Tech is shifting away from junior engineers
Something I've been noticing lately is that a lot of high growth teams in tech have completely done away with hiring new juniors / new grad programs. They are just hiring senior engineers and especialyl now they are able to do more than ever before.
Some of it is due to the market, but I feel that it's also because smaller teams tend to perform better. Having a bunch of new grads to mentor give guidance to was a longer term investment. Now even managers are shifting back towards IC work.
However, the downside of all this is the large deficit of new talent to. It'll make the industry even more supply side constrained on talent. And it's only a matter of time until the industry really feels that because all these new ventures still require talent. This might even mean that engineer pay will go up even more.
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My first interview was on a Tuesday, followed by two two hours technical interview and a four hour interview. I signed by Thursday.
The whole process is about timing and quite a lot of luck. Your resume has to get selected by the recruiter and pass their phone screenings. Once this step is done, itās mostly about your knowledge of the field and attitude.
10 months later I had another job offer from one of the faang. It took about a year and three months to get promoted and Iām still working there!
Looking back now I think my biggest mistake is that I mostly applied only to faang job posting after school and lost focus of the true objective here: starting my career. Iāve met plenty of fellow UCLA students who were absolutely sure they would make $130k straight out of school (bachelor in CS) and most ended up making around $60-70k. My advice to new grads and junior engineer -which from my perspective I still am- is not to get lost in the six digits salary game. You probably wonāt be making this much out of school and thatās okay! Get upper 5 digits if you can and add it to your rĆ©sumĆ©. In the meantime work on your skill set and when you feel comfortable start applying to your dream jobs.