I got accepted @ Facebook E5. Recruiter said that "the interview went really well and she'll set up calls with a few team managers asap." Is it normal to "talk to a few team managers" at this stage, or is it a particularly auspicious sign? TC 280K (have an accepted L6 promo and upcoming Apple onsite). YoE: 3 + ML PhD from a top school. #facebook [Update: I managed to negotiate 205/620/100 which I'll accept. See my other post https://www.teamblind.com/post/My-TC-journey-120K-to-450K-in-3-years-EPpW5mwC if you're interested. I'm super grateful to the Blind community, negotiation would be hard without you all!]
So your TC is 280 now and you plan you ask for 521 with 3 yoe? Good luck!
It never hurts to ask. I had a 450k offer from a hedge fund in the past but rejected because i needed better wlb then (just had twins). My team at amzn is super chill. You may be underestimating how hard it is to find good computer vision people.
Which hedge fund? Can dm if needed
Borderline e6 lol. Why do people believe recruiter bs. You may get preallocated in which case you can only join a few preselected team 😉 . Welcome to FB
First of all how come this pre allocation comes in picture ?
@shesh, what do you mean 'you can only join a few years'? Is preallocation a bad thing?
He means you'll get your promo in a couple years, it's BS from the recruiter trying to promise you a promo that won't happen.
There is nothing called border line E6. You will get higher end of E5 band, like the rest of the offers going out. No one hires a lower band E5 externally.
Instead they just down level and give E4 , may be ? Lol
Bootcamp is for all engineers. Not all teams have ML needs, and teams that do have the need are looking for specific type of people. Usually ML engineers get preallocated so that they actually go to teams where their expertise will be useful. I’d consider preallocation a plus in general.
What is E6? I didn't see your original post. You are still E5. And yes it's normal to talk a few HMs because you're a specialist. You're often "soft" pre-allocated. Bootcamp is still there. You have an option to pick a team in some preallocated group.
Thank you, this clarifies things! The original post mentioned that recruiter said they were considering me for E6, but everyone got all "youre dumb recruiter's bsing you you're not getting promoted in the first day blah blah" so i removed that.
3 yoe for e6? Crazy.
Plus 5 yrs of phd with publications in top conferences. This counts a lot.
I am PhD with 10 yoe.