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If the average engineer could get a job at FAANG then they presumably would since their total comp would go up 2x. In my experience most engineers can't get one
by marcinzm 6y ago
If the average engineer could get a job at FAANG then they presumably would since their total comp would go up 2x. In my experience most engineers can't get one of those jobs despite trying. So they circle around non-tech companies and startups for lower compensations. I've observed this both in the Bay Area and New York. People who are in the FAANG bubble don't notice this in my experience (or the difficulty of FAANG interviews for many engineers) as they don't interact with that part of the engineer population.
- twblalock 6y ago> If the average engineer could get a job at FAANG then they presumably would since their total comp would go up 2x. A lot of them don't actually know that. Every time someone posts one of those developer salary articles here, from levels.fyi or similar sites, there a long line of naysayers who just can't believe the numbers are real -- but they are real.
- metalforever 6y agonah . I dont want to work there. Money still matters, but less after a certain point, and it sounds like a lot of bullshit.
- marcinzm 6y agoWhich means to hire you a company doesn't need to compete with FAANG on salary. This doesn't refute my original point that startups don't really need to compete with FAANG salaries for talent.
- metalforever 6y agoI make that Faang salary elseware already. Sorry boo
- wing-_-nuts 6y agoAlso, not everyone wants to work in SV, SEA or NYC. If I did that, I'd be able to see my family maybe once a year. The question really flips when you ask yourself, how much could someone pay me to only visit my family only once a year?
- anon9001 6y agoThanks to the government's complete mishandling of the pandemic, you can work at a lot of these big tech companies and live anywhere you'd like now.