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While I don't enjoy the blog either (partly for the reason you cite, and partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a go

While I don't enjoy the blog either (partly for the reason you cite, and partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a good thing and a good working environment), I wouldn't phrase it like that. There is enough misogyny on the internet that starting a critique with "I hate" is not going to get your point across lucidly.

neya 7y ago
Sorry if it came across as this way, this has nothing to do with her gender. I would have said the exact same thing even if it was a male author and I mean it.
magduf 7y ago
>partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a good thing and a good working environment Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)? I've been planning to try to get a job at one of the FAANG companies, and have basically assumed it would be a good working environment based on the reputation, the perks offered, and my prior experience at another very large tech (but not exactly FAANG) company, which was that the working environment was generally very good there though I didn't really like how that particular company operated in the marketplace.
- Lammy 7y ago
  They have to offer perks because they will work you very hard. You will learn a lot, but you will almost certainly face a lot of stress too. For some people this isn't worth it.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago
  > "Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)?" Depends heavily on which team you join within a company. FAANGs are not monoliths; they are collections of business units cooperating (or sometimes not) with quite a bit of variation in culture and work-life balance.

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While I don't enjoy the blog either (partly for the reason you cite, and partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a go

by throwaway6845 7y ago

neya 7y ago
Sorry if it came across as this way, this has nothing to do with her gender. I would have said the exact same thing even if it was a male author and I mean it.
magduf 7y ago
>partly for the unspoken assumption behind many posts that FAANG-like companies are a good thing and a good working environment Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)? I've been planning to try to get a job at one of the FAANG companies, and have basically assumed it would be a good working environment based on the reputation, the perks offered, and my prior experience at another very large tech (but not exactly FAANG) company, which was that the working environment was generally very good there though I didn't really like how that particular company operated in the marketplace.
- Lammy 7y ago
  They have to offer perks because they will work you very hard. You will learn a lot, but you will almost certainly face a lot of stress too. For some people this isn't worth it.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago
  > "Sorry for sidetracking, but are they not good working environments (note this is a separate question from whether they're a good thing)?" Depends heavily on which team you join within a company. FAANGs are not monoliths; they are collections of business units cooperating (or sometimes not) with quite a bit of variation in culture and work-life balance.