Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG

Re:Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG by connor-brooks on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @07:13AM (#23309644)

Slightly off topic but: Why is Microsoft not included in this acronym (FAANG)? Surely they're a more significant company than Netflix?

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Re:Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG by break_the_bank on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @07:25AM (#23309733)

There was a period of time when Microsoft had lost its edge. I'm guessing they came up with the acronym then.

Folks over at r/Wallstreetbets use the term FAGMAN. I'm not sure if that's politically correct!

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Re:Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG by qppo on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @09:16AM (#23310713)

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/cramer-we-gotta-get-netflix-...

It was Cramer back in 2013 who coined the term. It was a term for stocks, although on HN and around the engineer-verse I always took it to mean "big tech" companies that pay really well.

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Re:Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG by detaro on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @08:36AM (#23310324)

Because it comes from the stock markets. FAANG were hot tech stocks, Microsoft was boring at the time.

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Re:Ask HN: What interests you to work at a FAANG by julianeon on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:15AM (#23333620)

There are people who periodically propose this - so you could say your observation has been seconded. In fact there's already an acronym for that (which I've heard once or twice), FAMGA.

https://www.applicoinc.com/blog/faang-is-out-famga-is-in-why...

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