Can I switch to FAANG (or any product based company)? Currently working at service based on tech stack mostly used by service based only.

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I have close to 14 years of experience mostly in development and solution architecture. Right now I am working in a top FMCG company for 3 years now and now I want to switch to technical product based company such as FAANG , Salesforce and so. I need some help/suggestions on how should I move forward for the preparation.rrwuest you guys to share your experiences as well

Need help to prepare for FAANG

Solution Architect

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Can someone here suggest what should be the road map to get into FAANG or to any product based companies? Anyone changes from service organisations to product based companies and how did you achieve ?

Software Developer

I am a software engineer with 2+years of experience at a product based company. My current CTC is around 10 lpa which I feel is below market standards. Also my wlb is terrible and growth at my current organisation has become stagnant. I mostly work on bug fixes and some minor feature enhancements.
What are the skills that are required to switch to a product based company as soon as possible with at least 15-17 lpa ? Currently I am not aiming for big tech ( FAANG) type companies as I know these will require thorough DSA , System design preparations which is not possible with my current job.

Need Guidance

Is anyone who had switched from prod to service based , why did you do that ? Recently i had read a post where people are talking about low quality work on FAANG and high quality work on startups. I had personally seen a manager coming from Microsoft to Wipro , and  a guy from Amazon to IBM .... ??

Switch Product to Service based Companies

Cloud Architect

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Seeking advice - FAANG or startup?

I have received an offer from B2B startup, fairly early stage bootstrapped and going for series A this year.
Base 45
JB 2
Variable 12%
And esops worth 30L over four years
Role SDE 2

YOE 3.5

should i still try for faang or go with this for a year, i really liked the people and team here and they are fully commited to making this startup a success and even their last company got accquired.

Should I choose 45L or wait for FAANG?

Hey everyone,

I'm currently working as a SDE at a startup with about three years of experience. I'm considering making a move, and I've received an offer from an early-stage startup where I'd be joining as a founding engineer.
My main motivation for wanting to switch to some startup is the potential for high learning and growth opportunities, especially since I'm still relatively early in my career. However, I'm a bit torn between targeting multinational corporations (MNCs) like FAANG and sticking with startups.On one hand, MNCs offer more stability and potentially valuable stock options, which can be more than just paper money. 
So, my question is, should I prioritize learning and growth by staying with startups, or should I also consider the FAANG tag and potential stock benefits? Also Would there be any added advantage when I later interview at some FAANG , after working as a founding engineer for 3-4 years in some startup (given I’ll have to build multiple things from scratch and owning multiple modules). The base package for the offer I hold is roughly 
equivalent to what FAANGs pay at my level.

Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Seeking genuine advice FAANG or Startups ?

Hi Everyone, I have some 2 years of experience as a Java developer and I'm getting  6LPA so I wanted to work on FAANG company share your valuable advice and it's possibly got 50 LPA to share a road map.

How can I Enter into the FAANG Company

Associate

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Came across a twitter post where a user says its impossible for tier 3 college folks to crack FAANG with freshers/low experience. 

How is the work culture at FAANG ??? Do you all get to work on the world changing products there ?

FAANG folks plz answer. 

Exception is amazon. Would like to know the rest all companies work culture.

Working in FAANG

Software Engineer

Hi I want to get job at offcampus Microsoft, I am cse-2024 passout unplaced.

Tell me from scratch what all skills are required to crack Microsoft,what should all i have to do? (CP,DSA...etc? )
I am ready to work really super hard 

Please spare  2min time and comment it will help me a lot

Microsoft, help me

Yoe: 2.5
Tech stack: React Native, React JS
Current: 25 base 

Will Indian startups be willing to hire for this much base in current market? If yes, will the work life balance be absolute shit?

I’m currently working at a startup, want to switch
Please help a fellow SWE. Thanks 🙏

How realistic is it to get 36 LPA base

Frontend Engineer

I am a BCA graduate with 2 years of experience as an Automation tester in one of the MNC. I am trying to get into FAANG but I am not getting any response. Can someone provide some ideas to get into it??

How to get into FAANG

Test Engineer

Hi all,
What are some of the Big Tech companies who have *core* global product teams based out of India? Most roles I can find are for charters that are backend internal systems / non-core product streams / customizations for APAC or India. This is understandable since US alongside being their HQ, is also their largest market commercially by far. But was curious to see if there are any teams within Big Tech that are bucking that trend, and are building core products from India offices too.

Not restricted to FAANG but to Big Tech at large, including Walmart, Target, Stripe, Uber, Adobe etc.

Big Tech based out of India

Investor

Keep in consideration: Pay, WLB, culture, learning curve, when should we join (as a fresher or when retiring), growth, opportunites, etc

I will go first:
Any FAANG/ MAANG, so I can make a clout and start selling courses :)

Have heard about companies we shouldnt work for, how about a list of companies you want to work for?

Hi all,

As the title suggests, I want to break into FAANG and companies like Uber, Walmart, MSFT and the likes but unable to do so. 

A bit about me:

BITS Pilani 2021 grad. I have ~3 YOE as a PM, 2 years at a major ecommerce unicorn and now, I'm at a relatively mid series C startup. I had to quit that unicorn because of toxicity and health issues, I still kind of regret it.

For my next move, which I'm planning in the next 2 years, I want to get into FAANG+ companies, but I'm afraid that since I'm not working at a company like Swiggy/Flipkart or a company of equivalent brand value, I won't be able to make it even past the resume screening. 

What should I do from here? Is it impossible for me to get into the companies I have mentioned?

What should be my path to becoming a FAANG PM?

Product Manager

I have 8 years of experience working as a software Engineer, i worked for 3 startups in these 8 years, Now I am planning to switch and I have 2 offers one from a seed stage start-up and one from Faang like company. What should I choose. I am more into front end development, pay in startup is 10% less which is not a concern for me. I like working in startups, my only concern is how it will affect me in the long term maybe after 5-10 years.

Help me decide Startup vs Faang like company.

Hi,

I'm a PM and I've recently left my job at a unicorn to take up a higher position at an early stage venture. I'm only the second PM hire of the company which means a LOT of 0 to 1 building.

The work is pretty solid and my level of learning is far, far beyond what I was doing at my unicorn stint. I have a lot more autonomy here and my manager is great.

But lately, I've been feeling that this move would probably close my doors for FAANG or even companies like Flipkart and Zomato - because they'd probably pick someone from a unicorn company over me. 

Is my apprehension correct? I'm only 3 years into my career if that helps.

Thanks

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