Money: FAANG pays better than most companies outside of finance. Job security: I don't think there's been a major layoff of engineers at any of these companies

Money: FAANG pays better than most companies outside of finance. Job security: I don't think there's been a major layoff of engineers at any of these companies in years, if ever. Peers: It's great knowing that wherever you go in the company and whatever you do, you can usually rely on your peers being competent and reasonable. Of course nowhere is perfect but these companies still act as a decent filter. Culture: The companies are largely focused on data-driven decision making and something vaguely resembling a meritocracy, rather than the bureucratic middle-management driven hell one might find in more traditional companies like banks. Flexibility: Most of the companies are fairly accommodating when it comes to switching teams, even when a relocation is involved. Taking Google as an example, you can start your career working on Android in Mountain View and finish it as a high-level SRE for an entirely different project in London. This is very different to say a startup where the company likely has one major product line and you can't really deviate from it.