I've never worked for a "big" company, much less one of FAANG. Although, I knew a kid who went to Apple, and he did well. I also had a friend from Intel, and

I've never worked for a "big" company, much less one of FAANG. Although, I knew a kid who went to Apple, and he did well. I also had a friend from Intel, and he did well too. My situation was much more than 4 years, but it was steady (exponential) growth at a nice rate, and I'm exiting in my mid 40s. Maybe I could've done better, but to the point of this topic, my one stable job did much better than the three startups I was exposed to.