did you get a job at the big four yet /g/?

>>55510665
No but Amazon is hiring in my city and my 401k just vested. Should I go for it bro's?

Almost. It depends on what you go by, but In terms of revenue Salesforce is about to be #4.

>>55510665
why is amazon considered the big four and not something like samsung or apple?

>>55510724
Not software companies

>>55510736
Amazon isn't a software company either.

facebook is sliding into irrelevancy, so they don't really count as "big" anymore.

>>55510814
[citation needed]

>>55510814
this
Facebook is in survival mode atm. Purchasing whatever the new cool thing is to try to keep it afloat. Its only a matter of time before something better overtakes it.

>>55510802
Kek

>>55510814
Microsoft is also pretty much dead after the Windows 10 and Nokia fiascos

>>55510883
not as dead as facebook tho

>>55510665
No. Instead I work for AT&T

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>>55511068
sure you do

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>>55511097
Yeah, this is obviously fake.

>>55510856
What the fuck? You think having 1 trillion normies post ebin memes on your site counts as dead?

>>55511413
my condolences. go and work for a competent communications company with a future (e.g. Verizon) before you go bragging next time.

>>55511413
Calm the fuck down, no need to prove yourself to Internet strangers you insecure piece of shit

>>55511436
it's just a matter of time. the next generation will see facebook as old-fashioned, for old people. they'll chose other services to socialize. this is why >>55510856 is right

Got past the first interview at Google now they want me to interview on sight at one of their campuses. Wish me luck /g/uys.

>>55510665
Which one is the biggest?

>>55511898
delusional syndrome

>>55511900
google, and apple should be there instead of facebook

>>55511898
gl fampai you're almost hired desu

>>55510665
>did you get a job at the big four yet /g/?

Two of four, actually...
> Microsoft
> Amazon

>>55511436
For the most part, the influential hip millennial normies have moved from facebook to instagram and snapchat. Yes instagram is owned by facebook, but people's attention spans shift quick.

>>55511898
good luck mate, you mind me asking what your background is

>>55510665
/g/ - "technology"

for "technology discussion"

>>>/biz/

>>55511912
Not delusional at all to state what's currently going on.
>>55511912
Ha we'll see, I have 5 total interviews that I need to do while I'm at their campus. So I have a lot of work to do.
>>55511943
I'm a software engineer. There's really nothing special about me I'm pretty sure a lot of people are being contacted for positions at Google due to a recent expansion at the campus I'm applying to.

>>55511921
Meant to reply to you with >>55512047

>>55511898
/g/oodluck!

Working at google seems like it would be a meme experience

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>>55510665
yes

>>55510665
Didn't even think about aiming for one. Why should I? CV pimping?

>>55510665
Amazon is about to buy the software I develop to help with one of their solutions. Not as good as working there but close enough.

>>55512171
If they don't lay anyone off you might see a big pay raise. I know a friend's start up got bought by Google and next thing you know his salary became 6 figures.

>>55510665
Yep AWS

>>55512171
What kind of software is it, is it just the software they're buying or your company

>>55510665
Is getting a job at microsoft that big deal?
I live in WA, and all kinds of people work there. I don't know of anyone struggling to get work there.
Maybe that's because I live in WA, though, I don't know.

>>55512136
Not that I would complain though, but where I come from No. 1 goto companies are Daimler, Porsche and Bosch.

>>55512231
The software, they wouldn't need the whole company I'd think. It's to assist with their AS2 from what I last heard.

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>>55510665
Do you accept Nokia?

>>55511413
how does that prove you don't work at the mall kiosk?

>>55510665
just put your resume in linkedin and their recruiters will harass every month, although I'm not sure why anyone would want to work for them when you can do almost the same amount of money in any stupid startup AND working half as hard

Surely that can't be a stock image.
I mean fucking seriously?

>>55510814
Keep telling yourself that

i don't work in the tech industry; but i own stock in 3 of these companies.

