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What's a FANG developer?

• dfischer 8y ago
  Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google
  • jpetso 8y ago
    I still find Netflix a curious addition to that list.
    • carimura 8y ago
      for the acronym.
      • nkg 8y ago
        yes Netflix is definitely necessary ;)
  • crabmusket 8y ago
    No Amazon?
    • tedmiston 8y ago
      I like patio11's acronym (?) of choice better: AppAmaGooBookSoft.
      • regularfry 8y ago
        Portmanteau.
      • gregknicholson 8y ago
        AKA “GAFAM”.
    • ebullientocelot 8y ago
      I've often seen it as FAANG, putting the good Lord Bezos back in the mix.
    • sadamznintern 8y ago
      From an software engineering perspective it’s a travesty to include Apple and not Amazon.
• jack6e 8y ago
  Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google. Jim Cramer created the acronym to name these four companies as high-performing tech stocks years ago [0]. But now, as in the above usage, it is more of a catch-all name for the big tech companies. And in its new role as a name for a category of companies, people confuse Amazon/Apple, and also implicitly include other equivalent companies. [0] https://www.thestreet.com/story/13230576/1/what-are-fang-stocks-and-why-does-jim-cramer-love-them.html https://www.thestreet.com/story/13230576/1/what-are-fang-sto...