One call out - senior engineers at FB are a different breed and caliber altogether vs a “senior developer” at your typical insurance company or someone contracting AngularJS development in a senior role for an oil and gas company.
People see the word senior and think it’s an apples to apples comparison. I’m not saying the FB engineers are “better”, but I am saying the level of ownership, design, code quality, etc is day and night different... an environment like FB, Amazon, Google etc will force you to become a great developer (rigorous code reviews, various levels or owning what you wrote, supporting your services, developing run books, etc etc.
My 2 cents from my experience on both sides (working in non tech companies and big tech companies).
> I’m not saying the FB engineers are “better”, but I am saying the level of ownership, design, code quality, etc is day and night different... an environment like FB, Amazon, Google etc will force you to become a great developer (rigorous code reviews, various levels or owning what you wrote, supporting your services, developing run books, etc etc.
That is actually exactly what you're saying... but I agree, and thanks for including Amazon in this. Usually people don't, I've noticed.
People see the word senior and think it’s an apples to apples comparison. I’m not saying the FB engineers are “better”, but I am saying the level of ownership, design, code quality, etc is day and night different... an environment like FB, Amazon, Google etc will force you to become a great developer (rigorous code reviews, various levels or owning what you wrote, supporting your services, developing run books, etc etc.
My 2 cents from my experience on both sides (working in non tech companies and big tech companies).