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God this process sounds awful. Why would anyone want to work for a company like that?

by hacker_newz 3y ago

throwanem 3y ago
For the hope of retiring at 35.
- burningChrome 3y ago
  There are plenty of other ways to retire at 35 without having to put yourself through that clown show.
  - theossuary 3y ago
    Like what?
    - burningChrome 3y ago
      [flagged]
      - marssaxman 3y ago
        > doesn't take much to retire at 35. All you need is about $5-$8M You live in a rarefied world, my friend.
      - emestifs 3y ago
        You quite delusional about a number of things. It's not even worth pointing them out.
      - matkoniecz 3y ago
        For start, day trading is effectively gambling. Your advise is horrible and will harm people taking it seriously. And earning 8 millions as "social media influencer" by age 35 is so unhelpful advise that gambling would be more effective...
        kozikow 3y ago
        > For start, day trading is effectively gambling. Not unless you managed to get hired as a (quant) trader with a performance fee. Privatized gains, shared losses. Of course, it's very hard to get hired for such a role.
      - jobs_throwaway 3y ago
        > Finance I have a ton of friends in finance. Many worked for the most prestigious IB firms out of undergrad and moved on to PE/hedge funds where they make mountains of cash. I don't know 1 of them who has even considered retiring anywhere close to 35, nor of anyone in their professional networks who've done so. Not saying its impossible but the likelihood of doing so is vanishingly small.
      - digging 3y ago
        You just listed "professional gambler" 9 times.
        pavel_lishin 3y ago
        Not true, "professional athlete" isn't just a professional gambler, it's one who won a certain kind of lottery even before birth.
      - pavel_lishin 3y ago
        > All you need is about $5-$8M in the bank Oh, is that all? Well, why aren't we all doing that?
      - DonsDiscountGas 3y ago
        I want to live in your world where people think you need hundreds of millions to retire, and getting $5M is apparently super-easy.
jrockway 3y ago
Interesting projects. Pushing your code to a billion users. TC in the $500k-$1MM range. I would really encourage people that don't mind big companies to study for the interviews and just get the job. I promise you that you'll someday run into the algorithms questions you studied in real life. And you'll grow your software engineering career and make a lot of money. Dismissively writing it off feels cool, but you're really missing out on a good experience. (I don't work for a FAANG anymore, but I did once, and it was fun. Super smart coworkers. Interesting work. Great pay.)

God this process sounds awful. Why would anyone want to work for a company like that?

throwanem 3y ago

For the hope of retiring at 35.

burningChrome 3y ago
There are plenty of other ways to retire at 35 without having to put yourself through that clown show.
- theossuary 3y ago
  Like what?
  - burningChrome 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - marssaxman 3y ago
      > doesn't take much to retire at 35. All you need is about $5-$8M You live in a rarefied world, my friend.
    - emestifs 3y ago
      You quite delusional about a number of things. It's not even worth pointing them out.
    - matkoniecz 3y ago
      For start, day trading is effectively gambling. Your advise is horrible and will harm people taking it seriously. And earning 8 millions as "social media influencer" by age 35 is so unhelpful advise that gambling would be more effective...
      - kozikow 3y ago
        > For start, day trading is effectively gambling. Not unless you managed to get hired as a (quant) trader with a performance fee. Privatized gains, shared losses. Of course, it's very hard to get hired for such a role.
    - jobs_throwaway 3y ago
      > Finance I have a ton of friends in finance. Many worked for the most prestigious IB firms out of undergrad and moved on to PE/hedge funds where they make mountains of cash. I don't know 1 of them who has even considered retiring anywhere close to 35, nor of anyone in their professional networks who've done so. Not saying its impossible but the likelihood of doing so is vanishingly small.
    - digging 3y ago
      You just listed "professional gambler" 9 times.
      - pavel_lishin 3y ago
        Not true, "professional athlete" isn't just a professional gambler, it's one who won a certain kind of lottery even before birth.
    - pavel_lishin 3y ago
      > All you need is about $5-$8M in the bank Oh, is that all? Well, why aren't we all doing that?
    - DonsDiscountGas 3y ago
      I want to live in your world where people think you need hundreds of millions to retire, and getting $5M is apparently super-easy.

jrockway 3y ago

Interesting projects. Pushing your code to a billion users. TC in the $500k-$1MM range. I would really encourage people that don't mind big companies to study for the interviews and just get the job. I promise you that you'll someday run into the algorithms questions you studied in real life. And you'll grow your software engineering career and make a lot of money. Dismissively writing it off feels cool, but you're really missing out on a good experience. (I don't work for a FAANG anymore, but I did once, and it was fun. Super smart coworkers. Interesting work. Great pay.)