I just joined the TDP program in January. Honestly AT&T wasn't my 1st choice but I had to take it due to the terrible job market. 1. My eventual goal is to get into a big tech company such as Google, Meta, Apple, etc. How good does AT&T look on my resume to recruiters? Do recruiters from big tech look down on AT&T on your resume? 2. How many people from AT&T eventually move on to big tech companies (percentage wise)? If you know someone who has, can you share their experience and how they were able to make the most of it here? 3. How much can I really develop and learn here? I'm noticing that there are A LOT of incompetent people here from top to bottom. Honestly the sudden forced relocation to one of the 4 hubs is super concerning. On top of that everything seems disorganized and chaotic here #att #tech #bigtech #apple #FAANG #meta #facebook #google #recruiters #recentgrad #entrylevel
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It all depends on what you accomplish. People who don't really accomplish a lot or work on impressive tasks, are mainly the ones that rely on the weight of brand names. You're questions would make me guess that you're trending to be like one of them. Hope you don't go down that path. But then again, as big tech is filled with a ton of people who's whole identity & self worth depends on their employer brand name, there could be some gatekeepers. Also, things are chaotic & disorganized everywhere. Things just look shiny from the outside. Anyway, push for getting cool/difficult tasks & build a good profile & skills. In the end, any good engineer will recognise good work & then all that matters is your performance during the interview.
For (2) use LinkedIn search. If I simply had to guess it would be a very large number of people. No one stays at the same company forever nowadays unlike our forefathers. Just take what you get in this market and keep working your way up. It may not be directly from AT&T to big tech, but you could always get into the next tier or two before you enter big tech. For example, AT&T to Samsung to Salesforce to Amazon.
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One might disagree with me but there are so many juniors from companies like AT&T wanting to come to big tech. Competition is fierce until you get to a senior level. Just be glad that you have a job right now. Every year there are millions CS degree graduates.