Is FAANG worth pursuing if I want to build my own projects/found a startup?
May 29, 2020
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- ML/SWE with 3YoE.
- I have more drive and interest working on small projects/alone. Leetcoding and doing generic memorizations unrelated to what I'm building slows down my motivation and interest.
- End goal is to build small projects by myself / bootstrap with 1-2 partners and scale slowly. Not a "fast-hyper-growth raise $50M" startup, but a more stable venture.
Question: is FAANG worth pursuing first to gain credentials, learn some best SWE practices and experience with scale? Obviously it would help in future ventures with raising funds and recruiting strong teammates, but at the moment it's a huge personal sacrifice that I have low motivation for. Not chasing quick & safe TC... But long term learning and resourcefulness.
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FAANGs are not that prestigious, especially inside the valley and to VCs.
Most people are cogs that are happy to be in the rat race and get to the next people. You will meet way more interesting and driven people at startups or smaller companies.
So only thing left is the prestige and that's all fake and going away anyways. Nobody thinks Google and Facebook mean anything anymore.