Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by hknd on Friday October 19, 2018 @04:04AM
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That might be true for a small percentage of projects/teams.
If you want to succeed as a SWE at a FAANG company you'll have to be an exceptional engineer, or have other skills (leadership, pm, ...).
You can't just weasle up the ladder by playing "political games".
Though, most of my colleagues don't even care about their career - most of us just want to work on cool projects which immediately affect billions of people.
Re:Paul Buchheit on Joining Google, How to Become a Great En...
by gowld on Friday October 19, 2018 @10:48AM
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You can weasel up the ladder by getting help but not giving help, taking credit for other people's work, and mortgaging other people's future to get your product launched today.
If you want to succeed as a SWE at a FAANG company you'll have to be an exceptional engineer, or have other skills (leadership, pm, ...). You can't just weasle up the ladder by playing "political games".
Though, most of my colleagues don't even care about their career - most of us just want to work on cool projects which immediately affect billions of people.