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It's almost like it's easier to start your own company than to get hired at one of these places and actually be happy.

peferron 7y ago
Starting your own company is easy for sure! Starting your own successful company is something else, and I found it much harder than getting into FANG, but it requires very different skills and I'm sure some people are better at the former.
- blablabla123 7y ago
  True, even in countries with high burocracy like Germany starting a company isn't more difficult than doing a tax declaration. One more option is to do freelance though, that's somehow a mix of both worlds.
democracy 7y ago
Maybe it's not easier, but I feel that for some it could be a great motivator after certain age...
edmack 7y ago
yes!
selfipaprazzi 7y ago
If you have the privilege, then yeah absolutely.
- ScottFree 7y ago
  Haha, "privilege"? There are immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies. What's your excuse?
  - redmaple 7y ago
    no monies
  - selfipaprazzi 7y ago
    Yeah, 20 years ago. Now the landscape has changed massively. The only minorities today who can start a new company, that makes them more money than a job at a FAANG company, are women.
    - ScottFree 7y ago
      Do you have numbers to back that up?
      - dominotw 7y ago
        > There are immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies. > Do you have numbers to back that up?
        ScottFree 7y ago
        If you want me to look up the actual numbers, I can, but are you really suggesting that there isn't a single immigrant company owner in the US?
        dominotw 7y ago
        > immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies Do you have a single example of this ?
  - aksx 7y ago
    Immigrant here, and I can read, write & speak english. If i don't have a job with a company willing to sponsor my visa I would have to get back on the boat and leave. My friends, who are from smaller countries have the privilege but I do not. Stats from travel.state.gov https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WaitingList/WaitingListItem_2018.pdf https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigr... Waiting list size by country Country Applicants Mexico 1,229,505 Philippines 314,229 India 298,571 Vietnam 231,519 China-mainland born 231,519 Bangladesh 169,231 Dominican Republic 146,160 Pakistan 115,625 Haiti 94,506 El Salvador 64,868 Cuba 55,847 All Others 840,393 Worldwide Total 3,791,973

Starting your own company is easy for sure! Starting your own successful company is something else, and I found it much harder than getting into FANG, but it requires very different skills and I'm sure some people are better at the former.

blablabla123 7y ago
True, even in countries with high burocracy like Germany starting a company isn't more difficult than doing a tax declaration. One more option is to do freelance though, that's somehow a mix of both worlds.

democracy 7y ago

Maybe it's not easier, but I feel that for some it could be a great motivator after certain age...

edmack 7y ago

yes!

selfipaprazzi 7y ago

If you have the privilege, then yeah absolutely.

ScottFree 7y ago
Haha, "privilege"? There are immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies. What's your excuse?
- redmaple 7y ago
  no monies
- selfipaprazzi 7y ago
  Yeah, 20 years ago. Now the landscape has changed massively. The only minorities today who can start a new company, that makes them more money than a job at a FAANG company, are women.
  - ScottFree 7y ago
    Do you have numbers to back that up?
    - dominotw 7y ago
      > There are immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies. > Do you have numbers to back that up?
      - ScottFree 7y ago
        If you want me to look up the actual numbers, I can, but are you really suggesting that there isn't a single immigrant company owner in the US?
        dominotw 7y ago
        > immigrants fresh off the boat who don't speak english that own their own companies Do you have a single example of this ?
- aksx 7y ago
  Immigrant here, and I can read, write & speak english. If i don't have a job with a company willing to sponsor my visa I would have to get back on the boat and leave. My friends, who are from smaller countries have the privilege but I do not. Stats from travel.state.gov https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/WaitingList/WaitingListItem_2018.pdf https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigr... Waiting list size by country Country Applicants Mexico 1,229,505 Philippines 314,229 India 298,571 Vietnam 231,519 China-mainland born 231,519 Bangladesh 169,231 Dominican Republic 146,160 Pakistan 115,625 Haiti 94,506 El Salvador 64,868 Cuba 55,847 All Others 840,393 Worldwide Total 3,791,973