It's true, I'm ex-FAANG and although I don't have much saved (worked in Europe), having it on your CV pretty much guarantees you a job in tech. That being said

It's true, I'm ex-FAANG and although I don't have much saved (worked in Europe), having it on your CV pretty much guarantees you a job in tech. That being said, it doesn't mean: 1) you should stop reading just because he worked at FAANG. 2) you can't take risks because you didn't work at FAANG. The risk/opportunity cost is the same if not more: if he makes $300k from a product, it's less than he would have made at his previous job at Google perhaps.