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> I could try to progress my career, but I'm already earning good money and I know to earn more I'd have to either start job hopping or study some leetcode to g

> I could try to progress my career, but I'm already earning good money and I know to earn more I'd have to either start job hopping or study some leetcode to get into a FAANG. I know this was not the point of your comment, but trust me that one can pass FAANG interviews without grinding Leetcode. If you're seriously considering a job search, I would recommend going through jobsearch.dev

skinnymuch 5y ago
When people use FAANG in these discussions. Is it literally those five companies and a handful of other high end growth companies (Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla?)? The number still being single digit. Or is it representing a handful more companies than fhat?
- reciprocity 5y ago
  FAANG usually refers specifically to those companies. GAFAM is another acronym which exchanges Netflix with Microsoft.
  - interestica 5y ago
    You have to replace with Meta and Alphabet too... MAMAA
- positr0n 5y ago
  To me it can have a few meanings based on context, which I'm sure everyone has their own interpretation ha. Sometimes it means "giant influential tech companies" in which case you could make a good case that Netflix doesn't belong and some others could be added. In a career focused context like this I interpret it as "any tech company where most devs easily earn $300k+". So the original FANG plus a bunch of others, including smaller companies like Uber or Splunk.
  - skinnymuch 5y ago
    Yeah the last paragraph is what I was thinking when I asked. For sure Netflix doesn’t belong. Meta doesn’t either as of end of 2021 if it’s also about growth alongside influential. Tesla, Nvidia slide in perfectly. Then there’s a sizable tail end of $100B+ companies and many under $75B with growth potential. AMD, PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, for $100B ones. Square, Atlassian, Datadog, Cloudflare, some cybersecurity firms like Crowdstrike, Okta, would fit in too. These are too small right now though.

skinnymuch 5y ago

When people use FAANG in these discussions. Is it literally those five companies and a handful of other high end growth companies (Nvidia, Microsoft, Tesla?)? The number still being single digit. Or is it representing a handful more companies than fhat?

reciprocity 5y ago
FAANG usually refers specifically to those companies. GAFAM is another acronym which exchanges Netflix with Microsoft.
- interestica 5y ago
  You have to replace with Meta and Alphabet too... MAMAA
positr0n 5y ago
To me it can have a few meanings based on context, which I'm sure everyone has their own interpretation ha. Sometimes it means "giant influential tech companies" in which case you could make a good case that Netflix doesn't belong and some others could be added. In a career focused context like this I interpret it as "any tech company where most devs easily earn $300k+". So the original FANG plus a bunch of others, including smaller companies like Uber or Splunk.
- skinnymuch 5y ago
  Yeah the last paragraph is what I was thinking when I asked. For sure Netflix doesn’t belong. Meta doesn’t either as of end of 2021 if it’s also about growth alongside influential. Tesla, Nvidia slide in perfectly. Then there’s a sizable tail end of $100B+ companies and many under $75B with growth potential. AMD, PayPal, Shopify, Stripe, for $100B ones. Square, Atlassian, Datadog, Cloudflare, some cybersecurity firms like Crowdstrike, Okta, would fit in too. These are too small right now though.