Meta

There is a great work-life balance, lots of mentorship and learning, cutting-edge work, fast career growth, not too much hierarchy, and a culture of helping each other and collaboration.

Lots of empire building, increasingly worse politics, and reliability issues. People are laser-focused on their promotions and not getting fired, which erodes the culture of learning and collaboration. Every year they cut our pay and benefits, and it is very team-dependent.

I’m incredibly lucky with my team, but the majority of teams here are toxic and bad, and it’s hard to know how your experience will be. Try to stay in infra, and as deep in the stack as you can. Don’t work directly for MSL; it’s an absolute shitshow. Don’t work for AI/ML infra or FB or Instagram (any product roles or product infra). They’re the first to get hit by layoffs, and they also have horrible leadership that whips people like slaves, with lots of busywork and little credit, where everyone is cutthroat and fending for themselves.