I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe • Hacker News Board

Re: I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe

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Post by throwaway81348 » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

Jenk wrote: post #77

throwaway81348 wrote: post #76

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>share-options "valued at" £200K+ (but likely will barely get £50k when vested after 5 years of active tenure.) This is a dangerous misconception to have. You may not want to work at FAANG which is fine. Otherwise don't shoot yourself in the foot by misunderstanding pay structure. Public companies such as FB pay in liquid stock, that vests over some period of time. These are not options. You get 200K every year, imme…

I appreciate the clarification. It's not an indication of my desire to work at a FAANG or not. My own experience is from publically trading companies, whom offered options with (typically) 3-5 year vesting periods. However.. > Public companies such as FB pay in liquid stock, that *vests over some period of time*. And > immediately sellable Are a contradiction, no?

the difference is that this is public stock and so you can sell as soon as it vests. Different from private options/RSU that can only be sold on secondary market, which is not as easy.

Re: I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe

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Post by taylodl » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 7:41 PM UTC

jcun4128 wrote: post #75

taylodl wrote: post #73

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You're focused on delivering solutions. I've been programming for 35 years now and I know all this fancy-schmancy CS stuff - have a degree in CS and mathematics to go along with it - and you know how often I need to worry about this? Especially these days? Hardly ever. So don't worry about not considering yourself to be a programmer. Build solutions, delight your customers, and call it a day.

Yeah I mean I still get paid/can't complain. I just feel concerned when people rattle off these algorithms and what not and I don't use it day to day... maybe it's FOMO.

Yeah, I've found there's two kinds of programmers: those who consistently deliver value, and those who pontificate over which algorithm to use and miss deadlines! :)

99.9% of the time it makes no difference whatsoever and when it does, Stack Overflow is only a click away!

Re: I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe

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Post by mabbo » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 9:15 PM UTC

glenngillen wrote: post #37

tyingq wrote: post #36

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Often the interviewers ask variations of the same question. Variations of "What's your weak spot?", "Tell me about an example where you coached someone", "Walk me through an ethical dilemma you've had", "Why do you want to work here" and so on. Seems unfair to penalize for "same story" when there's "same question".

These aren’t examples of questions you’ll get in the Amazon interview process. It’s also 4-8hrs of interviews just for the final loop. So you’ll get some overlap, but also literally hours of other topics. If hours of conversation are anchored to the same single event it’s unlikely to reflect well.

5 hours max these days unless it's for a very senior role.

Every interviewer has a leadership principal or two they need to get data points about. And there's a database of questions to ask that help specifically learn about that LP.

And it all has to fit inside the same hour as a technical question.