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A comment on Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG? by KaiLetov on Monday April 06, 2026 @05:40AM (#47658751)
The money thing is real though. What helped me was starting to build stuff on the side before quitting. Shipped a couple of small projects, got some revenue trickling in, and at some point the side thing became more exciting than the day job. That's when leaving felt obvious, not scary.
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Re:Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG? by oumua_don17 on Monday April 06, 2026 @01:23PM (#47663975)
How'd you handle the no compete and whatever you do is ours clauses pretty much the norm at FAANG's?
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Re:Ask HN: How do you escape golden handcuffs at FAANG? by gaws on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @11:49AM (#47677171)
> Shipped a couple of small projects, got some revenue trickling in

What did you ship?

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