Engineering manager @ Indeed (Sunnyvale)
Feb 16, 2020
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I'm fairly happy at Airbnb but thinking about looking around to see if there's a greener grass :) Also, my commute sucks so having a few exploratory calls with LinkedIn, Netflix.
Found a role at Indeed that looks interesting. Indeed doesn't have a lot of exposure here so I was wondering if someone could shed light on engineering culture at Sunnyvale office, manager's day-to-day (coding? design/arch decisions or mostly people management?). It seems like a few postings for EMs are evergreen. They couldn't feel them for a long time?
Also, how technical are the interviews? I'm a bit rusty with algo/ds problems so would be interested if I should potentially allocate more time to prepare.
Location: Bay area
TC: 500k
YoE: 10
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There are no monthly parking spots AFAIK, would just save you time not to pay every day and would be cheaper if you park there every day.
I've been doing this for more than a year. I know a few EMs who did this for 4+ years!
If you can do it one more year until Airbnb Santa Clara office opens, there will be plenty of teams.
As for the Santa Clara office, there are still many ifs. HC/growth might be an issue is the biggest one. Also SF being so close counterintuitively makes it hard for the South Bay office to mature.