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Granted I've only attempted the Amazon interview of the FAANGs, but good job to the OP for cracking the FAANG interviews with only 60ish leetcode questions. I'm

Granted I've only attempted the Amazon interview of the FAANGs, but good job to the OP for cracking the FAANG interviews with only 60ish leetcode questions. I'm at 150 and have yet to crack any.

mhlakhani 4y ago
To be clear, I explicitly chose to not interview at FAANGs since I was previously at a FAANG and wanted to try my hand at a different type of company. I'd probably practice a bit more for FAANGs
- mixmastamyk 4y ago
  Can we just call it BigTech? Silly revolving acronym is probably closer to MAMA now... why is Netflix even a member other than to avoid a slur?
  - lesuorac 4y ago
    https://www.fastcompany.com/90790394/what-are-the-faang-companies https://www.fastcompany.com/90790394/what-are-the-faang-comp... They're in it because it was a bunch of high growth stock that also coincidentally paid very well so the name transfered from finance to programming.
  - Ancalagon 4y ago
    I prefer MA’AM tbh
- bradlys 4y ago
  Is the comp comparable to FAANG or is it a big step down? (At least in terms of liquid compensation) This is partially why I haven't been interviewing. All the big p(l)ayers have slowed down their hiring so much - why bother taking a role that pays less than half.
  - mhlakhani 4y ago
    It varied, but I would say most places I looked at were comparable (or higher). there were a few places with lower comp that I was OK with (startups, or nonprofits).
    - bradlys 4y ago
      What kind of places? Startups just don't pay the same amount. I'm not getting offers for $400k+ liquid from startups and most old corps, ever. Maybe you find one that pays half and that's about it.
  - jacurtis 4y ago
    Not OP. But I would say that from my experience (I've avoided FAANG for culture reasons, not interviewing reasons) and I can get comparable offers to my FAANG friends at least in terms of Salary & Benefits. The big difference is bonuses, specifically stock bonuses. So a lot of the crazy salaries you see people brag about are often taking stock programs into account. And because tech stock has been generally hockey stick growth, then the TC (total compensation) is too. But aside from the stock, you can get good salaries and benefits at lots of non-FAANG companies. I actually have better insurance than my brother-in-law does at his FAANG job, which is already considered very good. In fact its the best insurance i've ever had in my life.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      > The big difference is bonuses, specifically stock bonuses. Since stock makes up a large portion of $BigTech compensation, ignoring RSUs is not logical.
singron 4y ago
Wow. I thought 60 was a lot. I don't think I did any. Honestly, if you spend that much effort practicing something, and it's not paying off, you might have the wrong strategy. E.g. maybe you are failing something besides coding, or maybe you are missing some other fundamental background that you need to go back and study.
- deckard1 4y ago
  60 is quite low for leetcode. There are a few dozen patterns to learn. Most people will probably do on the order of 200-300 before they are truly comfortable. I've heard some people do it in as little as a month or two with 8 hour days. But most people can't do that because you will go insane and suffer extreme burnout. > if you spend that much effort yeah that doesn't start until like 400+ LC problems. If you're still struggling with mediums at that level then sure. But at <200? That's entirely normal. Sure you may get lucky and get in Google with 10 LC problems under your belt. But those are not good odds. Places are asking LC hard nowadays. And you really don't want to see what people in India are putting up with.

Granted I've only attempted the Amazon interview of the FAANGs, but good job to the OP for cracking the FAANG interviews with only 60ish leetcode questions. I'm at 150 and have yet to crack any.

mhlakhani 4y ago

To be clear, I explicitly chose to not interview at FAANGs since I was previously at a FAANG and wanted to try my hand at a different type of company. I'd probably practice a bit more for FAANGs

mixmastamyk 4y ago
Can we just call it BigTech? Silly revolving acronym is probably closer to MAMA now... why is Netflix even a member other than to avoid a slur?
- lesuorac 4y ago
  https://www.fastcompany.com/90790394/what-are-the-faang-companies https://www.fastcompany.com/90790394/what-are-the-faang-comp... They're in it because it was a bunch of high growth stock that also coincidentally paid very well so the name transfered from finance to programming.
- Ancalagon 4y ago
  I prefer MA’AM tbh
bradlys 4y ago
Is the comp comparable to FAANG or is it a big step down? (At least in terms of liquid compensation) This is partially why I haven't been interviewing. All the big p(l)ayers have slowed down their hiring so much - why bother taking a role that pays less than half.
- mhlakhani 4y ago
  It varied, but I would say most places I looked at were comparable (or higher). there were a few places with lower comp that I was OK with (startups, or nonprofits).
  - bradlys 4y ago
    What kind of places? Startups just don't pay the same amount. I'm not getting offers for $400k+ liquid from startups and most old corps, ever. Maybe you find one that pays half and that's about it.
- jacurtis 4y ago
  Not OP. But I would say that from my experience (I've avoided FAANG for culture reasons, not interviewing reasons) and I can get comparable offers to my FAANG friends at least in terms of Salary & Benefits. The big difference is bonuses, specifically stock bonuses. So a lot of the crazy salaries you see people brag about are often taking stock programs into account. And because tech stock has been generally hockey stick growth, then the TC (total compensation) is too. But aside from the stock, you can get good salaries and benefits at lots of non-FAANG companies. I actually have better insurance than my brother-in-law does at his FAANG job, which is already considered very good. In fact its the best insurance i've ever had in my life.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    > The big difference is bonuses, specifically stock bonuses. Since stock makes up a large portion of $BigTech compensation, ignoring RSUs is not logical.

singron 4y ago

Wow. I thought 60 was a lot. I don't think I did any. Honestly, if you spend that much effort practicing something, and it's not paying off, you might have the wrong strategy. E.g. maybe you are failing something besides coding, or maybe you are missing some other fundamental background that you need to go back and study.

deckard1 4y ago
60 is quite low for leetcode. There are a few dozen patterns to learn. Most people will probably do on the order of 200-300 before they are truly comfortable. I've heard some people do it in as little as a month or two with 8 hour days. But most people can't do that because you will go insane and suffer extreme burnout. > if you spend that much effort yeah that doesn't start until like 400+ LC problems. If you're still struggling with mediums at that level then sure. But at <200? That's entirely normal. Sure you may get lucky and get in Google with 10 LC problems under your belt. But those are not good odds. Places are asking LC hard nowadays. And you really don't want to see what people in India are putting up with.