My advice: Know yourself and don't believe the hype. There are lots of jobs out there, and lots of people will tell you that you need to join a FAANG as a juni

My advice: Know yourself and don't believe the hype. There are lots of jobs out there, and lots of people will tell you that you need to join a FAANG as a junior on $150k to be successful. That isn't true unless working for a FAANG on $150k is your definition of success. Figure out your criteria (where do you want to live, what hours do you want to work, how much is your ideal baseline salary and how much will you sacrifice for equity lottery tokens or bonuses, what kind of work do you want to do, etc) and don't compromise on them too much. You're about to go into an in-demand industry with a skill that people want. You are in control. You don't need to settle for the first role that's offered if you don't like it, but you're probably not some sort of genius 100x dev who can demand whatever they want either. Stay grounded, but be ambitious. You're starting out on a pretty exciting journey. Good luck.