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Easiest way to make $300k+ working 40 hours a week.

omginternets 5y ago
The second half of that statement is questionable, isn't it? I have not worked at a FAANG company, but my distinct impression is that one trades time for a significant chunk of money.
- Jensson 5y ago
  > The second half of that statement is questionable, isn't it? Yeah, the time I worked at Google most people worked less than 40 hours a week. > but my distinct impression is that one trades time for a significant chunk of money. Right, I traded 30-40 hours a week (a significant amount of time) for about $250k a year (a significant chunk of money). I know other FAANG are a bit more harsh to work at than Google, but I haven't heard of any place where 40 hours weeks isn't the norm. Except Amazon, but Amazon is just a regular toxic company, you find such at every paygrade.
  - omginternets 5y ago
    That's fair. However, $250/year is also not what I consider a "FAANG salary" (whatever that means). That's roughly the situation I'm in, in a Series A startup. I could be totally wrong, but my sense is that $300+ per annum is almost always accompanied by well over 40hours/week.
    - Jensson 5y ago
      > However, $250/year is also not what I consider a "FAANG salary" (whatever that means). I worked there as a junior. The people I worked with had 500k+ and didn't work more than me. I have very low living expenses though and didn't want to stay in the HCOL area so I quit because I got more money than I needed.
      - decafninja 5y ago
        Timeframe is probably a factor too. One of my friends who works at Netflix got a ~$270k offer many many years ago. That is probably unspeakably and impossibly low for Netflix if you were to get an offer there today, but probably high for that time?
      - omginternets 5y ago
        Damn, cool! All the interview hoops you have to jump through kinda seem reasonable in that light.
- missedthecue 5y ago
  FAANG isn't a monolith. Facebook and Netflix working life seem worlds apart even if the comp is in the same neighborhood.
  - decafninja 5y ago
    My understanding is Facebook & Netflix > Google > Amazon & Apple when it comes to compensation? If you add the MULA companies, I believe ULA are on the higher side while M is on the lower.

The second half of that statement is questionable, isn't it? I have not worked at a FAANG company, but my distinct impression is that one trades time for a significant chunk of money.

Jensson 5y ago
> The second half of that statement is questionable, isn't it? Yeah, the time I worked at Google most people worked less than 40 hours a week. > but my distinct impression is that one trades time for a significant chunk of money. Right, I traded 30-40 hours a week (a significant amount of time) for about $250k a year (a significant chunk of money). I know other FAANG are a bit more harsh to work at than Google, but I haven't heard of any place where 40 hours weeks isn't the norm. Except Amazon, but Amazon is just a regular toxic company, you find such at every paygrade.
- omginternets 5y ago
  That's fair. However, $250/year is also not what I consider a "FAANG salary" (whatever that means). That's roughly the situation I'm in, in a Series A startup. I could be totally wrong, but my sense is that $300+ per annum is almost always accompanied by well over 40hours/week.
  - Jensson 5y ago
    > However, $250/year is also not what I consider a "FAANG salary" (whatever that means). I worked there as a junior. The people I worked with had 500k+ and didn't work more than me. I have very low living expenses though and didn't want to stay in the HCOL area so I quit because I got more money than I needed.
    - decafninja 5y ago
      Timeframe is probably a factor too. One of my friends who works at Netflix got a ~$270k offer many many years ago. That is probably unspeakably and impossibly low for Netflix if you were to get an offer there today, but probably high for that time?
    - omginternets 5y ago
      Damn, cool! All the interview hoops you have to jump through kinda seem reasonable in that light.
missedthecue 5y ago
FAANG isn't a monolith. Facebook and Netflix working life seem worlds apart even if the comp is in the same neighborhood.
- decafninja 5y ago
  My understanding is Facebook & Netflix > Google > Amazon & Apple when it comes to compensation? If you add the MULA companies, I believe ULA are on the higher side while M is on the lower.