Is it worth it to bust your ass of for two year...
Is it worth it to bust your ass of for two years to land a MANGA job?
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deep-jade•4mo ago
i mean for those who've already been through it the usual answer is "yes". not sure where you're at to determine how much effort 'bust your ass" is
leetcode itself is pretty deterministic with concepts and structures already defined and outlined for you -- you just need to practice
conscious-sapphire•4mo ago
appreciate your response
I'm basically a neophyte who just knows the basics of important concepts like DSA
I don't think I could work very hard for that long without seeing some kind of ROI. I'm not sure how long it would take to get a decent position at a place like Capital One or something?
plain-purple•4mo ago
https://discord.com/channels/1181304501999784027/1231855629258194975/1247231947118215310
CapitalOne isn't really big tech. Better to target jobs with low HPW with fewer to no LC requirements. Though you should have some baseline DSA knowledge.
foreign-sapphire•4mo ago
FAANG is well worth it because it opens so many interviews for you where you would have been weeded out pre-interview. But I don't think they're OE friendly.
conscious-sapphire•4mo ago
No access 😦
deep-jade•4mo ago
deep-jade•4mo ago
basically saying it's not worth it sometimes cause even faang can rescind an offer even after extending an offer
rare-sapphire•4mo ago
Two different philosophies. Fastest money is low HPW + stacking. MANGA provides easier future J's by giving companies the peace of mind that you can pass a MANGA hiring process + if you can hack it there for a couple years you've passed the "white collar worker" test.
The companies are so big that it really depends what org you are in and your job role as to whether it’s OE friendly or not.
I got lots of friends at the various faang companies and some of them say it’s OE friendly, like Google, Meta, Microsoft, etc. I guess the only company that everyone agrees is not OE friendly is AMZN/AWS. Also, if you’re trying to climb the ladder within faang companies then you’re obviously going to have to work a lot harder and won’t have time to OE.
To answer the OP though, it’s definitely worth it to bust your ass for 2 years to land a manga job. 100%
foreign-sapphire•4mo ago
Main reason they aren't OE friendly is that they don't do remore anymore
Wdym? Of course they still do remote. That just depends on the company. Furthermore, it depends on your org within the company and your specific role.
deep-jade•4mo ago
i think the majority of attainable roles aren't remote. i.e E4/L4 level and below
obviously if you're really good, leetcode well, and are at more than senior level, remote is definitely attainable
though i saw passed around on teamblind that for meta in particular, for E5 you'd need to be hybrid for X months
Now that I think about it, most of my friends are L5/L6 but I know some L4s too.
deep-jade•4mo ago
yeah at that level, remote's probably the perk 🤣