I’m currently at Instagram and have a PM offer from Google Cloud. Would it be better to shift to Cloud? Cloud is not exactly profitable but it’s Google at the end of the day. Instagram is profitable and with Twitter going down it will be the most successful US social media platform. Future career opportunity wise will I get more options in other top companies if I’m in the Cloud networking space or Instagram ML space is better? Finally growth wise I’ve heard it’s very difficult to get promoted in Google as compared to Meta. Is this true? What does it take to grow faster apart from working hard and completing goals? Appreciate all the help! TC: 290K 6 YOE
What level are you at Meta? And what level offer are you expecting at G?
Stay put.
I’ve heard from my friends at IG that there’s lots of redundant teams with overlapping surface area. Sure, lots of people use the app, but the app isn’t that big nor complicated. On the other hand, GCP’s scope is huge. You’re building a cloud and a variety of managed solutions that have to scale and have enterprise-level reliability. I agree that META has a much faster promo path. But at the end of the day, you’re probably not owning that much - maybe a small feature here that increases utilization by .01%. At GCP, depending on the team, you have the opportunity to build core engineering infrastructure from the ground up.
That’s cool, good for you. Honestly. But there’s a trade off, I’m guessing the scope per change is small - it has to be given how much people it affects. And ship criteria is oftentimes unclear- you look at some metrics and some AB test and that determines if you’re able to expand on your change or not. From my experience, enterprise development is often bigger picture driven. You start with an ambitious goal and vision and work from there. There is clearer direction and the scope for a product leader can be large. At Meta or any consumer driven product, you start small and try lots of things to see what sticks.
Thanks Databricks. Your answer helps a lot.
As a SWE, yes. As a PM, maybe not.
If you want to stay in consumer products/social media as a PM,I would stay. GCP is such a different product that you’ll need to be comfortable with it to attend to all PM responsibilities.
My background before Meta was kn networking so that’s fine
How is the chief?
Lol Twitter going down.. how are you a pm..
Say who ? 😂