The workload is quite light, and the culture and colleagues in the East Bay area are quite pleasant. For the amount of work, the pay is good.
It seems to be a 50/50 shot of having a manager who leads valuable ideas. Some groups are very poorly run, with a manager that talks the talk but does not walk the walk. In fact, this talk-the-talk mentality is greatly encouraged and valued above all else in management.
A caveat is that some groups are run with laser precision and work on leading-edge ideas. It's hit or miss. The disappointment comes from having a poorly run team not have any managerial consequences.
The variability of this drives me crazy.
Listen more and talk less, be humble, and take some time to learn the technologies in more depth.
Applied online and got a call from HR the same week. The overall process was really quick. Second round of interview: Had a technical phone call with the Senior Architect. Third round of interview: Had another technical interview with the Hiring Ma
It was pretty easy compared to other interviews I faced at that time (March 2012). Questions were more about RTOS concepts and C++. First round was telephonic, and after 2/3 weeks, I got a call for a site interview at JFWTC. It was on a weekday, and
Describe how you would build a system from scratch with certain features. You need to notice the little details in the design. Then you're given time to code the code you described. You are given time to notice the bugs and then asked about the impl
Applied online and got a call from HR the same week. The overall process was really quick. Second round of interview: Had a technical phone call with the Senior Architect. Third round of interview: Had another technical interview with the Hiring Ma
It was pretty easy compared to other interviews I faced at that time (March 2012). Questions were more about RTOS concepts and C++. First round was telephonic, and after 2/3 weeks, I got a call for a site interview at JFWTC. It was on a weekday, and
Describe how you would build a system from scratch with certain features. You need to notice the little details in the design. Then you're given time to code the code you described. You are given time to notice the bugs and then asked about the impl