Even if you can solve any whiteboard problem a company can throw at you your attitude is so off putting, even just via text, that I am not surprised you are getting no hits. Instead of getting shit done you'll complain, blame, and stall the team.

Notice how nothing in this thread is your fault. Every single problem is on another person our outside force. No one will pity you, doubly so in a highly technical team. It's just not part of the culture. Take it or leave it.

I'm not sure how you are coming to the conclusion that I take no responsibility. The whole point of my post is that I am not good enough. That's a pretty damning criticism of the self. I only blame others in the sense that they highly contributed to me not being able to see that. If all my takeaways were personal, I would have no reason to post this. I think you just don't like how I sound and aren't paying attention to my actual words.

You are chasing the wrong thing. There are plenty of companies where you'll solve better problems than at Google and have more freedom to solve problems your way, and they pay well too.

Chasing money is not going to get you far. Focus on skills.

Not most of them. But so what? Your goal is to retire early. Why do you need to start at insanely high pay for that? Make 120k for a while (plenty of money to save well) and make this a longer term goal rather than an immediate "fuck it, I failed so the entire industry must be full of idiots".

Where are the non-FAANG, non-leetcode guarded 120k entry level jobs?

What pay are you looking for? Specifically. What numbers are you looking for that are out of reach at non-FAANG?

6 figures starting.

Where are you located?

In the states, pick any Series A or farther along product-based startup and chances are they pay 110k+ for mid level roles and up. Not sure why you think those numbers are FAANG specific. If you’re going for 200k+, ok then you need the big players.