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Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are all West Coast tech companies that are in the top 10 largest public companies in the world by market cap. Medi

by httpz 8y ago

Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft are all West Coast tech companies that are in the top 10 largest public companies in the world by market cap. Media should really replace Netflix with Microsoft and come up with a new acronym.

ben_jones 8y ago
IMO Netflix got on that list because of its reputation for giving good cash-based compensation in ranges that, though they probably also exist at Microsoft, does not come as easily to the rank and file SWE at Microsoft.
- vonmoltke 8y ago
  Netflix is in there instead of Microsoft because at the point in time Jim Cramer started shouting "FANG" Nextflix stock was a hot buy and Microsoft stock was still firmly in the Ballmer doldrums.
- ajcodez 8y ago
  I remember hearing the term on Bloomberg when FAANG stocks were experiencing fantastic gains. Especially Netflix.
Skunkleton 8y ago
How about MAAAF.
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- microtherion 8y ago
  Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Intel, and Amazon = MAFIA ?
hex-m 8y ago
GAFAM is pretty common in french. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM