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It's weirder than that. For Meta's interview, how well you do on preparing specifically for their interview and trying to max out the specific metrics that the
by busterarm 2y ago
It's weirder than that. For Meta's interview, how well you do on preparing specifically for their interview and trying to max out the specific metrics that they're judging you on isn't just tied to whether you get an offer or not but where in the scale they pay you.
They care a lot less about what you've done and where you are in your career, mainly because most of the what and how of the job is fairly unique to Meta.
They want good Meta employees and people who thrive specifically in their culture and not necessarily people with a career trajectory and goals beyond the company.
Turns out that there's a lot of over-achieving types out there whose sole desire in life is to be Good Germans. You will know immediately if this is or isn't you.
- geetee 2y agoIs it overachieving or seeing a shortcut to retirement?
- busterarm 2y agoEvery long-term Meta employee that I know has had their lifestyle grow to match their means and isn't any closer to their retirement than when they started. And in my circles we're talking people who've been there mostly in the 5-12 year range. In truth I really know just one retired FAANG engineer who put 12 years in at Microsoft until he was put on a team with a bad manager who had it out for him and stack ranked him out of the company. He's been happily working on side projects in the few years since that and sitting on his millions. It also doesn't hurt that his wife is also a Microsoft employee and is still there. Also I don't know if you've seen Meta offers in the last year or so since their layoffs but they've been absolutely lowballing the shit out of everyone they can justify doing so to.