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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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

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.