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From someone who intimately knows UC Berkeley's Computer Science undergraduate program for the entire past decade, this can only be a good thing. Lots of Berkel
by usui 3y ago
From someone who intimately knows UC Berkeley's Computer Science undergraduate program for the entire past decade, this can only be a good thing. Lots of Berkeley smarts have gone to waste by doing nothing in FAANG and chasing the coveted golden handcuffs. Not every case obviously (not sure why this needs to be said), but a vast majority of undergraduates just expect to be handed top compensation for knowing jack shit apart from knowing how to study for an interview, and I always found that odd.
Now they might actually need to prove their value in ways that make sense or at least aligns more closely to baseline reasonable.
I'm not saying this out of spite due to being rejected either—I played the same game and came out with top internships and placements at the same set of Big Tech that everyone else wanted. I feel awful about being compelled to participate in that meat grinder.
- samspenc 3y agoMy guess is the allure of FAANG is the same as that of Ivy Leagues - people who haven't gone to either think there's something special about those institutions or the people who went there. Part of it is certainly media coverage and status in their peer group and general society as well. But once you've gone to one of those, you realize that they are really no different from any other college or work experience. There are some things they do a lot better due to scale and ranking, but day-to-day is much the same.