Thinking of heading to FAANG from Goldman. Can anyone confirm what it is like inside FAANG?
Telling it as someone who comes from very Humble backgrounds(not IIT/NIT/IIM/ISB) and working in FAANG, it's pretty difficult. You are always considered lesser capable than those who have already been in the system from past few years and it's always your job to continuously prove you calibre.
At times you have to work a lot extra just to deliver better than those around you, your performance is assessed relative to the team and you somehow never should be amongst the bottom performers within your team else your promotions are screwed and you might be put in PIP/Focus.
What u are saying is amazon specific, get to other faang level companies it doesn’t matter. Or get into better team. Also once inside the company everyone is judged based on what they deliver.
All I'll say would definitely be from my own experience & specific to my company right? And my point being, whichever team someone will be in, they'll definitely have to keep delivering, which requires one to keep putting in a lot!
The reality is you don't have to be a genius to work at FAANG.
You have to be either lucky or a genius to get into FAANG though. There is also another way that if your startup gets acquired then you have an easy way inside. Some of my friends in SF got into FAANG that way. It is although not a replicable strategy because it is very rare.
The bigger these companies have become, the older is the software that you will probably be assigned to maintain. This is not fun. Maintaining is boring while creating is more enjoyable.
If you have worked for a tiny company and their web site goes down, you can fix it in the morning. If you work for FAANG, and anything goes down, it’s everyone online even at 3am.
However, it is mostly chill once you get inside. Easy to survive as long as you can do corp-speak lol.
Absolutely correct. The key is cracking the interview. Any yes, luck matters
Amazon is the worst place to work. Despite being one of the top performers they will put you in pip.
According to me, I can say that FAANG is definitely overhyped. Sure, these companies offer great salaries and some special perks, but they are not the be-all and end-all of a successful career in tech.
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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 ?
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