Started as a contractor for 4 years, and became a FTE 3 years ago.
There hasn't been a single year where I felt I was not creating an amazing product that serves millions of people to travel and have fun around the world.
Some years have been rough but also came with recognition.
Perks are also nice:
Excellent work-life balance.
Nothing that isn't common in the industry (promotions, compensation, attrition).
At least in my team, they hired externally a couple of times instead of promoting internally.
I was contacted directly by a recruiter from the company about an open role. The first call went fine, and they mentioned there would be next steps. After that, nothing—no follow-up, no feedback, not even a rejection message. I followed up politely
The interview process was long and arduous, with very little feedback provided along the way. After the final interview, the recruiter informed me that the hiring manager was looking for someone with more Java experience for senior-level roles. Why
This is for the senior position under the Trips org. The interview had 5 rounds: all technical coding and 1 system design. LeetCode questions included: * Merging intervals * Compress a string. This was a useless question I never saw, but I was able
I was contacted directly by a recruiter from the company about an open role. The first call went fine, and they mentioned there would be next steps. After that, nothing—no follow-up, no feedback, not even a rejection message. I followed up politely
The interview process was long and arduous, with very little feedback provided along the way. After the final interview, the recruiter informed me that the hiring manager was looking for someone with more Java experience for senior-level roles. Why
This is for the senior position under the Trips org. The interview had 5 rounds: all technical coding and 1 system design. LeetCode questions included: * Merging intervals * Compress a string. This was a useless question I never saw, but I was able