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One part of me is itching to do it. Another part of me can't let it go that I can't beat leetcode interviews. I'm quite close, I think I can do it. I guess it'

One part of me is itching to do it. Another part of me can't let it go that I can't beat leetcode interviews. I'm quite close, I think I can do it. I guess it's an ego thing. But not fully though is it? Earning a couple of years of FAANG money opens one up to then just travel the world. I'm from the EU but will make the switch to the US in about a year from now (marriage). So from that perspective, I just don't know if it's strategic. When you have $300K in the bank and you just go to SE asia, you also have "no schedule" etc. That should be doable with FAANG. I do feel this path delivers more impact though as life becomes a bit more like a game and you're creating your own quests. You're solving things that you are quick enough at to solve but also things that you find important or just simply fun. Man, I'm torn. Both take quite a bit of a time investment. I'm not sure how I can monetize a "leetcode with me" type of thing. If there was still a market for that, I might do that to start both things off at the same time. Maybe I should just become a Twitch streamer :') But I don't think that'd pay off. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.

jebarker 2y ago
> Earning a couple of years of FAANG money opens one up to then just travel the world. If you can resist lifestyle inflation
- mettamage 2y ago
  I could now but that'd be tough with kids.
Scubabear68 2y ago
With all the FAANG layoffs is this still a realistic goal for many people?
- mettamage 2y ago
  Fair question, maybe I'm a bit too starry eyed. What do you think?
  - Scubabear68 2y ago
    I think the question provided the answer. The market is being flooded with ex-FAANG developers and it is no longer a job seeker's market. In today's environment it is a LOT harder to get hired by anyone, let alone a FAANG company. I know really good people who have been out of a job for +6 months now. Based on past history, now is not the time to shoot for the stars, but to start consolidating your base and preparing for the next upturn.
    - mettamage 2y ago
      > preparing for the next upturn. Prepare how? I fled to be a data analyst. For multiple reasons. One: the job interview was a cake walk (for me at least). I was unprepared and I aced it despite not really knowing what a data analyst was. It helps that I have a fairly good statistics background from back in the day. I'm also better paid since they don't pay software engineers that well in the Netherlands, so data analyst salaries seem more competitive locally. But yea, I'd be curious what you specifically mean by it.
Mathnerd314 2y ago
> you just go to SE asia I could see justifying a trip like that on a cost-of-living basis. If you go to a place like Thailand, you are going to be spending pennies on the dollar vs. the EU, even after paying incredible amounts (in local currency) for first-world conveniences like clean drinking water and internet. So in that sense if you are going to be coding and living life online, you might as well live someplace cheap IRL. But that's different from a tourist crawl where you are just spending money like water, which maybe was more your idea.

jebarker 2y ago

> Earning a couple of years of FAANG money opens one up to then just travel the world. If you can resist lifestyle inflation

mettamage 2y ago
I could now but that'd be tough with kids.

Scubabear68 2y ago

With all the FAANG layoffs is this still a realistic goal for many people?

mettamage 2y ago
Fair question, maybe I'm a bit too starry eyed. What do you think?
- Scubabear68 2y ago
  I think the question provided the answer. The market is being flooded with ex-FAANG developers and it is no longer a job seeker's market. In today's environment it is a LOT harder to get hired by anyone, let alone a FAANG company. I know really good people who have been out of a job for +6 months now. Based on past history, now is not the time to shoot for the stars, but to start consolidating your base and preparing for the next upturn.
  - mettamage 2y ago
    > preparing for the next upturn. Prepare how? I fled to be a data analyst. For multiple reasons. One: the job interview was a cake walk (for me at least). I was unprepared and I aced it despite not really knowing what a data analyst was. It helps that I have a fairly good statistics background from back in the day. I'm also better paid since they don't pay software engineers that well in the Netherlands, so data analyst salaries seem more competitive locally. But yea, I'd be curious what you specifically mean by it.

Mathnerd314 2y ago

> you just go to SE asia I could see justifying a trip like that on a cost-of-living basis. If you go to a place like Thailand, you are going to be spending pennies on the dollar vs. the EU, even after paying incredible amounts (in local currency) for first-world conveniences like clean drinking water and internet. So in that sense if you are going to be coding and living life online, you might as well live someplace cheap IRL. But that's different from a tourist crawl where you are just spending money like water, which maybe was more your idea.