I see many posts about people leaving FAANG companies which is shocking because I thought those were the companies people only dream about working at. Is there another strategy? Maybe bounce around to level up, or do they just suck?
People like me study for a while trying to get into FAANG. One day I’m going to make it (I hope) and when I do, what would be the next thing? I haven’t thought about it. Surely it will be like another job, that pays well of course, but it’s another job. You sit behind a computer for hours per day per week. It gets boring, it’s not that fulfilling for most. You don’t get to build the cool stuff FAANG is known for. You part of a giant machine. There is politics like your old job, your manager is an ass like your old job, after a while, people don’t care about you working at FAANG. Until you want to move to another FAANG, hey the Google guy is going to Amazon A lot of people who work at FAANG are really intelligent folks. They want to build the next things. After a while their jobs become unfulfilling even with the TC chase. So they quit to work at places where they can make names for themselves I want to work at FAANG one day. But I’m aware at the end of the day, it’s just another job
Not necessarily they are intelligent. They are just money makers. That's it. Most of the engineers in our industry are not passionate about engineering. They just do it for living and there is no harm.
FAANG are only good for the money. Whether you get good WLB and job satisfaction, a good team, good manager, career growth is pure luck.
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Not really, because you can change teams. Maybe your first team after host matching will suck, but you can spend that year finding a better team then switch I got lucky after HM and enjoyed the team I worked on at a FAANG - over 80% of the people on it after a few years were internal transfers though. Many many people just spent time looking internally and switched and then liked it A lot of ppl get super lazy and complacent though. I did this 2 jobs ago, hated my team and eventually just quit because job hopping would give a bigger raise
These are all big companies, so expect differences between teams. Some teams are chill and have interesting products, some are rewarding but high stress, some are boring legacy BS. Some managers are cool and some are a-holes. In some teams you're up for a fast promo and in some it's easy to get stuck.
"The dream job" tag was only for G. Others are/were just high paying jobs.
And G isn’t the dream anymore
Who’s dream job is ever being a cog in the wheel? If working for the man is more than just a way to ground yourself and collect a paycheck, then your priorities are seriously disturbed.
Was/Is a dream job for me... Proved by that one 'dream job' slideshow I presented in grade 9 bragging about Google 😂
Grass is always greener on other side. Blind is the best proof of this old quote.
Can't say for others but I sometimes feel like I should have failed Amazon's interview. Now I am getting paid top of market, struggling with working with a different timezone team. My code review requests are taking days to approve, the project's deadline will probably get pushed because of the component I am working on, unable to contribute to my own team due to this fkng project, always anxious and feeling stress in my chest every other day. I feel if I am put on pip, it will improve my stress level as I would make sure that I get fired.
Because from the faang only fb and Netflix are paying well anymore. They can't keep up with the new high growth companies
You’re talking about tc gains from stock swings — doordash for example is not giving out new offers for 1M tc lol As far as stock gains, if you joined fb 2years ago your grant is like 2-3x. But look at Amazon and Apple G has been (relatively) lagging on that though yes
Your base level of everything changes as you grow. Whether it is money, happiness, relationship etc.