💣Burn out rate FAANG eng vs ibanker

Apr 23, 2019 193 Comments

Who has a higher burn out rate engineers at FAANG or an Ibanker? If there are other professions that make a lot of money but seem More stressful than the options let us know below!

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  • Curious how many are voting iBanker but only ever worked in FAANG
    Apr 23, 2019 42
    • Twitch / Eng
      Urgentpiza

      Go to company page Twitch Eng

      BIO
      I'm black as the night
      Urgentpiza
      I think trading is a different type of stress. It's high intensity during work hours but you don't take your work home with you. Whereas, your phone number stops ringining if you're in a service job like I banking. And if you're a startup founder, your heart rate never goes down even when you're sleeping as you're probably having nightmares about your product failing or your next fundraise
      May 5, 2019
    • Walmart
      kyouma

      Go to company page Walmart

      kyouma
      I used to be in investment banking. I burnt out of there and moved to tech :D

      So this question is kinda moot.
      Mar 20, 2020
  • Google
    googler78

    Go to company page Google

    googler78
    The closest you can get to 'burning' in Google is using the sauna / steam room 😎
    Apr 23, 2019 10
  • Amazon
    ChivalryAF

    Go to company page Amazon

    ChivalryAF
    FAANG salaries will not stay this high. Meanwhile, banking is all cash comp and will always stay crazy high. If I had the credentials (top school) I would have gone iBanking. TC isn’t even comparable after a few years.
    Apr 24, 2019 28
  • This is a joke right?

    Actual answer depends on personality. If you love the banking hustle, you will thrive in the ibank gutters. If you are not genuinely into engineering, you will hate your life at any tech firm FANG or not. I know people who changed in both directions. Pick a profession you are passionate about and there is no such thing as burn out, but YMMV :)
    Apr 24, 2019 7
  • New / Ops
    tooQ10

    New Ops

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    Rakuten USA
    tooQ10
    Investment bank employee here. Back office, so no crazy-high TC like the FO gets.

    The hours are just a killer. You wake up on Monday knowing that even if you're tired, that's the most rest and energy you're going to have until Saturday morning. It destroys you psychologically. Does tech have these kinds of hours?

    I envy the six figure earners in the FO but I don't envy how hard they had to work. And plenty of people burned out before they could make that real money.
    Apr 24, 2019 5
    • New / Ops
      tooQ10

      New Ops

      PRE
      Rakuten USA
      tooQ10
      45k or so. Back office is a different world from the FO.
      Apr 24, 2019
    • Bank of America / IT
      biggie8

      Go to company page Bank of America IT

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      I have 20+ experience in tech and banking
      biggie8
      I worked in FO tech a while and bonus aren't what they were in boom times. Back office is same and less crazy traders to deal with
      Apr 24, 2019