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aUiG11

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Jun 15, 2020 90 Comments

All things being equal - I have an E4 offer from FB, and T4 offer from Google. FB is NYC, Google is MTV or NYC, but let's lop them together and say Google NYC. Both offers around 270TC to start, I'm looking to make a decision based on something other than money.

Offers being equal/very close, which would you choose, and add comments as to why?

Currently SDE II at Amazon, 4 YOE, 180 TC but CAD in Toronto - so they're both a huge pay bump for me.

I value impact, learning and career growth, also I'm assuming WLB at both will be better than Amazon. Bonus if you have insights into the culture - where would you make more friends, which is funner to work at, better office quality, etc.

#facebook #google #whoyagot

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  • Facebook
    lgtmshipit

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    lgtmshipit
    "I value impact, learning and career growth"

    Chose FB, which is better on all 3 of these axis. Google is quite slow and bureaucratic and you'll be stuck at L4 for a while with stagnant TC. FB you can ship fast and often, learn more, get promoted quickly and raise your TC through better refreshers.

    I got from E3 to E6 in 3.5 years and know others here who have done the same. That's much harder/impossible at Google. Its a really fun time if your motivated and like meeting other motivated/ambitious folk.

    Edit: Google wins most polls but keep in mind most people voting haven't worked for either G/FB.
    Jun 15, 2020 7
    • I disagree, as someone who interned at both, Google has really high code quality standard, and you'll learn a lot more about best engineering practices from them.

      Facebook's code on the other hand is dogshit, and you won't really learn anything, except how to hack things and "ship them fast". But any idiot can ship things (that break) fast.
      Jun 17, 2020
    • Google / Eng
      jujubi428

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      jujubi428
      I agree as someone worked as FTE at both.
      Jun 17, 2020
  • Amazon
    NFEG08

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    NFEG08
    Facebook is a laughing stock, like id totally be embrassed to tell people I work for facebook. Only reason people work for such an embarrassing company is the TC. It's a shit company with useless social media products. If you are all about TC then aim for fintech otherwise goto Google where you can actually work on some decent products such as maps/search/YouTube and cloud. I work at Amazon and it's embrassing enough to work here (can't wait to leave) but its still a lot more useful than Facebook which everyone loves to shit on lol.
    Jun 15, 2020 8
  • Google / Eng
    trapthe🌧️

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    trapthe🌧️
    Google if you care more about learning good engineering topics and practice. Facebook if you want to promote faster and get higher TC
    Jun 15, 2020 5
  • Google
    Vuckerberg

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    Vuckerberg
    Is that extra 50-60k tc in the long run, on which you’ll pay 34% federal and 10.3% California (or 6.85% ny) tax worth you fucking up your wlb?
    If answer is yes -> fb. If no -> Google.
    Jun 15, 2020 13
  • Amazon
    zVjh74

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    zVjh74
    Google for sure. Better WLB, less chaotic internal culture, better leadership and brighter long term prospects.
    Jun 15, 2020 7