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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by romed on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:46PM (#18194997)
How about: don't believe in yourself because luck is everything? I walked into Google with 15 years of industry experience. I lucked out being in the early days of the web, lucked out in the dot-com boom, lucked out with a referral to Google, lucked out with real estate appreciation.
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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by mtnGoat on Thursday October 11, 2018 @02:33PM (#18195930)
got to appreciate the honesty! i've seen some peers whom i felt really sucked at tech rise through what appeared to be luck alone.
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Re:Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? by thrwthrwthrwy on Thursday October 11, 2018 @12:50PM (#18195048)
That is quite amazing. Thanks for the response!
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