Re:Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees wo...
by cbozeman on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:47PM
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> Senior eng makes $400k+ TC.
Good thing Google only employs senior engineers... <image>eyerollsmiley-x1000.gif</image>
> The whole reason the area is so expensive is because FAANG pays so damn much to keep pulling in more talent.
No it isn't. That isn't the reason at all. The reason is a bunch of literal rent-seeking wealthy old people who fight new housing projects at every possible turn so they can sell their house for $2 million, or die and leave it to their kids, who will then sell it for $2 million.
> Most eng I meet at FAANG have no interest in ownership out of principal.
Good thing Google only employs senior engineers... <image>eyerollsmiley-x1000.gif</image>
> The whole reason the area is so expensive is because FAANG pays so damn much to keep pulling in more talent.
No it isn't. That isn't the reason at all. The reason is a bunch of literal rent-seeking wealthy old people who fight new housing projects at every possible turn so they can sell their house for $2 million, or die and leave it to their kids, who will then sell it for $2 million.
> Most eng I meet at FAANG have no interest in ownership out of principal.
Press X to doubt.