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After 3 years, I still feel like I'm surrounded by people smarter than me. The job is stressful at times, but so worth it

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Meta for 4 years
November 15, 2012
Menlo Park, California
5.0
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Pros
  • Free food
  • Fun people
  • "Don't ask for permission, just go do it" culture
  • The code I write goes into production in a matter of days
  • A vast distribution of incredibly interesting problems to work on (often hard to choose from)
  • Management knows they can't really shove anything onto anyone. If they want to see something get done a different way, it's up to them to persuade, not to force (I've worked in 3 completely different groups in the company, and this was a consistent theme)
Cons

Each engineer has tons of responsibility. This can honestly be stressful sometimes, as you're on point for keeping it all running.

I live in the city and, while the commuter shuttles (with Wi-Fi) make commuting about as bearable as it possibly can be, it's still less than ideal to have about an hour between work and home.

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