The Snapchat thread.

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DieHard

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DieHard
May 10, 2016 35 Comments

Opening up this forum to discuss Snapchat. Would love to hear insiders and outsiders having 1st hand info on:
1. I read that their offers are at the very top end of the market. Any corroborations?
2. Above also translates to a high hiring bar. Any past experiences?
3. How is the engineering culture? Does the company have a lot of obnoxious strong-armers or humble collaborators?
4. Do engineers love to come to work or do they just feel handcuffed by the high equity component in their offers?
5. Do people think that it's on an acquisition track or an IPO?
6. Any predictions on IPO, future vs current valuations?

Thanks!

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  • So I've been a bit unhappy here at Snap for a number of reasons. Will refer to a Quora response as it reflect how I feel with exceptional accuracy. Especially the bit about the CEO
    May 10, 2016 3
    • Google
      zb

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      zb
      sounds like a classic case of "bozo explosion". I love the product. too bad it's going to end up like Twitter. great idea ruined by mismanagement.
      May 10, 2016
    • Amazon
      DieHard

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      DieHard
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      The above answer is relatively old and other snapchat engineers have responded to the quora answer.
      May 10, 2016
  • Google
    Bacefook

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    Bacefook
    7. If I want to find a mature, collaborative and nice environment to work in, should I rather go to Uber or to Snapchat?
    May 10, 2016 3
    • Uber
      Boo

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      Boo
      Did you ended up leaving TAm?
      May 10, 2016
    • Uber
      Uber eng

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      Uber eng
      Boo that's a yes "worked". I have to say that your experience of Uber is very much like your experience of America. It's like growing up in Compton vs Beverly Hills, then telling the world what America is like. Much of Growth (except maybe China growth) is exFB and the culture carries over thanks to PK, and us exFB ppl love it here. I hear horror stories about some backend infra teams of chaos, bickering, and insane work hours.

      Another thing to note is that uber is NOT like your typical dudebro tech company that created some social app -- more than half the company is operations and spread out around the world. Lots of biz Dev, legal and other functions.

      @Bacefook, you should decide where to go based on which company vision excites you most. We have a ton of ex Google here as well, and they joined for the vision. See one of our CEO's talks, like the one from TED. All big companies have toxic teams to avoid and teams that love coming in ever morning.
      May 10, 2016
  • I thought you were gonna post nude snaps...
    May 10, 2016 1
  • Someone needs to mix Blind with SnapChat so you can send anonymous nude photos to other people in your industry...
    May 10, 2016 2

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    • You're right! It's more than nudes! It's an experiment about narcissism and how it's a growing cancer across the world.
      May 12, 2016
    • I prefer rocking in my chair silently with a shotgun while staring. Seems to work wonders. That said I do use Snapchat and I still feel it's a narcissistic app. That's western culture in a nutshell though, all about the I.
      May 12, 2016