Would you rather work for FAANG as senior engineer or work as a senior engineer in a growing company like lyft, snap, zillow .. etc With almost the exact salary and benefits
Salary and benefits the same? Dependent on the industry -smaller company that is growing. This would’ve been a good poll.
FANG. No brainer. Either you go really small - where you're early and key decision maker; or continue to add credential at FANG till that sweet opportunity turns up.
And would you consider microsoft. FAANG ( even though the letter is not there )
Yes, I would. I've only worked on Azure teams, so I cannot comment on the others.