> $150k+ isn't uncommon for somebody with a few years under their belt. I don't think that's much higher than government employees make these days. In DC an en

> $150k+ isn't uncommon for somebody with a few years under their belt. I don't think that's much higher than government employees make these days. In DC an engineer "with a few years under their belt" can easily make that at a startup and be working on much more interesting problems for a much less slimy company. There are plenty of jobs outside of FAANG that pay that or better. The parent isn't wrong, at least in my experience, nobody who is technically competent would take a job at one of those places (and in my experience none of the technical people coming out of them have been competent).