Re:Companies made millions building unemployment websites th...
by baron_harkonnen on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:07PM
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> $150k+ isn't uncommon for somebody with a few years under their belt.
I don't think that's much higher than government employees make these days. In DC an engineer "with a few years under their belt" can easily make that at a startup and be working on much more interesting problems for a much less slimy company. There are plenty of jobs outside of FAANG that pay that or better.
The parent isn't wrong, at least in my experience, nobody who is technically competent would take a job at one of those places (and in my experience none of the technical people coming out of them have been competent).
Re:Companies made millions building unemployment websites th...
by angrais on Saturday July 18, 2020 @06:02AM
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What's with holding Startups up on some pedestole? They can be slimy and most will fail. Working at a well known consultancy company offers not only financial security, but additional insurance, and pension benefits that a startup would not.
It's also not impossible to work in substeams in such a company that mirror startup processes.
The biggest problem I see with them is they tend to throw bodies at the problems. Many junior employees trying to build complex solutions isn't efficient. Even if those junior employees are smart.
Also, not everybody can get hired at a FAANG, sometimes because they're good but not great, sometimes because the FAANG hiring process is terrible, and sometimes because they don't want to live in SV.