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A heaven for an engineer!

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Meta for 1 year
February 23, 2014
Palo Alto, California
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Pros

I moved here from a larger, stable company where I was also working as a software engineer, and I have just been wow-ed! Apart from the amazing perks, I work with a set of very dedicated, determined, and intelligent folks, which is really the best part of working here.

  • Co-workers are mostly rockstars!
  • Lots of resources to learn. Seven months into my job, and I feel I am already a much better engineer.
  • Lots of importance on what YOU want to work on, versus what your manager thinks you should work on. You can freely talk to your manager and find an intersection between your interests and the company/product needs.
  • Everything is automated (again, by rockstar teams), and processes are made as simple as possible.
  • Great pay, stocks, and bonuses.
  • Amazing perks! Lots of food choices, a great campus, regular team happy hours with great food, and the list goes on and on.
Cons

Work-life balance is almost 0 on weekdays. I spend the entire day working or thinking about work, but that is what I was looking for. Weekends are up to you; most people do not work.

Lots of process changes occur in short periods of time, so you are constantly climbing the learning curve. This may be specific to the product I work on.

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