![]() Nowadays, I can get an interview with just about any company that is considered on-par with the company that I am currently with, and anywhere outside of big tech (except fintech). Now recruiters from these same companies that said I lacked industry exp are reaching out to me for opportunities. It wasn't until I got a contract position at a major company that I started getting attention from recruiters and, more importantly, getting the opportunity to interview with well known companies. Recruiters at larger companies would not waste their time reaching out to me on LinkedIn. Any feedback I would receive would be that I didn't have industry/background experience. We like to think of startups, for instance, as scrappy and lean but the reality is that putting everything together with duct tape and prayer has some VERY real consequences, and it can allow some really terrible organizational habits to fester.Īside from the obvious money and prestige, it is also about validation.Ĭracking FAANG interviews are tough and having FAANG and other big tech on your resume/cv assures that you will not be denied future relevant opportunities based on work experience.Īnecdotally, I spent (wasted) several years working for smaller, unknown companies for low TC and would get auto-rejected from just about every major company I applied to. That's far from everyone's experience, but what I will say is that FAANGs can at least AFFORD to have expertise & infrastructure & support around that many smaller organizations either cannot or don't want to spend the money on, and that can mean very real opportunities to grow and develop on top of the actual salary. The FAANG job I am at has, shockingly, been one of the most healthy work environments I've been in with the most real mentorship, the most expertise among coworkers, and the clearest path or paths to where I want to go. "Wear many hats" is often a good synonym for "we don't know what we're doing" and outside the people the founders personally like, there can be a lot less career growth and mobility when you're at an organization that doesn't have a clear, thought out plan. I think people vastly over-romanticize smaller organizations when the reality is that a lack of process often ends up hurting more than it helps. I've seen some GNARLY practices at a lot of startups or smaller companies. Not sure if that quite answers your question, let me know if I can elaborate! Knowing how to use tools like SQL, spark, etc is obviously important but doesn’t mean anything to them if you don’t know how to select the right tool for the job and apply it correctively and often creatively.Īt least this is how my experience at Amazon was and how the interview process at Facebook also seemed similar (rejected the offer bc I didn’t want to live in Menlo Park). As a result, there’s a big emphasis on what you’re able to do, and less of a focus on credentials, titles, arbitrary experience by association rather than hands on building, etc. Engineers at these companies really are kind of cogs in the machine and are expected to be able to hold their own in order for the machine to perform smoothly. One difference between FAANG and a lot of other companies is how “individual contributor” focused FAANG is. If you know anyone, don’t be shy to ask them for a referral, hell, they get paid big bonuses to refer. The reason is just the sheer number of people applying to roles. As bad as this sounds, FAANG really relies on referrals for selecting interview candidates. Good question, I think you’re probably qualified. Those are the people who make it part of their identity. ![]() Some people like the “prestige” but personally I noticed those people working crazy long hours and being manipulated the most via corporate kool-aid. Not saying this is how it “should” be, because I definitely don’t think that, but I think if you ask anyone who worked at FAANG not as their first tech job, you will have a hard time finding anyone whose pay or market desirability hasn’t undergone a dramatic change as a result. Applying to jobs after having a FAANG company on my resume was a night and day difference from what it was before I got responses from everywhere that was still looking and the companies were bending over backwards to try to beat other offers rather than me trying to convince them to hire me, which is what I had been used to.įunny thing is, I’m still dumb as hell, I just happen to have a company on my resume. My income doubled over the course of 3 years from what I was making prior to Amazon and what I make now with Amazon on my resume.
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