I'm at a FAANG, and have ~17 YoE. I made considerably less at smaller companies. But there's good money to be made at F500 companies that are non FAANG as wel

I'm at a FAANG, and have ~17 YoE. I made considerably less at smaller companies. But there's good money to be made at F500 companies that are non FAANG as well, if you're willing to climb the IC (or management) ladder.