Recently laid off from my first job at a no-name startup after 6 months. Right at the beginning of my job hunt, TekSystems contacted me about a 1 year SWE contractor role at Facebook. It's looking like I might receive an offer soon. Even if the role doesn't convert to full time, I could still put Facebook on my resume as long as I have an asterisk somewhere about it being a contractor role. Seems like Facebook would be a big boost to my resume. On the other hand, I could likely keep looking for jobs and land a more stable full-time SWE job at a decent non-FAANG company within the next month or two. (I feel FAANG is possible but unlikely at my current skill-level) What would Blind do... Previous TC: $104k + monopoly money Potential W2 Contractor TC: $130k
YOE/ location?
0.5 YOE (it was my first job) Location: SF Bay Area
Being a contractor would suck and most contractors are explicitly forbidden from listing Facebook on their resume.
You can always list your client on your resume.
Be contractor. You are guaranteed to get an interview after some time.
Contractors do the same work. I would go for it especially if u have 0.5 yoe only
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Keep looking. You don’t want to be a contractor there.
Care to elaborate please? I don't think being a contractor is ever ideal, but I read elsewhere that Facebook is one of the best for contractor quality of life.