>>55511912
>google, and apple should be there instead of facebook
apple does not make a whole lot of software sorry to break this to you

>>55510665

amazon is fucking shit, you work like a beaner and you dont even have Prime.

>>55511413
Hi, AT&T has a very strict policy about photographing official identification badges. I've forwarded this photo over to the security department, they will be checking over all ID cards with an expiration date of the 27, 2018 and will be in contact with you once a match to the photo is found.

The tech industry, especially startups are downright cringeworthy to work for. Completely unprofessional culture that highly emphasizes most coders are nothing more than easily replaceable monkeys.

>>55513177
>not just analyzing the thumb print

>>55513177
Okay, buddy

>>55510724
The big four is typically Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon. Nobody outside of Redmond views Microsoft as part of the big four and none of the top talent works or wants to work at Microsoft.

>>55513476
Are you a total moron? Microsoft was the biggest company in the world for a number of years, and certainly the biggest software company. Lately it's been in decline but it's still huge.

>>55513510
The "big four" has a specific meaning you fucking retard. Anyone that considers Microsoft part of the big four doesn't live in SV or work for any of the aforementioned companies.

You're irrelevant so keep your mouth shut.

Amazon
Big four
Green arrows

>>55512931
>you work like a beaner
Current amazon box packer checking in: easiest job I've ever had. Pay and benefits are pretty good for the responsibility level. Practically endless opportunities for advancement too.

>>55510665
Facebook is a terrible company though. It's just a bunch of autistic ivy league faggots. Amazon is also apparently a horrible place. Google is based from what I have heard though.

>>55513605
>warehouse work
>for fucking amazon of all companies
>easy

Shill spotted.

Just accepted Google offer a few weeks ago.

>>55513476
Amazon shill detected. No one would ever want to work for Amazon over MS.

>>55513635
amazon has dickloads of warehouse jobs available all over the country you goofball. what part of his post would possibly point to being a shill because none of the stuff you quoted is.

>>55513683
Amazon treats both their warehouse workers and programmers as slaves.

>>55511413
You did shitty wiring for my U-verse installation. Thanks for the free switch though.

>>55510736
>apple
>not software

I work for Amazon web services, ama.

Also, sell your shares.

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>>55513794
Everyone knows that the tech bubble is about to pop. If you're a new hire a big firm or an employee at a startup I would not get too comfortable. All that VC money is about to dry up real fast.

>>55513715
IDK anything about corporate performance metrics, but making rate while making sure the customer gets good items in my FC is easy.

>>55512911
What about their OS, stock programs\Apps and media player clients?

>>55510665
Where is Apple?

>>55514328
Apple doesn't get as much press because they generally do not hire millennial compsci graduates straight out of college like the top 4 do. Boomers are fucking stupid man.

>>55513794
>sell your shares
Why? It seems like everyone I talk to has a Prime subscription now, and everyone already knows that Amazon's profit margins mean literally nothing.

>>55514370
This. Apple tends to steal programmers from the others after they get a few years of experience. They've recently grabbed a few compiler and system programmers from Google including Slava Pestov.

>>55513605


>hmm maybe he's right
>check other sources using this thing called internet
>thousands of people complaining saying its like a vietnamese Nike sweatshop and the pay and benefits are dog shit


Ayy

>>55510724
>chinkinese phone company
>homosexual sex toy company
Why would they be considered a software company?

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>>55513794
>also, sell your shares
Reported to the SEC

>>55514370
>implying that there's anything wrong with hiring compsci graduates straight out of college, especially if they're skilled
you butthurt you couldn't make it past the phone screening or something?

>>55515448
I agree with you. I was implying that Apple is run by moronic boomers who don't want to train anybody.

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>>55510665
No, life is suffering

>>55515551
But USPS has god-tier benefits though.

