Is there anyone here or know someone who is? What is it like? Being in an android first company, I wonder how iOS engineers feel there . Do you think you get growth opportunities and to make an impact there? Background: I am an iOS engineer at Facebook and wonder whether I should keep Google on my list of potential employers to work for in future (the recruiter keeps emailing me).
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It is no longer Android first here. Andy is gone. iOS developers here are a hot commodity.
Cool, would you shed some more light on this? Are there new exciting projects starting? Is there a bigger shift in strategy at company level?
Yes, there are always new projects starting. I'm sure you saw the recent announcements about Allo and Duo.
Just be warned that G code quality is very high. That means you can spend days in code review while your teammates continue spotting different caveats in your change list. The quality of code is usually valued much more than how fast you're moving.
On other hand, that's ideal place to learn hard skills and become a super star engineer if you survive. And speed comes later with experience, but you don't break things anymore. That's why senior engineer at G >> senior engineer at FB.
Regarding iOS side, it's just freaking awesome. You'll become a top tier world class iOS expert in a year or so if end up in a right team with experienced engineers who work on a new product.
LinkedIn- I am not a big fan of move fast and break things approach (I like to pay attention to code quality).
Do they still believe that at fb now? I would have thought they matured by now.
Move fast - yes, a lot. But not break things anymore. But there is still not enough emphasis/ reward system in place for writing high quality code and preventing bugs
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Yes there are opportunities and iOS folks are not looked down upon. I personally know a T6 iOS swe. I would say the internal build system support is not as good as for android, but otherwise, they have the same experience as any other engineer