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Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by bhaney »

ro_bit wrote: post #4

While the sentiments might be popular, I think this is fake. There are only a few trillion dollar companies, and none of them are offering 250k entry level SWE (highest I see is 180, but I haven't checked thorougly) E: This comment was made under the false assumption that the original poster was entry level. Since it's implied they aren't, it could be very real.

Where did "entry level SWE" come from? The poster said they've been with this company for one year, not that this is their first year in the industry.

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by ro_bit »

bazil376 wrote: post #7
ro_bit wrote: post #4

While the sentiments might be popular, I think this is fake. There are only a few trillion dollar companies, and none of them are offering 250k entry level SWE (highest I see is 180, but I haven't checked thorougly) E: This comment was made under the false assumption that the original poster was entry level. Since it's implied they aren't, it could be very real.

The person on Reddit referenced how things were at their previous job, so probably not entry level

Ah, my mistake. If it isn't entry level this is realistic. I'll edit my comment

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by Gunax »

Ive been at Meta and Amazon and did not experience anything like this.

But, it can definitely be true. The reality is that are just so big, they don't really have a doscernable culture. The difference between orgs is enormous.

And the difference in business units (eg between Facebook vs Oculus vs internal tools or AWS vs Twitch vs Amazon operations) is even greater.

One plus of big tech is that means you can change teams and get a very different experience.

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by csa »

ro_bit wrote: post #4

While the sentiments might be popular, I think this is fake. There are only a few trillion dollar companies, and none of them are offering 250k entry level SWE (highest I see is 180, but I haven't checked thorougly) E: This comment was made under the false assumption that the original poster was entry level. Since it's implied they aren't, it could be very real.

> none of them are offering 250k entry level SWE

Nowhere in the post or commments does he say he’s entry level — maybe I missed it. It’s also not his first job.

I will also add that there are tech companies that offer total comp of $250k+ for entry level positions. Are your figures just salary or are they total comp?

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by silisili »

paxys wrote: post #13

I don't understand why people feel the need to cross-post random Reddit threads over here. If you are interested in discussing it then just do it directly on Reddit? Such content is adding no value here.

Agreed. I've just started flagging them, unless it's something super interesting and/or niche.

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by manwithnoplan »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #5

Let's not just cross-post from Reddit to HN. It's pretty duplicative.

I think it might be interesting to see how different communities react to the same information.

In this case Hacker News gets to see the Reddit conversation unfold and kind of have a meta conversation about that, too, which I think is fun.

Re: Rant: I'm one year in at a big tech company, and I hate it

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Post by politelemon »

paxys wrote: post #13

I don't understand why people feel the need to cross-post random Reddit threads over here. If you are interested in discussing it then just do it directly on Reddit? Such content is adding no value here.

The same should be said for twitter threads, which are far less accessible, and yet we see lots of those posted here. They are still permitted despite the login wall rule

The reason is it's an interesting topic, not everyone has an account there, and it's good to have a meta or different discussion. So on the contrary, it adds good value.

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