise g == f > a
FB is by far the best option if you want to grow and learn as an engineer who wants to build things that are used. Because the ship cycle is fast and the products are deployed to a large audiences or at a huge scale for Infra - you get to test your thinking and assumptions. At a startup, you can ship quickly but you have very few users while Google you have a 50/50 of never shipping. Google is a better option if you want to get deeper theoretically but don’t care as much if your ideas would really work.
E3 to E5 in just 2 years !!!! Is that common in FB? What would be the avg tenure for E3 to E5 in FB?
Wouldn't say it's common but is possible. Just giving a data point that shows FB is willing to move you upwards quickly, which I haven't heard elsewhere
G>F>A
I would even say G > F == A
But... Google is nototously slow to promote and FB has all sorts of overpromoted tinpot L8s pulling in millions a year. G has tons of brilliant but overqualified engineers making tweaks and bigfixes who leave because of lack of impact and growth opportunities.