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The amount of recruiter spam increases by an order of magnitude once a FAANG-level technology company appears on one's resume. It has a dramatic change in the a
by linkregister 4y ago
The amount of recruiter spam increases by an order of magnitude once a FAANG-level technology company appears on one's resume. It has a dramatic change in the amount of technical interviews that are granted to an applicant.
- Silhouette 4y agoAt what kind of company? Looking from outside and in particular from outside the US the whole FAANG culture seems very strange. There is - or was - a huge amount of money available in compensation that seems almost completely disconnected from the value of an individual developer's contribution to the business or the level of useful skills and experience the developer has. And it seems there's this kind of clique effect where those who have worked in a FAANG or a high-profile startup are assumed by others who have worked at FAANGs or high-profile startups to be somehow better than everyone else. But IME once you're outside that bubble a more likely assumption is that ex-FAANG people will demand more than they're worth and won't necessarily be any more competent or productive than anyone else. And ex-multiple-FAANGs with rapid job hopping at the start of a career is a huge red flag.
- VirusNewbie 4y agoFAANG has a fairly high floor for engineers. You certainly find brilliant people on par with the best of FAANG at all types and kinds of companies. However many companies also have absolutely morons slip through the cracks, people who can barely code. FAANG does a pretty good job filtering those people out. So I agree that FAANG isn’t a great signal of brilliance but it is a good sign of “decently competent”.