I Got Into FAANG, Now What?

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ZnYsb61

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ZnYsb61
Nov 28, 2018 77 Comments

I’ll be starting at Apple in July once I graduate, working as a data scientist in the Services group in Cupertino.

This is my first job so I wanted to know from current FAANGers - what’s it like? What should I expect?

Also what should I do these next 6 months to best prepare for the start of my career?

Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated!

TC: 140k base /110k RSU / 15k signing

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  • Get into FNG now.
    Nov 28, 2018 18
    • Like I said you don't have an argument. You are the one making a controversial statement, so the onus is on you to provide an argument not for me to provide an argument for your own statement dummy. You seem bitter that you can't get into FB. Maybe if you spend more time doing Leetcode and less time making baseless arguments on Blind, you may actually have a shot.
      Dec 13, 2018
    • FMNG
      Dec 13, 2018
  • It sucks being a data scientist a.k.a. a data monkey. You should grow up to be an SDE.
    Nov 28, 2018 19
    • Spotify
      Nm3z2f

      Go to company page Spotify

      Nm3z2f
      I was just replying to the original comment that said exactly that. I don’t view any job on a product team as “better” since it’s a team for a reason.
      Nov 30, 2018
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      KnqJ7ah

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      KnqJ7ah
      @GE not sure if you have any reading comprehension skills but I would reread the parent comment
      Dec 1, 2018
  • Enjoy your time instead of focusing on preparing too much. A few lessons learned quickly after joining a company:
    - School work was much harder than real work but 40+ hrs a week eats up free time in a way that school never did
    - Most things you learn in school are pretty irrelevant once you start work, as are things like your GPA and test scores
    - You’ll never have summer break again so enjoy it
    Nov 28, 2018 3
  • Airbnb
    jim.hodlen

    Go to company page Airbnb

    jim.hodlen
    work hard, make history. oh wait you don’t work for amzn
    Nov 28, 2018 3
  • Lol, after all that you want to spend your last 6 months preparing?

    How about have some fun or travel?
    Nov 28, 2018 7
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      ZnYsb61

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      ZnYsb61
      OP
      No I’ve seen some clips of his (I.e. “so what you’re saying is...”) but couldn’t really get into him.

      I had my self development phase in high school via tony robbins, napoleon hill, eckhart tolle, etc. So his stuff doesn’t resonate too much
      Nov 28, 2018
    • Ok, well you and I are definitely very different people. Ill just exit thread.
      Nov 28, 2018