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I found the analysis on winners and losers for the Indian model to be lacking in depth. Specifically, if the Jio Platform truly intends to be a platform (as des

by wadkar 6y ago

I found the analysis on winners and losers for the Indian model to be lacking in depth. Specifically, if the Jio Platform truly intends to be a platform (as described by the Bill Gates line[1]) then it's a huge win for Indian companies and startup ecosystem. I wonder if FANGs will dramatically change their Indian operations and make their Indian subsidiaries the primary revenue engines with India first products and services. On a tangential note, what do these FANG subsidiaries in India primarily focus on? Is it more sales and business operations? Or do they also do "real software engineering" as well? Asking for a friend :)

flak48 6y ago
Amazon has teams with global and local impact, with the work somewhat on par with their US counterparts. Google generally has a bit of the shittier work in general (the permanent curse of India offices of US companies - local managers/directors having to beg and dig for work/charters). It's changing since Google Pay is run from India and other India specific teams are also coming to India. Google used to have the GSuite team in India that I think was shut down 3 years ago. Apple I think has a maps and small App Store/itunes team. (They are the exception since they don't seem to be seeking FANG like talent at least in India in terms of pay and candidate backgrounds) FB and Netflix don't have tech teams in India. All of FAANG have ops/business/sales team in India.
- wadkar 6y ago
  Ah now it makes sense why there are so many Amazon recruiters pinging and connecting on LinkedIn :-) Thanks, I am happy to know Google Pay is run from India. Hope things change for the better for Google SWE/SREs in India - I am sure they're at par if not better than their Googleplex counterparts.
  - balladeer 6y ago
    > I am sure they're at par if not better than their Googleplex counterparts I have heard it's not. PS. Amazon's work-life balance is is non-existent in most teams.
    - wadkar 6y ago
      > I have heard it’s not. Really? I was under the impression that the Hyderabad/Banglore office is old enough that they must’ve figured out their hiring process by now. You would expect at least great Infra/SRE support teams for Google Pay - as it’s an India centric product. As for Amazon - yeah, read those stories here on HN but not sure what to make of it. They must be having huge churn in that case.

by wadkar 6y ago

flak48 6y ago

Amazon has teams with global and local impact, with the work somewhat on par with their US counterparts. Google generally has a bit of the shittier work in general (the permanent curse of India offices of US companies - local managers/directors having to beg and dig for work/charters). It's changing since Google Pay is run from India and other India specific teams are also coming to India. Google used to have the GSuite team in India that I think was shut down 3 years ago. Apple I think has a maps and small App Store/itunes team. (They are the exception since they don't seem to be seeking FANG like talent at least in India in terms of pay and candidate backgrounds) FB and Netflix don't have tech teams in India. All of FAANG have ops/business/sales team in India.

wadkar 6y ago
Ah now it makes sense why there are so many Amazon recruiters pinging and connecting on LinkedIn :-) Thanks, I am happy to know Google Pay is run from India. Hope things change for the better for Google SWE/SREs in India - I am sure they're at par if not better than their Googleplex counterparts.
- balladeer 6y ago
  > I am sure they're at par if not better than their Googleplex counterparts I have heard it's not. PS. Amazon's work-life balance is is non-existent in most teams.
  - wadkar 6y ago
    > I have heard it’s not. Really? I was under the impression that the Hyderabad/Banglore office is old enough that they must’ve figured out their hiring process by now. You would expect at least great Infra/SRE support teams for Google Pay - as it’s an India centric product. As for Amazon - yeah, read those stories here on HN but not sure what to make of it. They must be having huge churn in that case.