techelitism

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by techelitism 8y ago
You’re at Google now right? You people think anybody not at Google is an idiot. The reality is Amazon is extremely competently run given its size. The pace of innovation is astonishing. We might not be ubermensch but we get the job done, an
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Ask HN: What are the most impressive companies for new grads to join today?
10 points by techelitism 8y ago|6 comments
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by techelitism 8y ago
Would you think less of me as an employee of Apple instead of an employee of Facebook?
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by techelitism 8y ago
>> Seriously, it's the only decision that makes sense if one has the chops to get into one of those places. I don't apparently > I conclude those engineers have less prestige until they stay with those employers Well, I a
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by techelitism 8y ago
Weird. Are you saying the average Amazon or MS engineer has less prestige and that they are worse, if the companies are worse on average? I personally couldn't get into Facebook or Google. What does that make me?
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by techelitism 8y ago
Interesting. Out of curiosity, why don't they think Microsoft or Amazon are prestigious? Which one of those parameters do they fail?
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by techelitism 8y ago
I don’t live in the Valley, I just have a lot of accomplished friends/acquaintances
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by techelitism 8y ago
What other companies do your acquaintances working in tech consider “prestigious”?
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by techelitism 8y ago
What do you think of Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple? Are they worthy of your talents as well?
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by techelitism 8y ago
Total compensation obviously because FB stock is liquid. New grad salary is in the $110-115k range at FB. I know a few companies that do pay it or more base (2Sigma, Snowflake Computing and Jane Street come to mind). I had offers for $130k
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by techelitism 8y ago
I agree 100%. Working at Facebook (or making that much money) is my dream, one that seems to be slipping away.
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by techelitism 8y ago
Anecdotally most of my friends didn't even apply to internships/FT at Uber after their reputation got tarnished. Uber used to be my dream company, but after Fowler and their new grad pay started to go down I never even applied.
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by techelitism 8y ago
>Is it possible that someone smarter than you doesn’t want to work at Facebook? It's definitely possible, but they'd probably be working at another top tech company or finance company (think Citadel, Google, Jane Street) or sta
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by techelitism 8y ago
Few comments on this because I think about this quite a bit. 1) I always read these articles and sigh. Seems like they only focus on 2 elite tech companies at the expense of all the others while only interviewing students at the #1 CS schoo