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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by Retric on Sunday May 31, 2020 @09:30PM (#23374751)
FAANGs don’t pay that salary because it’s difficult work, they pay that salary because they have trouble keeping turnover down. It’s much like investment banks where the pay is great and many people really want to leave.

It’s up to you how you want to spend your life, but everyone I know is much happier after the left.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by discordance on Sunday May 31, 2020 @10:30PM (#23375001)
You mean once they worked at FAANG, saved up enough FU money and then left?

Yeah, I'm sure they are much happier.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by Retric on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:41AM (#23376151)
No, many left within 2 years.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by erikbye on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:56AM (#23376230)
The average for Google is 3.2 years. For most, that is not FU money.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by Lammy on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:06AM (#23376276)
Just long enough to open the doors of any other job interview and bail to a company that doesn't shuffle them and their team around the office like game pieces in a never-ending re-org, a company that makes actual products instead of surveillance advertising systems (as the latter is impossible without the former), or a company that makes decisions not to work with oppressive governments based on more factors than if it will earn more than the potential PR damage will cost.
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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by erikbye on Monday June 01, 2020 @05:08AM (#23376594)
So, approx. 3 years == disillusioned?

Unless it was a planned stepping-stone all along, to land the real "dream" job and have the credentials to command a more magnanimous compensation than they would without that Google tenure.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm an incoming freshman to college for a CS majo... by oneplane on Monday June 01, 2020 @11:30AM (#23379595)
For 'beginners' they usually don't have the experience or the network to plan such a stepping stone ahead of time.

If you come in the side door (shift sectors, side-learn upgrade your capabilities) you may have the experience to plan ahead like that. But this was about beginners so I suppose that doesn't matter in this case.

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