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I should feel bad for giving this advice, but fuck these bloated mega-rich companies if they refuse to get their shit together.
I'll be around to answer questions, and I'll tag in Kevin, the author, as well (I just edited it).
Tangentially related, is it worth it to do the leetcode grind and all the FAANG-interview preparations if I'm always planning on working remote? Are there remote companies with FAANG-level compensation that would warrant this sort of interview prep?
Its the difference between making 400k+ a year and retiring early, versus grinding away on software
All of the FAANGs are various levels of unethical, or a net negative for society in my estimation. No more interviewing there for me.
Soloing out Netflix, is there anything particularly wrong with them? I have significant gripes with all the others but no specifics about Netflix.
All of the FAANGs are various levels of unethical, or a net negative for society in my estimation. No more interviewing there for me.
Just a heads up to anybody super starry-eyed about fang, I worked 10+ years non-fang, and tried fang, and it was absolutely miserable, one of my least favorite jobs of my career. Yes I made a lot, but I also worked and stressed proportionally more. YMMV.
Most people I know say the same, but they stay. You can be at a non-FAANG and work for half the pay (and often be just as miserable) or you can work at FAANG, own a house, not worry about money, and often do not much work. Misery is part of the package.
I don't know, I've walked into these interviews with zero preparation and succeeded. And I've failed FAANG-ish interviews where no amount of leetcode grinding would have helped me. In my opinion, it's getting rather silly. They're scaring off and filtering out excellent candidates with these excessive processes. None of them even cared about my Github repository that's full of code I write for fun. Software developer…
Most of the semi-successful companies don't need to be "the innovation machine".
I don't know, I've walked into these interviews with zero preparation and succeeded. And I've failed FAANG-ish interviews where no amount of leetcode grinding would have helped me. In my opinion, it's getting rather silly. They're scaring off and filtering out excellent candidates with these excessive processes. None of them even cared about my Github repository that's full of code I write for fun. Software developer…
Im not victim blaming by saying you may just be applying to the wrong places, am I