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Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by laweijfmvo » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:05 PM UTC

jabroni_salad wrote: post #4

thats every big company. Eventually there will be someone who makes a spreadsheet, sorts by a column, and makes a decision based on what they see. Or, perhaps they will send it to a management consultant who has been in the workforce for all of 6 months to make a powerpoint about the columns. Make sure you have a good rank on as many columns as possible.

similar to leetcode-style interviews, no one likes it, but when pressed no one can really come up with a better method (that doesn't open the company up for discrimination lawsuits, which is sadly important)

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by binarycrusader » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:08 PM UTC

jabroni_salad wrote: post #4

thats every big company. Eventually there will be someone who makes a spreadsheet, sorts by a column, and makes a decision based on what they see. Or, perhaps they will send it to a management consultant who has been in the workforce for all of 6 months to make a powerpoint about the columns. Make sure you have a good rank on as many columns as possible.

For what it’s worth, I’ve worked for three large tech companies (Sun, Oracle, and currently Microsoft) as a developer and none have been like this. I’m sure someone was tracking metrics but I never had to worry about metrics and have just focused on my development role.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by aantix » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:13 PM UTC

randshift wrote: post #3

Blind is such a toxic place... I always come off shocked at how awful people are on there. Only focused on "TC", and nothing else.

If you're working for someone else's dream, what else is there?

"TC" gives me and my family options to do other big things in the world.

Yes, I want to take two big family vacations a year, live in a great neighborhood/ school district, and give my kids extra opportunities.

Optimizing for "TC" makes sense.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by trenning » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

This is the SDE equivalent of an Amazon warehouse worker.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by me_again » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:16 PM UTC

Ah, the unassailable confidence required to work in one lower-level position at a company for 5 months and believe you know "How To Succeed" there.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by aaron_m04 » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

I wonder how many people at Meta are like this person.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by morelandjs » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:20 PM UTC

ohgodplsno wrote: post #10

davewritescode wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Blind self selects for people who want to brag about how much they're paid and people who think they're underpaid who want to validate those assumptions. It leads to a toxic community. There's so much more to work than compensation and this post proves it. Being on a good team is 100x more important than what you're paid. Good teams elevate engineers and give you a better career path in your future. I make SL level c…

For many devs, especially non SV people (or even non US people), a TC of 250k+ is more than life changing. It's "I never could have ever gotten this, and not only is my life set, the people around me are too". Needless to say, if I was offered these compensations (or higher), I'll gladly take even 10 years of incompetence around me to then be able to do fuck all for the rest of my life (or, well, things I actually en…

Very true. Golden handcuffs is an option, but you can also just liberate yourself from financial stress and help the people around you who need it. Not everyone is chasing a BMW or bragging rights.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by smrtinsert » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:21 PM UTC

me_again wrote: post #15

Ah, the unassailable confidence required to work in one lower-level position at a company for 5 months and believe you know "How To Succeed" there.

Ops post is a sarcastic take not a true guide (at least to my read)

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by karamanolev » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:22 PM UTC

aantix wrote: post #13

randshift wrote: post #3

Blind is such a toxic place... I always come off shocked at how awful people are on there. Only focused on "TC", and nothing else.

If you're working for someone else's dream, what else is there? "TC" gives me and my family options to do other big things in the world. Yes, I want to take two big family vacations a year, live in a great neighborhood/ school district, and give my kids extra opportunities. Optimizing for "TC" makes sense.

Being an IC doesn't inherently conflict with enjoying your work. Yes, TC is important and as you pointed out, it gives you options to do other things. OTOH, thinking that "someone else's dream" must necessarily be an awful daily grind is a folly - many people enjoy software engineering and it doesn't bother them that it's "someone else's dream". Being technically challenged brings them joy. Going one step further, you can actually enjoy the mission and the impact of your work, so not only is the process nice, but the result as well.

Re: How to succeed at Meta

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Post by jmk123 » Thu, Oct 13, 2022, 3:25 PM UTC

smrtinsert wrote: post #18

me_again wrote: post #15

Ah, the unassailable confidence required to work in one lower-level position at a company for 5 months and believe you know "How To Succeed" there.

Ops post is a sarcastic take not a true guide (at least to my read)

Having worked there for a while, I'm not sure I agree with your take.