An honest question; do you need to work for FAANGs if this is the case? I think it's fairly accepted that you need X amount of hours per week to designate only

An honest question; do you need to work for FAANGs if this is the case? I think it's fairly accepted that you need X amount of hours per week to designate only to studying for your FAANG interview if you want to pass. This might be 10h a week for the next 3-6 months, or 15 for the next 10 months (or any other number of hours a week for any other number of months/weeks), as it wholly depends on you. You can either dedicate the time and practice, or decide you don't want to do it since your situation does not enable you to do so (e.g. due to kids, family, or simply lack of motivation). Of course, there are people who do not have to study. It seems you are not one of them. (Neither am I to be honest, this is just an observation, not an offensive remark). What else is there to do other than studying or not passing the interview in such a case?