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As someone who works at a company similar to Google (not FAANG, but just below), this is hilariously accurate. > You cannot get promoted beyond a certain level
by rayvy 8y ago
As someone who works at a company similar to Google (not FAANG, but just below), this is hilariously accurate.
> You cannot get promoted beyond a certain level in this place unless you...
YES! It's soooo not about smarts/(true) impact/anything truly relevant - it's about racing to the bottom via launches, and crazy ways to generate revenue. I find is so funny looking back, that pre-undergrad-graduation, I thought promotions came via actually doing great things.
> people internally usually warn about this shit, complain about it, file bugs about shitty performance, etc. It is ALL ignored
It's hilarious how L2s and L3s truly just don't give a damn about the opinions of those working at the company (first-level employees and those just above that)
After this job, I AM DONE with this big company ish. I'll leave that to the new-grads who still believe you get promoted by being smart ;)
rant over
- pvinis 8y agoWhich big company starts with "N"? I can only think of Nintendo..
- artwr 8y agoNvidia? Netflix?
- hvnsweeting 8y agoNetflix?
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- jinushaun 8y agoThe N in FAANG stands for Netflix, because people needed an N and FAAG would be awkward.
- pvinis 8y agoThanks for the answer and the jokey comment. :)
- heuiop 8y agoI've always wondered, why isn't Microsoft included in this? FAMANG maybe?
- amf12 8y agoBecause the term has been coined by Jim Cramer to denote the best performing tech stocks at that point in time. It does not take into account anything other than stock growth.
- kerneis 8y agoFrench uses GAFAM: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAFAM (and leaves out Netflix). Funnily enough it used to be GAFA, but people eventually added Microsoft.
- nailer 8y agoAlso because Netflix is a world class engineering company - they led in cloud, popularised chaos engineering, and are in the process of destroying the cable industry.
- atmosx 8y agoI love your theory about how “N” got in there. Thanks for sharing.