Does T-Mobile look good to recruiters at faang/tech companies? My friend is a tpm there and wants to leave but is second guessing himself in terms of the places he thinks he can get into/apply for. Thoughts? Tc 120k
Yes the building is very tall.
Short answer is no.
Long answer is noooooo
Tmo is just another fortune 50 company. Nothing special about it other than it’s a large company and you might know how to lie/cheat/steal your way to the top better than someone coming from a smaller firm.
Best chance for a TPM at T-Mobile is for contract and hope you get picked up by a Software company. Prove themselves and go FTE.
Opinion from someone with FAANG and T-Mobile experience - I honestly don't think FAANG looks for talent at T-Mobile. I moved from FAANG (5 years) to startup to T-Mobile now and can't wait to get out ASAP. I got laid off and this was my best option. I do have FAANG recruiters still reaching out to me and I think it's because of past FAANG. I do think that might go away slowly the longer I stay here. T-Mobile is not a tech company and is very desperately trying to be. They are so far behind on how product/tech teams operate in FAANG that your skillset from T-Mobile is not very transferrable.
This!!!
The pain I feel relating to this lol
Yes
I think it's neutral. I don't think companies will ignore your resume because of TMO but it also isn't putting your resume on the top of a pile. Your friend just needs to apply and sell themselves well on their resume and in interviews.
Definitely no. Telecom is not looked at highly, certainly not as “tech”. Try to complete an intermediate step to a tech company and then shoot for the top of the pack.
Idk TPMs… for my previous xMTS/software developer peers at ATT/TMO/VZW, some of them now work in Google/Meta/AWS as SWE/Research Scientist/Architect in Cloud or Network/Head of engineers/Machine Learning Engineers..…
No one cares about tpms these are glorified clerks who have now found fancy sounding titles.
Looks like someone reports to a shitty tpm
You got that right mate , I’m a swe turned tpm, hate my life , the market is horrible at this time can’t wait to boomerang back