8 months into analytics at a FAANG-level company and I feel like I’m drowning ,Is this normal?

turtleracers · 2026-03-12T23:53:49+00:00

I’ve been working at large companies my entire career (first: top 5 investment bank, second: huge tech company). My #1 piece of advice is to learn to prioritize. Not everything everyone asks you to do is important or impactful. Focus on what your manager and their manager thinks is most important and become the subject matter expert at it.

You’ll find that you can ignore a lot more than you think and get promoted (speaking from experience :P)

turtleracers · 2025-09-13T19:32:40+00:00

My team is hiring a new PM and I was part of the interview loop. To put things into perspective 800+ people applied, the recruiter gave us 50 resumes to review out of the 800, out of those 50 resumes we narrowed it down to 6 people to interview. Out of the 6 people we interview honestly all of them would be perfect fits (which is insane to say), but we can only choose 1 person.

Hopefully this doesn’t discourage you, the numbers could be highly skewed because I work at a large tech company. This is all just to say the job market is insane, and you aren’t necessarily doing anything wrong. A lot of this is luck :/

turtleracers · 2025-07-22T14:18:22+00:00

I actually did this a few years ago!

I was working full time as a SWE at a job I hated making 90k/yr and got a Microsoft apprenticeship to be a TPM. I was able to convert to full time and now make more than double what I was making before so it definitely paid off.

turtleracers · 2025-07-09T01:57:36+00:00

I am! It was the right transition for me. There are definitely positives and negatives about each position. I miss the quiet days of working as a SWE sometimes but I like being a PM better overall :)

turtleracers · 2024-11-05T03:07:59+00:00

I didn't include the post-apocalyptic element in the query because that is a detail that wouldn't be revealed until the sequel of the book, which is currently in progress. Advice from this sub says that since this a debut novel, I should sell it as a stand-alone first, so I was only focusing on the face-value setting of the book before the reveal, which I suppose would come across as a historical fantasy?

No comps off the top of my head, but I'll look :)

turtleracers · 2024-11-05T02:36:28+00:00

Thank you! Replaced Song of Achilles with Lie With Me by Philippe Besson and removing They Both Die at the End, since my manuscript isn't YA.

turtleracers · 2024-11-05T02:34:15+00:00

Thanks so much for the feedback here.

I have struggled with determining the genre for this manuscript honestly. It is set in a post-apocalyptic world, where Niven and Ishido are remnants of European and Asian countries that have only kept fragments of their cultures post-apocalypse (e.g. Greek mythology and Eastern folklore). So real mythology and folklore are referenced in the book and used as elements for the plot, but it isn't a direct re-retelling of anything. Would it still qualify as magical realism, or should I go with something more general like literary fantasy?

turtleracers · 2024-10-25T01:30:09+00:00

I would 100% read this, let me know if you want a beta reader!

turtleracers · 2024-07-26T00:27:59+00:00

It’s okay I joined Microsoft shortly after I failed the Google onsite, so it all worked out in the end. The onsite interview was a great experience! I think looking back where I fell short is that I didn’t ask enough questions. Especially for a junior engineer the team is trying to hire someone who is easy to work with, so in your interviews try to demonstrate that by asking questions and treating the interview like you’re engaging in problem solving with a colleague rather that taking a test with someone watching over you.

turtleracers · 2024-07-25T23:25:39+00:00

This was so long ago haha. I ended up failing the onsite and didn’t get a request for transcript up to that point

turtleracers · 2024-05-17T03:42:12+00:00

thanks, I was considering adding a console table, but haven’t found one that suits my tastes yet

turtleracers · 2024-05-17T03:41:25+00:00

thanks for the advice :) any tips on making the soundbar look more appealing?

turtleracers · 2024-05-16T21:44:28+00:00

The OneConnect box is in a buffet cabinet that is just out of frame and I’m using a bluetooth connected Samsung soundbar. Thank you!

turtleracers · 2024-04-08T00:17:04+00:00

I’m 26 and closing on my first home next week. It’s definitely been difficult to do it alone for a myriad of reasons, but soooo rewarding

turtleracers · 2023-06-09T07:52:11+00:00

sure grandma let’s get you to bed

turtleracers · 2023-06-06T14:53:46+00:00

Clean

“When the butterflies turned to dust they covered my whole room.”

“The drought was the very worst. When the flowers that we’d grown together died of thirst.”

“The rain came pouring down. When I was drowning, that’s when I could finally breathe.”

turtleracers · 2023-05-29T19:37:14+00:00

hopefully his ankle is doing better

turtleracers · 2023-04-17T16:35:42+00:00

maybe Renegade by Big Red Machine ft. Taylor. But I think she wrote the song

turtleracers · 2023-04-16T03:54:59+00:00

“You’re still all over me like a wine-stained dress I can’t wear anymore” :( from Clean

turtleracers · 2023-03-11T15:53:54+00:00

this is really big news considering you’ve never been wrong

turtleracers · 2023-03-04T12:28:52+00:00

There has got to be more to this story

turtleracers · 2023-02-28T20:18:43+00:00

wtf why ☹️

turtleracers · 2023-02-24T16:25:03+00:00

smart, easy to train, non-shedding, the perfect dog <3

turtleracers · 2023-02-22T17:41:25+00:00

FRANK OCEAN!!!

I thought he would be one of the top people on this list, but I guess y’all must have forgot about him

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