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Taro's Job Board for Software Engineers

Taro's Job Board for Software Engineers

We just released the Taro Job Board at joinTaro.com/jobs. We wanted to create a job board specifically for software engineers with the best possible signal-to-noise ratio. * By focusing only on SWE jobs, we can provide better filters and recommendations (tech stack, level filters, and remote/hybrid preference). * The

Standing Out in Staff Level System Design Interviews

Standing Out in Staff Level System Design Interviews

There is a lot of mystery that surrounds the Staff level System Design interview at top tech companies. This makes sense. The majority of online resources target mid-level or senior talent. There are also far fewer staff-level interviewers, which means the pool of insiders sharing insider knowledge is noticeably smaller.

Meta Software Engineer Onsite Interview Question Breakdown: K-Closest Points

Meta Software Engineer Onsite Interview Question Breakdown: K-Closest Points

This article is the 2nd in my series breaking down Meta interview questions which I actually gave as an interviewer during my time there. There's a lot of misinformation around how Big Tech judges candidates, and this series' goal is to demystify all that and help you

Meta Software Engineer Interview Question Breakdown: Finding Unique Integers

Meta Software Engineer Interview Question Breakdown: Finding Unique Integers

Back when I was at Meta, I interviewed ~100 engineers, specializing with data structures and algorithms (DSA) questions (internally known as the "Ninja Round"). Meta has a pretty rigorous and standardized process for training its interviewers, and I really came to appreciate that as I worked at the

Tips for Computer Science Students to Start Their Career

Tips for Computer Science Students to Start Their Career

It's hard breaking into the industry as a software engineer. Here's how to hit the ground running in school.

Inside The Layoff Era of Big Tech (Meta, Google, Amazon Layoffs)

Inside The Layoff Era of Big Tech (Meta, Google, Amazon Layoffs)

In the past 5 days: * Google laid off 12,000 * Microsoft laid off 10,000 * Amazon laid off 18,000 When I joined Meta back in 2017, I never expected to see large-scale layoffs at the biggest, most profitable tech companies in the world (Meta laid off 11,000 employees

Software Engineer Interview Guide - System Design

Software Engineer Interview Guide - System Design

Congratulations, you are now proficient with both algorithms and behavioral questions and are at the final step: System design questions. System design questions are scary and tricky, because they have no right answer, similar to behavioral questions. This is why these questions are crucial for passing your software engineering interview: