FB E7 IC experience

Google
bewq

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bewq
Apr 7, 2020 57 Comments

I'm an L7 (Sr staff) at Google. I have an offer for E7 IC from Facebook. How is the E7 experience at FB compared to other companies -- onboarding, role expectations, etc. Any info welcome!
Current TC is 780k
Facebook offer is for 950k

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  • Twitter
    Alaska ,

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    Alaska ,
    This guy fucks.
    Apr 7, 2020 0
  • New
    wo xo

    New

    wo xo
    TC or GTFO.

    If you are worried you will be 'found' on blind by FB recruiters then don't be. They have no reason to revoke the offer. You are an L7 at Google so not really desperate for it.

    Your data point gives us an insight we don't usually get.
    Apr 7, 2020 2
  • Niantic
    Yicd09

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    Yicd09
    Can't speak to E7, but I do have the E6 experience. Facebook has much more of a "hustle" culture than Google. Google almost doesn't seem to care what some groups do (though that varies greatly by team) as long as they get the space to do cool things; Facebook will tie you to metrics and expect you to deliver and ship on them. Google is a better place to be creative, FB is a better place to deliver. I enjoy Google's culture more, but the offer FB made you is very good for E7.
    Apr 8, 2020 3
    • Niantic
      Yicd09

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      Yicd09
      Hard to say. What do you want your image within the company to be? E6 entails some cross-functional leadership even in an IC capacity; E7 probably much more. Do you want to be "the senior staff engineer" who people look up to in awe in order to solve their problems, or just "one of the folks" on the team? Both have their place. You'll still have to solve the same problems and involve the same people, so it's about the approach you want to cultivate.
      Apr 8, 2020
    • Apple
      mcpf

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      mcpf
      @yicd09 —

      Thanks for the response! I am currently considering a e7 role, so this answer is very helpful.

      You mentioned 2 types of approached and said both have their place.

      A follow up on that — are you saying Facebook e7 role does not place a premium on one of the approaches?

      Also you mentioned that E6 and e7 role is responsible for cross-functional work.

      By that do you mean — cross-team work? Or something else? Whether it is cross-team or not depends on how flat the organization is and who the E6/e7 reports to, so I am confused a bit on that.

      Does Facebook require a certain proportion of cross functional work every 6 months for the Psc? Wondering how does that allow place for deep engineering work — like perhaps designing/implementing the core replication protocol of cross-region replication.
      Apr 26, 2021
  • Google
    Kokowawa

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    Kokowawa
    Peanuts. Wouldn’t get out of bed for that TC.
    Apr 7, 2020 3
  • What’s the breakdown of the offer
    May 6, 2020 5