I don’t work in tech but have always wondered what it’s like. I’m shocked to hear how the salary and compensation works. All of us outside of tech assume it’s all big $$ for everyone, but I guess it makes sense that that’s not always the case.
The more I listen to you, the more I don't want to work for a FANG company. I got a friend who works at Amazon as a manager and he tells me to come work for Amazon. I just don't got that desire to study to remember garbage coding questions. At one point, I went through this interview process. I went all the way to the hiring manager. At Microsoft, Amazon, FB at the time. I had several rounds with MS, where they asked me to come back to interview for a different team and I never got one offer. I remember being sharpe and in the zone at the time. Not sure I could put myself through this. Also the last place I would want to work is Amazon. I will never do page duty. Also based on the team you work for, you will get worked to death on holidays and prime days to make sure everything is running. So forget getting any holidays off. That kind of quality of life trade off for me dosen't work. Thanks for sharing some insight with your experience working at Amazon.
Hi, amazing video. If you could talk more about relation between visibility, impact and promotions, would be great. I just got into one of those companies and I feel that being on the right project at the right time (and no later) is way more important for promotions than hard working.
I think having developers and higher level employees banded apart is a negative. There is symbiosis between having an idea, and making it reality with computer code. If you have to do everything through project spec, it takes you a week just to figure out that the results sucks, where as if you both have the idea and you are coding it yourself, you figure out the idea sucks really quickly, sometimes before you even reach the semicolon. I think a company can get by on far fewer employees when there are fewer tiers between the "idea people" and those who implement the ideas.
Glad I didn't pursue an SDE II job a few weeks ago (they asked for a live coding interview) in favor of a medical IT job at my town of birth. This sounds extremely stressful without a pay to make up for it.
The problem with these internships, at least for the science internships, is that you have to be currently enrolled in school. I'm guessing the graduate hires are the same way, and have to be fresh out of school. Oh my, the networking, referrals and social proof you needed to get in is insane. I don't think normal programmers can pull that off. Now I see why some outsourced/remote Russian programmers get paid just $13/hr.
I'm from Brazil and I've heard of a couple of cases where female devs with close to no experience being hired by big tech and moving to America and Canada... I always wonder if they really deserved it or if it was a quota thing :/
Thank you for sharing your views. I had the small thought that maybe I could go to the US and try working at a big company, but this confirms that it's not something I probably would enjoy, and confirms my hunch that it's not really so easy to make those big bucks, that some individuals talk about.
So glad I stayed in Germany working in medical tech. 32 h/week, 6-figure pay with 6 YEO, not a single thought about work after shutting down the laptop. The more I hear about big tech, the less I understand why you would work for them.
@GeminiWalkandTalk Thanks. Have you met some people who were not enough qualified for their role in big tech? I am curious about this part :)) Because some corporates have lots of these type of people.
@@aturan-fo1qt (I also work in big tech, not Amazon) In my company, they fire low performers without second thoughts. Happens all the time. New joiners, but even people after several years in the company if they don't meet expectations at their level anymore.
Thank you for sharing your working experience in a big tech company. Outstanding footage! Wishing you an incredible day ahead.
Thank you
Incredibly hard reality check. Thanks for your clear insights.
I don’t work in tech but have always wondered what it’s like. I’m shocked to hear how the salary and compensation works. All of us outside of tech assume it’s all big $$ for everyone, but I guess it makes sense that that’s not always the case.
This was very eye opening. Thank you.
The more I listen to you, the more I don't want to work for a FANG company. I got a friend who works at Amazon as a manager and he tells me to come work for Amazon. I just don't got that desire to study to remember garbage coding questions. At one point, I went through this interview process. I went all the way to the hiring manager. At Microsoft, Amazon, FB at the time. I had several rounds with MS, where they asked me to come back to interview for a different team and I never got one offer. I remember being sharpe and in the zone at the time. Not sure I could put myself through this.
Also the last place I would want to work is Amazon. I will never do page duty. Also based on the team you work for, you will get worked to death on holidays and prime days to make sure everything is running. So forget getting any holidays off. That kind of quality of life trade off for me dosen't work.
Thanks for sharing some insight with your experience working at Amazon.
Thanks for watching. It's a lot to deal with that's for sure.
Hi, amazing video. If you could talk more about relation between visibility, impact and promotions, would be great. I just got into one of those companies and I feel that being on the right project at the right time (and no later) is way more important for promotions than hard working.
Yes navigating inside matters so much
So glad you made a follow up to your other video. Watching now…
Such a clear explanation. Thank you!
I love the "I'm an immigration part". We are not allowed to fail at all or as often as others.
Anyways, great video and thank you for sharing.
Very good information. Keep doing such videos please
Thanks. Lots more to come
I think having developers and higher level employees banded apart is a negative. There is symbiosis between having an idea, and making it reality with computer code. If you have to do everything through project spec, it takes you a week just to figure out that the results sucks, where as if you both have the idea and you are coding it yourself, you figure out the idea sucks really quickly, sometimes before you even reach the semicolon. I think a company can get by on far fewer employees when there are fewer tiers between the "idea people" and those who implement the ideas.
Thank you
Welcome. Lots more coming
Glad I didn't pursue an SDE II job a few weeks ago (they asked for a live coding interview) in favor of a medical IT job at my town of birth. This sounds extremely stressful without a pay to make up for it.
The problem with these internships, at least for the science internships, is that you have to be currently enrolled in school. I'm guessing the graduate hires are the same way, and have to be fresh out of school.
Oh my, the networking, referrals and social proof you needed to get in is insane. I don't think normal programmers can pull that off. Now I see why some outsourced/remote Russian programmers get paid just $13/hr.
Yes
I'm from Brazil and I've heard of a couple of cases where female devs with close to no experience being hired by big tech and moving to America and Canada... I always wonder if they really deserved it or if it was a quota thing :/
It is a quota thing. It is a political move for these big companies. They need to meet the requirements for diversity.
Be careful those crows in the back are Amazon spies lol
They were so loud
Thank you for sharing your views. I had the small thought that maybe I could go to the US and try working at a big company, but this confirms that it's not something I probably would enjoy, and confirms my hunch that it's not really so easy to make those big bucks, that some individuals talk about.
Right. They basically brag and don't tell the hard parts haha
interesting
For the algo
yikes. It sounds pretty hard
Not gonna lie, I’m glad I didn’t go the route of big tech 😅
So glad I stayed in Germany working in medical tech. 32 h/week, 6-figure pay with 6 YEO, not a single thought about work after shutting down the laptop. The more I hear about big tech, the less I understand why you would work for them.
That is not bad at all!
what's a medical tech?
Hi, if big tech works with best of bests then why they lay them off?
They over hired in 2021. Money is tight now
@GeminiWalkandTalk Thanks. Have you met some people who were not enough qualified for their role in big tech? I am curious about this part :)) Because some corporates have lots of these type of people.
A few
@@aturan-fo1qt (I also work in big tech, not Amazon) In my company, they fire low performers without second thoughts. Happens all the time. New joiners, but even people after several years in the company if they don't meet expectations at their level anymore.
Thank you
You're welcome