Are projects at FAANGMULA actually interesting or are people just TC chasing?

Aug 21, 2021 16 Comments

I’m not talking about exceptions where you get to work on exciting new R&D projects. I’m talking about the majority of the FAANGMULA software engineers who just add features and fix bugs to existing code.

For reference: FAANGMULA = Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, Uber, Lyft, AirBnB

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  • I had more interesting work before and learned much more, but still highly recommend working in FAANG. I doubled my pay and now recruiters want to talk to me, so I will have more options in future.
    Aug 21, 2021 0
  • Facebook
    ⛑️'s dog

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    ⛑️'s dog
    Most of software engineering is plumbing bullshit. Even the seemingly "exciting" projects too boils down to the same stuff. Source: on a team that sounds "exciting"
    Aug 21, 2021 0
  • Xilinx
    ONTq85

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    ONTq85
    I was at smaller and medium size companies where most of the work were related to POC (proof of concept). These projects are interesting and let you work on the core concepts only, there is not much maintenance , support or world class standards you have to follow. Skills are sky rocketed in such projects which will help you fetch interview calls.
    However working in FANGMULA, I mostly experienced projects which are used by millions and billions ppl in the world, and getting in to core development teams is really tough moreover the solution is developed by hundreds and thousands of engineers so focus is more on quality which will actually be exploit proof, best in class performance etc. , rather then quickness to prove a small idea.
    So I have accepted this fact , work for small or medium size companies for first decade of your career then move to FANGMULA, learn skills related to leadership etc there
    Aug 21, 2021 1
  • Niantic
    cjsjaoq

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    cjsjaoq
    No one is interested in upgrading dependencies and moving protos, but that’s most of tech work
    Aug 21, 2021 0
  • Amazon
    dJAy14

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    dJAy14
    Software engineering at scale is mostly just dev ops/updating configs/fighting fires.
    Aug 21, 2021 3
    • Amazon
      dJAy14

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      dJAy14
      Tier 1 AWS service? I mean we have design too but at scale it seems to me even doing simple things like displaying some data on a UI takes a lot of work including design review.
      Aug 21, 2021
    • Amazon
      SpII40

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      SpII40
      new product in advertising org released in past year. Consumer facing and high growth.
      Aug 21, 2021