>>55515565
True, but I feel like I'm wasting my life away in a boring, secure, mostly easy job working with people who have zero passion for technology. I couldn't give two shits about mail and it is slowly crushing my soul.

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>>55510665
No I work for pic related. I guess you could call it the big four of shitass poo in loo companies

>>55510665
>implying I would be slave to these cuck corporations

>>55510665
>working for Amazon

how about no?

>>55515662
Contribute to open source software faggot

>>55510665
>hey fellow californians which one of these local companies do you work for?

you are on the world wide web fucktard

>>55510665
Plan on hoping on the amazon web services train once the current start up I work for gets bought out. I'm very well versed with many of their services so I think I've got a decent shot.

>>55510724
>Not knowing AWS generates 7.8billion dollars a year.
Seriously, do you live under a rock or are you a 12 year old fagot who has no business on this board? Everyone uses AWS now.

>>55513177
rekt. I hope proving how cool he was on 4chan was worth it lmao

>>55515883
i remember when amazon was considered unprofitable and a borderline charity organization lmao

as late as 2014, too

wanting to work for a company you'll burn out at in 3 years. is getting into facebook going to help you achieve happiness

>>55510665
>Wanting to work for Amazon
Literally a wage-slave
>Wanting to work for Google
They treat their employees like stupid children.
Great benefits, but a lot of bullshit.

>Wanting to work for Microsoft
Nadella is all hype and no courage.

>Facebook
Only company I would work for out of the four.
They seem to really trust their employees and use a diverse ecosystem so everyone can contribute in some way.
They have a lot of respect for their legacy codebase.

>>55510665
I've been at Google for almost four years. It's still very comfy, but it loses its magic after a while.

>>55510883
Microsoft
>dead
Not for many moons

>>55516081
>They have a lot of respect for their legacy codebase.
As in, they revere it so highly that they're afraid to touch it?

>>55516124
Yes and no.
Instead of replacing PHP, they made it better.
Instead of replacing MySQL, they made it better.

They, as a group, are very mature.

They talk about improving compilers a lot.
They talk about immutability a lot.
They talk about static analysis a lot.

They often ask they can make their existing code/builds better, while google is very much flavor of the month, and never commit to anything.

Also, Google still uses fucking Perforce. Like what the fuck?

>>55510665
No. I work for NASA. Everyone is our bitch.

>>55510711
No. Amazon is awful to work for.

>>55516185
>Google still uses fucking Perforce
Google hasn't used Perforce for a long time. They use a custom system inspired by Perforce, and there's a git frontend for it if that's your thing.

I've worked on static analysis at Google, and the tools are pretty sweet. When you implement a check, you can just take 3000 machines to run on all company Java code in about 30 minutes. Too bad it's not a bigger push.

Used to, not anymore.

I work for a small startup, i work less, get paid more, work under much less stress and i get to feel important, not "one more"

>>55510665
Replace the Microsoft square with Apple and I'll take you seriously. 1.) Google 2.) Apple 3.) Facebook 4.) Amazon

>>55515662
Physical mail is dying. I never get paper in my mailbox because all the companies now offer paperless. Supermarkets around here don't even bother with weekly flyers as they once did. One day, I'll never need to stop and look inside my empty mailbox again.

Secure? Not a chance.

>>55517197
USPS is the only way to go for small parcels.

>>55515662
Maybe for packages. USPS offers the best service by working weekends. I clarify my other post >>55517197.

>>55510665
None of these are the largest employers in the world nor generate the biggest revenue per year.

what the fuck?

>>55517219
I guess it'll take some time then.

>>55517228
The big four in technology?

>>55510665
Facebook only hires Ivy Leaguers which is why their company is falling apart. Why would anyone want to work with those kinds of over privileged autists?

>>55517282
I don't see how Facebook is still relevant. It's the worst platform.

>>55510665
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_companies_by_revenue

Facebook, Google, and Amazon don't deserve to be called Big 4.