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- sochix 1y agoMaybe! But on the other side I can work when and how I want, it's a big bonus as for me.
- sirfz 1y agoThis bonus is priceless tbh congrats on your success and hope you'll never need to work for anyone
- YetAnotherNick 1y agoI also love side projects and have done a few. What I was commenting on is "people using their expertise to make money". For me it's more of the opposite. I could have earned way more in traditional things but I do side project because I can select what I want to do.
- bboygravity 1y agoIt is if you live outside of the US or if you'd never make it into a FAANG, because of lack of credentials and/or connections. Or. If you like the idea of having no boss, no standup meetings, no Jira, no commutes, no open office plan, etc.
- 0_____0 1y agoNot bad when the median salary is equivalent to 600$/mo
- naughtyfinch 1y agoNothing beats the freedom and fulfillment of owning and operating your own business. A job at a FAANG company with a high salary is so overrated. I know, since I have worked in multiple FAANG companies over the last 12 years.
- RandomWorker 1y agoTrue, and the author also said that they are working with a 20 person team. But looking at those growth projections they will likely double in a few years.
- whiplash451 1y agowithout a 20 person team
- sochix 1y agomy bad!
- pac0 1y agoHe said the opposite, I read it wrong the first time too
- dustincoates 1y agoI misread that the first time, too. You should read it like this: > All of this — without investors, [without] a 20-person team, or [without] a “Series A” round. Later on, the author says: > Currently, the team behind Perfect Wiki is just two people.
- jen729w 1y agoI quit a AU$300k job almost exactly 2 years ago to work on my ‘side project’ full-time. My partner too: it’s our only income. I earn perhaps 20% what I used to. We just quit our lease and sold all our stuff so we can live in a cheap country for a while. I’ve never been poorer. I’m 48. It’s the best decision I ever made. I pity you fools at your FAANG jobs. Because I know how unhappy you are.
- motorest 1y ago> It’s the best decision I ever made. I pity you fools at your FAANG jobs. Because I know how unhappy you are. I think you might be projecting to try not to feel bad for your life choices. A telltale sign is the way you try to claim every single engineer employed by half a dozen companies is unhappy. This is obviously unrealistic. I personally know quite a few of them and they are having the time of their life. Keep in mind that you hear far more reports from those who quit/were fired than from those who are happily chugging along in their role.
- cactusplant7374 1y agoThey are having the "time of their life" sitting in a desk chair at a corporate office. It's not the same as what the parent poster is describing -- which is presumably traveling and exploring the world. Try asking the younger generation which is the better job.
- motorest 1y ago> They are having the "time of their life" sitting in a desk chair at a corporate office. It's not the same as what the parent poster is describing -- which is presumably traveling and exploring the world. Is it though? The FANG engineers I know have been leveraging internal transfers to relocate abroad to places like Madrid, Milan, Amsterdam, etc. Not to mention business trips abroad for all kind of things like hiring events. > Try asking the younger generation which is the better job. This is not a generational thing. This is about objectively comparing jobs. Accusing each and every single FANG engineer of being miserable whereas a random low-paying role is the envy of the world screams the fox and the grapes.
- darkwater 1y agoYou make that salary only if you physically live near Silicon Valley, or some other HCOL areas where FAANG have offices. And guess what? The world is bigger.
- gadders 1y agoMaybe? But not everyone gets into a FAANG, or lives in the places where FAANGs are hiring (as I believe not all offer fully remote jobs). And $250k is the current point on the graph - it could be $1m this time next year.
- sochix 1y agofingers crossed, I'll see something near $1m in a year or two
- cpach 1y agoDifferent strokes for different folks
- apercu 1y agoI quit a job a President of a software company 11 years ago. I’ve never been so happy or healthy.
- maaaaattttt 1y agoA Wolf had nought but bones and skin So exact the watch of dogs had been. He chances on a Mastiff as powerful as handsome Fat, sleek, who had strayed by chance. To attack him, quarter him Lord Wolf would gladly do; But he would have to join battle, And the Mastiff was of such stature As to defend himself with ease. So the Wolf approaches him humbly, Enters into conversation, compliments him On his girth, which he admires. "You fine sir could be as fat as me" Replied the Dog. "Leave the woods, you would do well: Your like are miserable there, Dunces, hairshirts and poor devils, Their estate is to die of hunger. Every bite of food is hard won By dint of fang and claw. For what? Follow me: you would have a fate much better." The Wolf replied, "What must I do?" "Almost nothing," replied the Dog, "Chase beggars And people carrying sticks; To flatter those at home, to please one's Master: In exchange your salary would be A great many scraps of all kinds: Bones of chickens, bones of pigeons, Without mentioning many caresses." The Wolf already imagines a happiness Which makes him teary from fondness. Walking along, he saw the bald neck of the Dog. "What is it there?" he said. - Nothing. - What? Nothing? - Nothing much. But still? - The collar by which I am tethered Is perhaps the cause of what you see. "Tethered?" said the Wolf: So you do not run Wherever you want? - Not always; but what matters it? It matters so much that all your meals I would not want in any wise or manner, And would not desire even a treasure at such price." This said, master Wolf runs off, and he runneth still. — Jean de La Fontain, 1668 ( translated by Tad Boniecki)
- Y_Y 1y agoThe US constitution guarantees life and liberty, the great joke being that the two things are almost opposite.
- tomhow 1y agoPlease don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html