Promotion at FB

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DsaO60

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DsaO60
Mar 28, 2019 12 Comments

Starting at FB soon as an E4. What is the best way forward for promotion? First time working in big tech.

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  • Apple
    lbtvitub1

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    lbtvitub1
    Move fast. Break things
    Mar 28, 2019 0
  • Facebook / Eng
    yasha

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    Facebook
    yasha
    New E5 here and recently got DE, my advice is to focus on learning and long term growth. Do good work, take initiative, and make impact. People will trust you and give you bigger projects, then promo will follow. Good luck!
    Mar 28, 2019 2
  • Amazon
    J.B.

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    J.B.
    First focus on not getting fired
    Mar 28, 2019 3
    • It does, actually E4 can be the more dangerous role in that regard based on my observations. Reason being the bar is higher to get in as E5 and ratings are more forgiving. E4 is meant to be on consistent path to E5 and not an E3 who is very forgivable on get go.

      BUT, majority will be just fine, even those that stress out with impostor syndrome. Just ramp up and be keen on doing things with good quality and focus as much as you can. That puts you on best path for promo and success. Probably works everywhere
      Mar 28, 2019
    • Amazon / Eng
      lockkey

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      lockkey
      I was surprised during a recent "informal" chat with a manager before moving forward with a L4 loop that he touted FBs policy of actively managing out L4s who aren't promoted after ~3 years.

      It actually sounds appealing from where I'm at in Amazon where I feel like I'm fighting against SDE2s with 4-6 years at that level for juicy enough projects to work toward promo.
      Mar 28, 2019
  • New / Eng
    JesusC

    New Eng

    JesusC
    Yoe? & how did you prepare for interviews?
    Mar 28, 2019 1
  • New
    arch135

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    arch135
    Good luck .. How’s namely ?
    Mar 28, 2019 0