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all of fang has lost brand power, all sufficiently large megacorps are clusterfucks

fallingknife 5y ago
That's just not true (well the clusterfuck part is). Big tech dominates the top of the list for most well regarded brands. https://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://morningconsult.com/most-loved-brands-2020/ https://morningconsult.com/most-loved-brands-2020/
- echelon 5y ago
  Startups stepping into the unicorn status territory are a much better bet. Their stock grants have value since the companies are getting closer to exit, and there's a real chance that the stock will 10-100X. Your four year vest of $250k could be worth $2.5M - $25M in the future. These are the best jobs. They can be extremely lucrative, and the work is exciting and palpable. Scaling a company to the point of IPO is fun. Look at the market the company is entering. How big? Is the company growing like crazy? What's the competition? How's the leadership and culture? And do you like the work?
  - mellavora 5y ago
    If you can find one... I might be one of the lucky few who has (ask me in 1.5 years), but I've seen many promising startups fail. I'm seriously considering moving to FANG for perceived stability and income. Stock which might 10x vs stock which at least has a market value.
- lordnacho 5y ago
  These kinds of studies have all sorts of issues. The main one is it's cheap to answer a study. Nobody has any skin in the game. What do you think of Apple? Oh great phones, very nice UX. Where it matters is when you're asked to spend money, for one. And the other one is what we're discussing here, where do you want to work? The natural experiment of choice is more telling than what a bunch of people can recall about some name that they barely know anything about.
tayo42 5y ago
Yeah why do we even have this acronym any more lol. I don't think I want to work at any of them anymore. I used to think it was cool, but now,ehh. Work life balance is to precious I think even if another 50k is enticing.

That's just not true (well the clusterfuck part is). Big tech dominates the top of the list for most well regarded brands. https://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/ https://morningconsult.com/most-loved-brands-2020/ https://morningconsult.com/most-loved-brands-2020/

echelon 5y ago
Startups stepping into the unicorn status territory are a much better bet. Their stock grants have value since the companies are getting closer to exit, and there's a real chance that the stock will 10-100X. Your four year vest of $250k could be worth $2.5M - $25M in the future. These are the best jobs. They can be extremely lucrative, and the work is exciting and palpable. Scaling a company to the point of IPO is fun. Look at the market the company is entering. How big? Is the company growing like crazy? What's the competition? How's the leadership and culture? And do you like the work?
- mellavora 5y ago
  If you can find one... I might be one of the lucky few who has (ask me in 1.5 years), but I've seen many promising startups fail. I'm seriously considering moving to FANG for perceived stability and income. Stock which might 10x vs stock which at least has a market value.
lordnacho 5y ago
These kinds of studies have all sorts of issues. The main one is it's cheap to answer a study. Nobody has any skin in the game. What do you think of Apple? Oh great phones, very nice UX. Where it matters is when you're asked to spend money, for one. And the other one is what we're discussing here, where do you want to work? The natural experiment of choice is more telling than what a bunch of people can recall about some name that they barely know anything about.

tayo42 5y ago

Yeah why do we even have this acronym any more lol. I don't think I want to work at any of them anymore. I used to think it was cool, but now,ehh. Work life balance is to precious I think even if another 50k is enticing.