Re:Ask HN: How to Exit FAANG?
by bugsliker on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:51PM
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I know I'll have to give up the comp but like you say, it's a tough choice. Mostly looking to see how others have rationalized this choice.
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Re:Ask HN: How to Exit FAANG?
by killingtime74 on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:43PM
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Just treat it (TL) as a job and have external hobbies that you really have passion for. Or perhaps do less days a week and spend time on things you have passion for. The comp can really make a big difference when you are older and retired
Money isn't everything. Your most valuable asset is actually your time, every day spent is a day you can never get back.
Why do you want money? As any financial advisor worth their salt would tell you, money is a means to an end, not an end in itself, and it's up to you to decide what those ends are.
It's very possible that you'd be perfectly happy on less comp, in a role that's more fulfilling. IME, this is a fact that people realize 4ish years into a high-earning career.
For me, I realized that being happy every day is immeasurably more important to me than making a marginal pre-tax $150k/year, and that the FAANG environments are intentionally designed to be incompatible with what brings me happiness, day-to-day. YMMV.