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“ considerably lower pay right now compared to a job at FAANG” Almost all jobs everywhere pay considerably less than FAANG. I find it curious that HN so casua
by germinalphrase 4y ago
“ considerably lower pay right now compared to a job at FAANG”
Almost all jobs everywhere pay considerably less than FAANG.
I find it curious that HN so casually uses FAANG pay as the benchmark.
- gjsman-1000 4y ago> but you sure are vulnerable to downturns in construction This is also a really weird point. If you work at FAANG, you are vulnerable to economic downturns. Just look at how so many tech companies have decimated their workforce.
- pdmccormick 4y agoKudos to you for the correct use of "decimate".
- wiseowise 4y agoMajority kept their job, what’s your point?
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoIf you lost your FAANG job recently, you have huge prior earnings behind you and can probably slide directly into a non FAANG job that will pay more than most jobs doing electrical work. This is just not the case if you're an electrician and construction is drying up.
- vidanay 4y ago> I find it curious that HN so casually uses FAANG pay as the benchmark. And even more mysteriously, treat working at FAANG as a de-facto career goal.
- kristjansson 4y agoBecause they want to own one (1) house in California?
- vidanay 4y agoBut then that assumes living in California as a de-facto life goal.
- zamnos 4y ago[flagged]
- rchaud 4y agoBeing on HN often reminds of the late '00s when I was on a message board called Wall Street Oasis, for undergrads who wanted to go into investing banking or private equity. On that board, it was honestly seen a failure if a person did not get into one of the Big 4 IBs or PE funds. It was like entering a twilight zone, no one could lower themselves into accepting anything less than working at one of 6 companies on the entire earth.