Hi I am graduating in 2 months (June) in London. I applied to over 100 positions over the past 6 months and the first offer I got was from Expedia. My offer/TC was significantly better than what I was hoping for so I’m happy about that, but keep reading negative things about Expedia engineering etc, not mention the travel industry currently doesn’t exist. I never got an interview at #facebook, #apple or #google in my current round of applications, but then I didn’t come from an internationally known uni (eg I wasn’t in Oxford or Cambridge) so I’m not surprised. I was more surprised I got the offer from Expedia to be honest. My question is, coming from a large quasi-tech company like Expedia, how hard would it be to break into FAANG in say 2-3 years? Will a FAANG company look at work with Expedia with disdain? I know Expedia uses a lot of Java which I don’t think is used in the big #tech companies (not certain on that, feel free to educate me!) TC $84K Base: 71K RSU (0,50,25,25): 40K Sign on: 2.7K
Every big tech uses Java. Java is everywhere.
Congrats! Nice offer you got there at least better than Amazon newgrad offer.
Thanks. It was an interesting journey, my salary was bumped after I accepted, and they added the RSU after I accepted. Not complaining tho 🥳
Given the current situation at Expedia, when lots of employees are looking for opportunities outside Expedia and leaving, it's no surprise that they're offering this good to retain the headcount.
You can easily get into FAANG even before 2 years (why wait this long). I can speak from Google's perspective, it doesn't care about your background and I don't think your chances will be impacted based on your work at Expedia. And as it's been already pointed out in the previous comments, every big tech utilizes Java.
So the reason I’ll wait this long is I’m only starting in autumn, and the first half of my RSU’s vest after 2 years Also, in London I’m not sure Google is actually hiring right now (based on what I’ve seen on blind, and also as I haven’t seen a single SE grad position from Google in my 4-6 months of active job applications)
Op , I was in a very similar situation. I’d say give it 5-6 months at Expedia. A lot depends on your team. I can tell you that it’s really good culture-wise , and in terms of learning (for a new grad). Don’t pay too much attention to negative comments about the company. Most of those won’t apply to you at this stage. You can always apply to FAANG for that tc bump after 2 years. Expedia has a decent reputation tech-wise. You should definitely get interviews later. Since covid , the job market has been very unfavorable to new grads.
You will learn a lot regardless as new grad. I worked with many who started here and now at big tech companies.
Your chances are very good in terms of getting interviews, but in the end of the day it’s your interview performance determines whether or not you’ll be hired. So spend 1 hour on leetcode or system design preparation everyday from now on, in two years time you’ll be in FAANGs
I can say it from my experience, I came from a no name company, practiced leetcode and system design for 1 year, and I cleared FB/Apple, borderline Google(reject). So it’s definitely doable for someone starts stronger than me :)
Run away. I was a new grad hire and my career has taken a hit being at Expedia Group. Right now there is so much confusion and uncertainty and whole org is focusing on basics - yes we don’t have basics of product & tech world yet. In 2 years, you would hardly learn anything. I would not recommend this but, If you want to just show 2 years on your resume and keep doing your own hustle, and learn things on the side/leetcode., that’s fine. However, there is a risk that image of Expedia Group has deteriorated even further. Look around, don’t run after money Expedia is showing right now- it’s short term. If you have no other offers by the time you graduate, go for it.
people on blind sure do like to overexaggerate.
This guy had a terrible experience. In my case I’ve learned a lot that recruiters from top tech companies reach out to me on LinkedIn. I’m already starting to interview.
It will be easier to get an interview after like a year of working.
Renege and join BB :)
BB?
I have facebook colleagues that were at expedia here in london.
Whats your tc
Oof, my first post! Added it to the original post