What Facebook Software Engineers Actually Do
Sometimes, no software engineering at all! I’ve worked at Facebook as a software engineer for 4 years. But I spent almost a year on my last team without shipping a single line of code. I was essentially doing the job of a product manager and a tech lead rolled into one. I was talking to users, clarifying the problem we wanted to solve, defining success metrics, brainstorming and prioritising ideas, forming a roadmap, aligning with other teams, scoping out work, and managing projects. …