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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by keiferski on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:04PM (#41047523)
In what universe is getting a 300k FAANG job more accessible than starting a local plumbing business?
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by joshuamorton on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @12:06PM (#41047560)
That wasn't the question, the question was a 500K faang job vs. a local plumbing business making a comparable amount of money.

I think it's very easy to start a failing plumbing business. I think it far less accessible to start a plumbing business that competes with a FAANG salary.

Put another way: how many people do you know who started their own a consumer-facing, bootstrapped business, of any kind and who take home $3-500,000 as CEO? My answer is, like, two and they're both lawyers who didn't start making that kind of income until their mid thirties.

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