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>> Just a heads up to anybody super starry-eyed about fang, I worked 10+ years non-fang, and tried fang, and it was absolutely miserable, one of my least favori
by taway234 3y ago
>> Just a heads up to anybody super starry-eyed about fang, I worked 10+ years non-fang, and tried fang, and it was absolutely miserable, one of my least favorite jobs of my career.
Most people I know say the same, but they stay. You can be at a non-FAANG and work for half the pay (and often be just as miserable) or you can work at FAANG, own a house, not worry about money, and often do not much work. Misery is part of the package.
- JohnFen 3y ago> Misery is part of the package. But isn't that a bug? It's not that hard to find a non-FAANG job that pays well, lets you own a house, and not worry about money without having every working day be a misery.
- PheonixPharts 3y ago> own a house, not worry about money While you absolutely take a huge pay cut to not work at a FAANG, it's not like making 200k+ is living in poverty. Typically non-FAANG also has other perks: many more fully remote options, typically much more chill about working hours, working with niche tech stacks or on new problem spaces, etc. You can enjoy work and still have a house and not have to worry about money at a non-FAANG, just not as aggressively much as you do at one.
- barbariangrunge 3y agoIn Canada, where do you find these non-FAANG 200k+ jobs?
- PheonixPharts 3y agoWorking for a US based startup (and there are still plenty of good Canadian ones as well)? I've had Canadian coworkers at multiple companies where Senior Engineers made 200k+
- sorokod 3y agoOn the other hand they don't need to warn away their family and friends from the products they develop so there is that.