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Re: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

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Post by fortuna86 » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 8:07 PM UTC

biesnecker wrote: post #243

certeoun wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Maybe I have below average IQ No you don't. I find OP's bold characterization of his co-workers inflammatory. Below average in general means "borderline retarded"[1]. You are obviously not below average. Stop saying that, please. [1] https://paulcooijmans.com/intelligence/iq_ranges.html I think the issue is because of people who care less about learning a topic deeply. Understanding why something works at all etc.…

Sorry, I know I don’t have below average IQ, I was being snarky. :-)

Or maybe IQ is an arbitrary measure with no real meaning? Its greatest value seems to be insecure people using it to feel superior to others.

Re: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

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Post by fortuna86 » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 8:09 PM UTC

RichardCA wrote: post #192

okareaman wrote: post #66

Ex-Navy & programmer here: It feels like I am pointing out the obvious, but FAANGs have big problems, way bigger than a startup, and I'm not referring to only the technology. They have big organizational problems, like managing an aircraft carrier. They need to hire the smartest people and pay them a lot of money to manage those problems. Not every problem is sexy and many people are needed in the engine room to keep…

I had a manager once who was ex-Navy (electronics specialist, not an officer). He approached management with a hard-nosed Type A mentality. He definitely went after people who he saw as coasting, and in some cases that was undoubtedly justified. He got results but there was also a lot of churn. He also made the mistake of taking too much on himself because he saw that as easier than the hard work of understanding and…

> I think he's working at Amazon now.

Sounds about right.

Re: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

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Post by fortuna86 » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 8:12 PM UTC

jgwil2 wrote: post #208

rejectedandsad wrote: post #205

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We clearly are - we didn't go to the Olympics, don't have free massages at work or even free first class travel to Hawaii like Googlers do - no unlimited external validation, etc and I make as much as a new grad at other companies. I have literally nothing to show for my hard work. Nothing.

This reads like satire, but on the off-chance you're serious, you need to reframe your perspective. Consider the lives of Amazon warehouse workers, to take the most obvious example. Maybe therapy can help with this.

> Maybe therapy can help with this.

Or mediation. OP seems to be blind to what they have.

Re: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 1:31 AM UTC

saurik wrote: post #28

Quit. I know someone who went to work for Google and quit immediately (like, I think she worked there a week?) to do something better... didn't even seem to affect their interest in re-recruiting her AFAIK. She ended up working there a second time when the company she was working at got bought by Google... she quit again within a year. FAANGs suck: at their best they pay you a lot to do nothing and at their worst the…

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Re: Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful

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Post by jhatemyjob » Wed, Sep 01, 2021, 7:07 AM UTC

rejectedandsad wrote: post #177

fridif wrote: post #81

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While Google and Amazon might both suffer from a horrendous 10 year old code base all built in house, I can assure you that Google does not have high turnover lmao

Do you think people at Amazon are stupid then, if we can't get into a better company?

Yes. But not for that reason. You decided to work for Amazon. That's why you're stupid. Better to be homeless.