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According to this thing if I had a similar level job at google I’d be making $150k more a year in total comp than i’m making now but I’m like 90% sure I can’t g
by empath75 8y ago
According to this thing if I had a similar level job at google I’d be making $150k more a year in total comp than i’m making now but I’m like 90% sure I can’t get that job at google.
- rco8786 8y agoThat’s a pretty defeatist attitude
- twoquestions 8y agoThat's a funny way of spelling "realistic". These companies want The Right Stuff, and it's easy to tell if you yourself aren't it.
- rco8786 8y agoThese companies have hired 10s of thousands of engineers just like you. And yes, exactly, it's easy to tell yourself you aren't the right stuff and thus never try. That's defeatism, not realism.
- jiveturkey 8y agoi assume you don't actually know anyone at FAANG. There are plenty, believe me plenty, of average people. Of course there are superstars, and superstars gravitate there for the high pay as well as the chance to work with and learn from other superstars. but when you employ this many people, you also bring along many, many average joes.