Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

Re:Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful by TechBro8615 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:06AM (#28233992)

You're looking for independent thinkers. You won't find them at a megacorp because the hiring funnel actively selects against such a personality. Good employees are good followers.

Perhaps you should reconsider selling out to the megacorp, and sell out to VC instead. Now that you're a Xoogler (or FANG-er, whatever), raising money will be easy.

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Re:Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful by certeoun on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:17AM (#28234121)

That was my hunch as well. People who don't care about learning topics deeply. Understanding why something works etc.

I noticed that a lot in school/work. People can get good grades even without understanding the topic at hand. Many learn mechanistically and succeed with good grades.

I do the opposite, but it takes time and effort to learn a topic deeply using the Feynman method. Many are not interested in this. Many just apply formulas and code snippets, and they succeed nevertheless. Good for them!

I actually don't care about success or grades or whatever. I care about the topic, because I want to understand why it works. This is just me though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful by TechBro8615 on Thursday August 19, 2021 @10:38AM (#28234368)

I’m with you. It’s really an annoyance that we need money to survive.

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