Wow, so you think Amazon engineers are inferior by proxy then?

My first job was at Amazon. Am I doomed for failure if I can’t even get a job at Google? I attempted suicide due to these micro aggressions by Google elites.

Maybe Amazon is more confident that they can get good work out of a broader range of people.

Yeah I would say that Amazon has a ton of basic work that needs to be done. The website is so big and complicated and multi-faceted compared to some of the other big tech companies. Sometimes you really just need to hire a developer/team to ensure that the underwear size-picker is working correctly. Of course Amazon also has lots of insane CS-heavy infrastructure and algorithm work as well.

That is a fairly uncharitable reading of that post, which mentioned nothing of the (perceived) abilities or skills of the engineers.

Your account name leads me to believe you've been impacted by this, and I feel for you. I am sorry. I hope you're able to find a new gig relatively stress free and find yourself in a better place.

Yea I suspect many of us know people who're terrible at LEET code problems who're great engineers. And vice versa.

I hope Parent gets the help they need. I am thankful I cannot imagine a world where... Google's "elite" engineers impacted my world in such a drastic manner.

Good luck to you friend.

Can't tell if this is sarcasm or not. I really hope you're doing ok and seek appropriate mental health support. Don't fret over the ranking of companies - we're all dead and forgotten in a few generations anyways. This is true for every Google and Netflix engineer in existence.

Internet forums are not good places to visit when you're in a stressful situation. The fact is, the parent post neither said nor implied the thoughts that you've attributed to them.

You need to make a plan to find your next position, instead of looking for things on the internet to get offended by.

They have the highest salary now

As I said, until recently.

Now they are a bit more bimodal, but they do not necessarily have the highest (certainly they do not beat netflix).

Can netflix be included as a faang? Where does Telsa fit?

Netflix is literally the N in FAANG.

Where do you think Microsoft fits?

Microsoft is probably at par or slightly above Amazon as of a few years ago and maybe more recently slightly below, due to Amazon raising bar & comp.

This is only for MS as a whole though, many of the subsidiaries (LinkedIn, Github) have a harder interview circuit.

I’ve gotten offers at all of those places except Netflix. It’s luck of the draw. My experience:

Snap > G > F > Amzn > Apple = Stripe = Twitter = …

Interesting. Most of this doesn't surprise me (the places you flipped were places I was less sure if ranking, ie. Apple and FB vs. Google).

Amazon > Stripe surprises me though