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Stillwater

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Stillwater
Jun 29, 2018 16 Comments

I'm (gr8 senior engineer, TC 165k Portland) evaluating a job offer with Facebook (ic5 researcher Seattle, recruiter still chopping it up with comp team about TC) and the Search team is an option; any insights about the team from this forum? (Note: I'm already aware of problems with search, so no need to provide that kind of input, thanks.)

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  • Facebook / Eng
    mrballz

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    Microsoft
    mrballz
    I work with a few folks on the search team and they seem to be sold. Lots of opportunities there.
    Jun 29, 2018 2
  • Snapchat / Eng
    camera-co

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    camera-co
    165k is great for Portland, why are you interested in leaving?
    Jun 29, 2018 2
    • Intel
      Stillwater

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      Long story with little specifics. I have been miserable with this company for a few years (3 out of 6). Without disclosing too much, I worked very hard from phd RCG to team lead to a manager within a year, worked with Intel job coaches, mentors, internally networked, grew my skillset, and waited patiently for a role on a research team. Times up and none of it has delivered a role Im interested in and that will utilize my skillset. I thought it was my skill set and interviewing qualitiy, so I worked on that for awhile applying externally. Turns out thats not the case bc I received external offers this year from smaller and bigger companies. This is purely a career (and sanity) move not money move.

      My current TC includes a huge stock bump I got for a promotion a few years back.
      Jun 29, 2018
    • Intel
      tuoppp

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      tuoppp
      Sad because you are among the minority who prefer to stay at Intel despite that you don't get fancy perks or obscene pay, and don't get transparent and competent executive leaders ! TC of $165k does go a long way in Portland though.
      Jun 29, 2018
  • Facebook search sucks and needs all the help it can get
    Jul 1, 2018 2
  • Google
    waff

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    waff
    If a company is serious about search, its a great problem to work on and as close as it can get to research. Fb being a product heavy place overall, I would bet anything else there would suit your taste. Congrats!
    Jun 29, 2018 1
  • Uber
    Tfffft

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    Tfffft
    They’ll probably try to sell you on it being a big opportunity to be like google search, but ~90% of searches are for people
    Jul 2, 2018 0