Downsides to working at a tech giant

Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by camelspade on Monday December 23, 2019 @05:25PM (#21868035)

Who/what is a “sub-FAANG SWE”? Are you suggesting software engineers who don’t work at one of the FAANG’s are subpar? Apologies if I’m misunderstanding.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by CydeWeys on Monday December 23, 2019 @05:39PM (#21868126)

I think it's more referring to compensation. If you're only offering half the pay of some of the alternatives, you're simply not going to get a shot at most of the highest-skilled job seekers. They will, sensibly, tend to go work for the highest-paying employers. Free market for labor and all that.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by jmondi on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:03AM (#21870405)

What about all the skilled software engineers that DON'T want to live in SF.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by boring_twenties on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @02:25AM (#21870492)

From what I've seen most startups DO expect you to move to SF, though. They just don't want to pay a competitive salary.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by camelspade on Monday December 23, 2019 @06:49PM (#21868576)

I guess I can see that (to a certain extent), thanks for offering your explanation.

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Re:Downsides to working at a tech giant by tlrobinson on Tuesday December 24, 2019 @04:50AM (#21870959)

I assume they’re saying there’s a certain bar for FAANG SWEs. That doesn’t also imply all (or even the average) SWEs outside of FAANG are below it.

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