Of course some people do. I know plenty of people view ex-FAANG candidates at least cautiously. Several of those people are now founders/CxOs at reasonably succ

Of course some people do. I know plenty of people view ex-FAANG candidates at least cautiously. Several of those people are now founders/CxOs at reasonably successful tech firms. Career FAANG people tend to have a polarising effect where they can be very good in some areas but have huge blind spots in others. If you don't think this is true then I encourage you to look at the comments any time someone relatively senior coming from outside FAANG asks about being down-levelled when they start. There are always a few slightly too haughty people talking about how that outside experience doesn't translate and a different skill set is needed at high levels in a FAANG-style organisation. That's true - up to a point at least - but it goes both ways.