Very much a case of “grass is always greener”. I work in pre-sales at $FAANG and would do everything to take a 20% pay cut and go work a low pressure SWE role f

Very much a case of “grass is always greener”. I work in pre-sales at $FAANG and would do everything to take a 20% pay cut and go work a low pressure SWE role flinging golang around. My lord… the lack of political maneuvering, fiefdom building and defending, workaholics chasing deals and responses through the weekend or first thing at 5:30am when they wake up… I did a short stint as part of a pro services team at a SaaS once. Some of the most fun I’ve had, moderate to low pressure, interesting but not overly challenging problems, mostly a creativity challenge not “configure systemd” challenges. Now I know whT you’re thinking: “oh but here in SWE land we have all the problems you mentioned too!” Yep that’s my point.