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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by igetspam on Saturday February 15, 2020 @12:07AM (#22333393)
I worked there in the early 2000s. It was fun. Then it wasn't any more. I was much earlier in my career and when I left, having it on my resume meant a lot. Now I've done more and more interesting things. I told the FAANGs, in no unclear terms, I'm not interested. They seem to have gotten the message eventually. I like small companies. You work harder and have a lot more impact. The compensation is good too.

Leave. The grass is greener.

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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by bradlys on Saturday February 15, 2020 @01:19AM (#22333647)
> I like small companies. You work harder and have a lot more impact. The compensation is good too. Leave. The grass is greener.

What small company is regularly paying over $300k+/yr for senior software engineers and paying over $500k/yr for staff+?

The only people I see leaving the big companies are those who already got their riches and/or bought real estate earlier. The rest of us are either tied to them or trying to get in because the real estate market dictates you must earn that income to stick around the bay.

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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by probably_wrong on Saturday February 15, 2020 @04:15AM (#22334181)
> the real estate market dictates you must earn that income to stick around the bay.

Well, there's your problem right there.

There are plenty of smaller tech hubs around the world.

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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by khalilravanna on Saturday February 15, 2020 @10:32AM (#22335822)
Big +1. Leave the Bay Area. Heck, you could even get a Bay Area job that allows remote and then leave the Bay Area. I worked remote from ATX for 2 years for an SF startup and it was great!
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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by thefourthchime on Saturday February 22, 2020 @03:03PM (#22392998)
Hah, same! Love working from in ATX
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Re:The dystopian world of software engineering interviews by eropple on Saturday February 15, 2020 @11:07AM (#22336024)
Many of them don't feel particularly smaller, either. I've had literally no desire to move to San Francisco; senior+ jobs here in Boston pay more than enough to comfortably pay a mortgage somewhere nice.
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