"Realize, when you go for FAANG job you are competing with a lot of younger people, " You know, I think I can understand that simply due to the gigantic amount

"Realize, when you go for FAANG job you are competing with a lot of younger people, " You know, I think I can understand that simply due to the gigantic amount of in-house legacy code, toolkits, etc. It could be simply that younger people are more likely to take that Sisyphean task on, especially those on their first job. Schools aren't bad at numbing people to be part of a collective. Maybe it's same to assume that a FAANG is simply the modern equivalent of a defense contractor.