Not everyone is in a position to work for a FAANG - they don't support working in all areas in all countries, often have formal education requirements and gener

Not everyone is in a position to work for a FAANG - they don't support working in all areas in all countries, often have formal education requirements and generally will be less flexible hours-wise than working for yourself. If you don't want to leave where you are, a full time or side-project web startup can be started and bootstrapped with barely any prior requirements that you can't teach yourself and could be a good option.