> 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. Typical

> 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.