AWS EC2 vs GCP vs FB - Seattle?

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reInvent

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reInvent
Dec 15, 2019 15 Comments

Hey guys. Generally speaking, which do you guys consider a better place to be?

L5 AWS EC2, L4 GCP, E4 Facebook in Seattle?

I’m assuming all TCs are around ~220k. I’m currently an SDE1 @ AWS EC2, and am speculating potential exit opportunities after promotion.

Current TC: ~160k

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  • Google / Eng
    dontbevil!

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    dontbevil!
    I don't know why so much hatred towards gcp.i joined in May and I feel it's kinda fine. I feel people are smart and work is good. Maybe because lot of hiring is happening in cloud and quality might degrade
    Dec 15, 2019 5
    • Google
      pc-princip

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      pc-princip
      Well the first mover advantage be relevant for ever when multi cloud of where everyone is moving to.. don't think so
      Dec 16, 2019
    • I don’t know if Azure is technically better, I tried to use it once and I had a hard time to wrap my head around it. But still a lot of companies including DoD prefer Azure these days.
      Dec 16, 2019
  • Amazon
    _Hokage_

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    _Hokage_
    E4 FB. Going to gcp would be like dating a 8/10 and downgrading to a 4/10z
    Dec 15, 2019 0
  • Oracle / Eng
    vAPF84

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    vAPF84
    Do you have to go to GCP? Can you go to any other org.
    Imo being a generalist hire at FB is the coolest option out there since you can choose any team you want after bootcamp which is so cool. You have 3 months to experiemnt different things and then choose your team.
    Dec 15, 2019 0
  • Amazon
    reInvent

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    reInvent
    OP
    So it seems people are saying Facebook E4 is a great place.

    I do have mobility within AWS, and Amazon as a whole.

    Does GCP not look as good on the resume as AWS? Also, is it possible to transfer internally once you’re in GCP to, say, Search?
    Dec 16, 2019 1
    • Oracle / Eng
      vAPF84

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      vAPF84
      No one cares if you are in GCP or Search, working at Google is good enough.

      Of course if you do good work it is better but unlike Amazon where AWS has great quality and not true for rest of Amazon, the bar at Google is more or less kept uniform.
      Dec 16, 2019
  • Amazon
    crontab

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    crontab
    You should try something new every so often and reInvent yourself.
    Dec 15, 2019 0