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Why is Netflix part of FAANG? Isn’t all the other ones much larger corporations?
by waspight 4y ago
Why is Netflix part of FAANG? Isn’t all the other ones much larger corporations?
- truffdog 4y agoTheir top tier compensation packages and stock performance over the past 15 years
- bombcar 4y agoThat's the story, but I feel the acronym was "unfortunate" without them, so they were added.
- inkcapmushroom 4y agoLeaving Netflix out would have been a GAAF.
- ajross 4y agoWhen the acronym was coined, Netflix was in the process of disrupting the entire entertainment industry and it looked for all the world like it was going to eat them all. As it happened, the industry (well, Disney and HBO at least) figured things out faster than expected, so much of the speculation on Netflix turned out to be wrong. But they absolutely were a Top of the World tech innovator for a while there. But it's just an acronym, it's not perfect. The other big error is that, obviously, Microsoft needs to be in that list given their pay scale and hiring process.
- 202206241203 4y ago> Top of the World tech innovator Yes, top reason an average enterprise developer has to deal with a distributed mess as opposed to a more manageable monolithic one: "we will do microservices despite being nothing like Netflix". On the upside, more developers are now required.
- sn41 4y agoBecause without Netflix, it would be a bit awkward. I've always felt that leaving Microsoft out was a bit problematic. But FAAMG does not sound very threatening.
- emptyparadise 4y agoMANGA
- selimthegrim 4y agoI guess the French have GAFAM?