Meta Softwarea Engineer reviews

- Almost unbelievable autonomy and trust given to engineers; most projects bottom-up vs. top-down - Big, interesting projects are everywhere; if someone is bored at work, they're not trying very hard - Caliber of peers is extremely high - For the most part, rapid adoption (and often creation, e.g. a VM for PHP) of new technologies

- everyone you'll work with here is incredibly motivated to build the best possible product and extremely talented at doing that - you're able to make an impact on the product and more generally how things work immediately, without waiting for seniority or a promotion - we move fast here, meaning your finished project won't sit around for months before shipping and we adapt rapidly to changes in the market - there is no such thing as an unimportant project here - we have so much to do and not enough people to do it that no one spends time on anything that won't have a big impact, not even interns - progression in the company, salary increases, equity refreshers, etc. happen in a clear and fair manner - they take care of us very well from a perks and compensation perspective - great food, an awesome campus, and more - everything is very flexible - as long as you get your work done and make your (very few) meetings, you pick your work hours - you have the resources of a larger company, like a mature codebase, helpful abstractions, automation of some uninteresting tasks - all things that let you focus more on the interesting parts of your job rather than tedious setup