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> Also everyone: FAANG employees are better than everyone else! Rather: FAANG employees are pushed into startups by VCs.
by aleph_minus_one 2y ago
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Also everyone: FAANG employees are better than everyone else!
Rather: FAANG employees are pushed into startups by VCs.
- mattgreenrocks 2y agoHow so? They get paraded around as tokens of competence by VCs?
- mjmsmith 2y agoI've always found it amusing that FAANG pedigree is considered a plus for startup founders when the skill set is not only different but sometimes detrimental.
- hackitup7 2y agoNo, the VCs tell the founder/CEO to hire people who've done it before to help pay down the risks of unknown unknowns (which are real – this advice is overly simplistic but isn't conceptually wrong). This translates into them hiring from FAANGs if they take the advice semi-literally.