Meta Production Engineering Program

Yeah I know someone who went through that program and then converted to full time production engineer. I also worked at Facebook for 8 years and know the VP that started the program. What do you want to know? :D So production engineering is technically a separate role from SWE at Facebook, which is the most common role you think about at FB. However the compensation is similar and the role is software heavy still so it’s a great position. This role pays in the mid 100s for example even though it’s a 12 month fixed term. But you don’t get stock until converting. The actual role is somewhat like a dev ops engineer however Facebook builds all of its own tools and infrastructure from scratch and you also work on those tools and configure and manage really complex infrastructure. The interview process covers DS&A, behavioral, and also low level computer operations, i.e. command line stuff, unix stuff etc… You don’t have to be fully knowledgeable in all areas I believe but you have to meet their bar. The five week bootcamp is Facebook’s standard onboarding and not the same thing as coding bootcamps from scratch. You likely need some bootcamp experience or a lot of time self teaching before being ready. Let me know if you have more questions!

Yeah the Twitter Apprenticeship Program, Dropbox Ignite, Asana Up, Twilio Apprenticeship, Twitch Apprenticeship, and some more are fairly "top tier" and you get paid around $90Kish +/- so it's like a real legit job. And they are all aimed for very early career and bootcamp grads. You want to watch out for non-top tier apprenticeships that might be more like contracting firms that are making a large profit off of you by underpaying you. The discover PE program pays like $150K to $200K (with bonuses) and is a tad more advanced and I think they are looking for a tad more experience - even if it's tangential to programming. It can never hurt to apply to everything, you don't want to hold yourself back and things might have changed in the past year.