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Better than reputation

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at ByteDance for 2 years
June 19, 2025
San Jose, California
3.0
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros
  1. Very pragmatic. Not a lot of office politics.
  2. Lots of stuff to do and learn.
  3. Hardworking colleagues in general.
  4. Good food.
  5. Competitive pay.
Cons
  1. Not easy for non-Mandarin speakers/readers.
  2. Worse-than-average tech stack.
  3. Huge workload. Terrible WLB.
  4. Quality bar is relatively low.

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