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Foreign companies setup offices in the USA to attract ex-FANGA engineers, and thus are willing to compete on compensation, with the additional benefits of being
by itake 2y ago
Foreign companies setup offices in the USA to attract ex-FANGA engineers, and thus are willing to compete on compensation, with the additional benefits of being publicly traded,.
- sofixa 2y agoReally? Why? If anything I'd expect the opposite, non-American companies to eschew hiring engineers from the US because they'd cost more than equivalents in lower cost countries where those companies presumably are / can access more easily.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoMore expensive is better! Anecdotally I've heard that the larger chinese tech companies love exFAANG, because 'American engineers are better'. Maybe the Silicon Valley Mythos is another export?
- meiraleal 2y agoOr maybe the fanga ones know secrets worth paying
- red-iron-pine 2y agoWhich foreign companies are paying FAANG rates? Outside of Chinese ones I can't see that happening much. Why pay easily 50-200% more for US talent when they can often get solid talent in Japan / Europe / China / etc. Outside of a small business and localization team, why bother?
- saagarjha 2y agoBytedance, Coupang, etc. I assume