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As they would say in r/cscareerquestions… If you care about total compensation, “grind LeetCode and work for a FAANG” (haha only serious) I went from the Dev

As they would say in r/cscareerquestions… If you care about total compensation, “grind LeetCode and work for a FAANG” (haha only serious) I went from the Dev lead in 2016 in a medium size health care company, to a senior dev/de facto “cloud architect” at a startup to mid level “cloud consultant” at $BigTech. Each job came with more money - and the current one a step change in compensation - and less responsibility and less headaches.

wonderwonder 4y ago
You are not wrong. I used to think I wanted to work in leadership and now that I'm there it kind of sucks. At least the middle manager level I am at. I have really started considering doing exactly as you suggest, just grinding for a year and then going for a FAANG position. I currently make more money than I ever imagined (I grew up on food stamps) and its far less than what FAANG SR's make. The thought of being able to make more than this with half of the responsibility sounds incredible and I am leaning in that direction.