Google or Facebook?

Sep 27, 2018 142 Comments

Which one do you recommend and why?

Assume the offers are the same.

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TOP 142 Comments
  • Fb no brainer
    Sep 28, 2018 32
  • Nvidia
    dielsldr

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    dielsldr
    Google !
    Sep 27, 2018 4
    • Google
      goodbug

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      goodbug
      It’s a tradeoff between velocity and security. Such overhead actually also make some experiments much slower. Sometimes you only want to try out some new ideas for probably a week, but it may take more than a month to request the data access, which is very discouraging.

      I don’t blame Google, but just let you know taking privacy serious may conflict with FB moving fast culture to some extent. In Google, people get used to move slowly but more stably.
      Sep 30, 2018
    • My comment was around the fact that their business also depends on people’s privacy as much as FB’s.
      Sep 30, 2018
  • I want to recommend Facebook but I really can’t. The management style here is like a bunch of micro managers who helicopters over you all the time. And although they try to train managers to care about people but they really aren’t. Managers here just do things to make you work more. Besides, the company is run by a bunch of young people who lack maturity and experience. If you like working with a bunch of kids, come. A lot of things being done in the company lack both breadth and depth compared to G. Finally, I have to concur that it’s similar to Amazon in many regards: a software sweatshop just with better perks.

    Also, just to caution a bunch of people’s naive thinking on quick promotions. If you get quickly promoted to E5 without at least 6-8 years of experiences, do you think you’d have an easy time to find a job elsewhere with same level?

    There’re also so many managers here who won’t be able to get the same job title anywhere else because of their lack of years of experiences and maturity. So they’re stuck in this company. How many F500 companies have directors and VPs who are less than 35 years old?
    Sep 29, 2018 3
    • Facebook
      ajsja

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      PRE
      Oracle
      ajsja
      Mink, this guy is an idiot. move slow, please go back to some crusty old company like Oracle and fester into a moldering heap of useslessness.

      It's not about age, it's about talent. There are plenty of good managers in their 30s.

      p.s. moveslow, I'm probably a lot older than you but appreciate having a younger and vibrant engineering org than when I was at HP and oracle in the 80s and 90s.
      Sep 29, 2018
    • Facebook / Eng
      Uuuuuuuuuu

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      Uuuuuuuuuu
      Just quit move slow.
      Sep 30, 2018
  • Airbnb
    Pwosn

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    Pwosn
    Google
    Sep 27, 2018 1
  • Yahoo
    Lord Vader

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    Lord Vader
    Google
    Sep 27, 2018 1