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Depending on the context, I often read FAANG to mean "a large tech company" rather than literally Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google. E.g. Stripe, Uber,
by ZephyrBlu 4y ago
Depending on the context, I often read FAANG to mean "a large tech company" rather than literally Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google.
E.g. Stripe, Uber, Square, Microsoft etc would count towards "FAANG".
Do you think the environment at FAANG specifically is that different from other large tech companies?
- 01100011 4y agoMy guess is that the large tech companies in the bay area share certain characteristics, for better and for worse. Many factors are at play though. Do I think working for Intuitive Surgical is just like working for Apple? No, but in many cases I think you'd encounter similar issues. That said, there are certain companies that are held in higher esteem by many of the folks who care about such things, and those companies tend to attract people who value working for an esteemed company. I talked with another FAANG engineer one day who said they'd feel like a failure if they didn't move on to another FAANG, despite grinding away for years, being middle aged and unhappy, and burned out by the politics at work. Anyway, I think those 'esteemed' companies attract more aggressive and driven folks which changes the culture vs any other large tech co.