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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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