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Therapy sounds like a good start to untangle what you're experiencing. Also, you work at a FAANG, for any reasonable definition of success, you've made it. You
by arkitaip 5y ago
Therapy sounds like a good start to untangle what you're experiencing.
Also, you work at a FAANG, for any reasonable definition of success, you've made it. You wouldn't be where you are if you weren't good at what you do and vetted by lots of people. Can you get better? Have you done mistakes? Probably, but that doesn't mean you're bad.
- rejectedandsad 5y ago> FAANG, for any reasonable definition of success, you've made it Is it? I've never heard that about Amazon, for instance. At Google or Facebook or whatever sure but the fact that they're using the acronym and not the company implies Amazon to me.
- username90 5y agoAmazon is still good enough to all but guarantee a great career. Even if you get fired plenty of lower tier companies would gladly take you in.
- giantg2 5y agoThey might be using the acronym for anonymity. If your company finds out that you hate it and want to quit, you will likely find your head is about to roll. I had a close call with this once. Then I learned that the company doesn't really want people to be honest and candid, that's it's just one of the traps they put in their policies.
- geoduck14 5y ago> Also, you work at a FAANG, for any reasonable definition of success, you've made it. Somebody here need to hear this: You really REALLY need an identity outside of work. Having "made it" because you work at company X, your boss likes you, you got an award - these things are VERY empty and will contribute to depression. Consider augmenting your life with some of the following: relationships (perhaps with God), hobbies, volunteer work, exercise
- BossingAround 5y agoWhile I agree with you, I think the made it was meant in the professional sense. For many people, it's the target for their professional career to get hired by FAANG (though it seems HN strongly dislikes that view).
- dandigangi 5y ago+1
- uchiga 5y agoMaking it into FAANG is like reaching Heaven, achieving Nirvana. The epitome that one have lived a useful life.
- dandigangi 5y agoFAANG is not the be all, end all of tech jobs for the record. Great notoriety but it isn't the only big time jobs out there.
- username90 5y agoFAANG means you are all but guaranteed to have a great career. There are better careers and other great careers, but getting into FAANG is enough to have "made it" career wise.
- endisneigh 5y agoironically this view probably exacerbates the issue the OP has.
- burntoutfire 5y agoAren't majority of people at FAANG miserable? Working on humongous code bases in a big bureucracy does not sound fun at all.