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Re:Ask HN: Are all FAANG employees motivated only by promos (rather th... on Thursday December 24, 2020 @02:07AM (#25525601)

It amazes me that FAANG companies continue to grow despite such promotion focused mindset among employees.

Being a startup founder is much harder than working at FAANG. You literally have to fight everyday to earn your right to exist as a company. You cant create some fancy slide deck and come up with some BS reason why you should launch something.

FAANG tales: From a failed startup guy

Posted by faangtales on Friday December 18, 2020 @11:27PM
from the self-post dept.

My startup failed in 2019 and I found myself in the job market. I failed an Airbnb interview in Nov 2019 & I realized I wasn't thorough enough with Leetcode. Crammed the damn thing and got a dev job at FAANG.Here are some of my observations: 1. Once your startup fails, for any recruiter at FAANG (and hyper growth YC companies), you are basically an unemployed engineer.2. All the "skills"...

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