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That's a very short-sighted perspective. Most companies don't need "rockstars". There's a lot of good tech produced outside of the FAANG bubble. > The next 5
by imiric 4y ago
That's a very short-sighted perspective.
Most companies don't need "rockstars". There's a lot of good tech produced outside of the FAANG bubble.
> The next 5 years are going to be a blood bath for junior, mid-level and just average developers.
A junior or mid-level developer is not the same as an average developer. There are plenty of senior "average" developers, and junior "rockstars". All of this is fine.
- zero_shift 4y agoI think the problem is that FAANG developers are being seen as the worst of both worlds: solid performers but with Rockstar expectations (salary, desirability, job hopping). And a bias towards overcomplication. (I am not making any claim this is true, but it's the view I encounter) Personally, having worked in very small orgs (8 people) and moderately large ones (800), there is definitely a culture shock moving down an order of magnitude. You have to be more generalist and keep a very goal-oriented view. Small company work tends to be much higher ambiguity; you have to think about delivering something that may change within a few months, and where outages are seen as 'a good problem to have'. Scaling is less important than agility.