I’m in the bootcamp at FB, I have to choose between backend systems and web focus areas. Which would you advise to choose? ( Low stress, light on-call, with high possibility of career growth )
Choose Web. Probably 95% of engineers are backed so you’ll be more valuable with a different skill set.
Offer details and location?
London, base - £85k , RSU - $250k/4 years, sign-on - £30k.
E4?
OP could you tell us what you ended up choosing and what was your rationale
As for the focus area I chose web. For the team I chose more of a infra team. Both decisions where quit random, for focus area I just didn’t won’t to take c++ “classes” and for the team I just liked the manager and the problem this team is trying to solve
High career growth implies stress since you need to handle responsibility at the border or above your comfort level.
Agree to some degree, but one can be in stressful work environment with low impact and less stressful environment where they can show big impact ( grow in their career ).
Right it’s necessary but not sufficient. For latter you need to be extremely lucky or way smarter than average peer. You would feel as under achiever even with fast career progression.