Do you think engineers are obsessed about getting into FAANG these days?
Oct 13, 2021
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Every other post on Blind is about FAANG interview, offers, referrals etc.
Every other post on Linkedin is how I got into FAANG and self cringe
Every other YT channel & blog/site/app is about how to get into FAANG
What's so special about FAANG, I mean Amazon has trash ratings here on Blind and overall dur to their culture?
There are other companies like Snap, Uber, Airbnb etc. which pay more but don't get included in FAANG discussion, why?
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FAANG was created to add apple
like that’s objectively what happened, even well before I joined amazon I knew that shit
And none of it was for prestige, it was a high growth companies where employees enjoyed their RSUs (or optional options for NFLX) rise in the beginning / middle of this decade
Every great eng I know has never worried about fang and either works at one of them (as their comp or WLB etc is good). Or work at a mid series startup/hedge fund and know they could just swap back to faang if they wanted to.
The only people I know who obsess about Faang are the ones who struggle struggle get in and consequently aren't very good.
What a generic company name