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I left a FAANG-like job in 2016 (VP, CTO) to join a startup. It was a disaster. I then co-founded a startup. I left two years later, parted ways with the other two co-founders in a friendly way. All this time, I funded my life with my savings. I had enough on the side to do that, and thankfully other things went well in my life, so I don't really regret it, but... If I could go back, I'd simply tell myself that most…
Like what?
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Yep. I did the exact same thing ~10ish years ago - leaving my job at Google to run my own startup for 2.5 years. I burned through most of my savings. In the meantime, I watched as my former colleagues got numerous promotions and made more and more money. I wouldn't trade the perspective I got from the experience, but it was extremely emotionally painful.
Did you launch the startup because you expected to make money, or because you thought the product was worthwhile and you wanted to build it?
You should realize that faang swe income, on a risk adjusted basis, is the best you will get. Hold on as long as possible and invest your earnings into the stock market. Ignore the noise. You quit when you have enough to retire
I think you can go higher working in finance, trading etc as a SWE. However, it's more difficult to get through the door.
Indeed. An expert-level knowledge of C++ helps.
Tech recruiter here in Switzerland with ~10 years of experience: People quit their teams/bosses, rarely do they quit for other reasons, like compensation or brand.
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What is Masterworks?
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What is Masterworks?
A company that lets you "invest" in fine art. They sell shares in famous paintings & such that they buy, hold, and sell (and charge big fees to do so, naturally). I think they predate the NFT craze, but when they saw it happening they started running extremely aggressive astroturf / content marketing campaigns trying to convince people that fine art was an "alternative asset class" worthy of investment. These article…
I quit amazon as soon as I had enough to live on (very frugally) for 18 months and a team who was willing to go full-time on our app idea. We had made a little prototype but not released and no traction or biz model. A lot of my confidence came from the 2 extremely talented co-founders who were willing to do the same. We had realized that it would have been basically impossible for us to hit the milestones you mentio…
A problem in the scale of a giant company like Amazon is a different problem altogether. Getting these 3 lines wrong could have, I suppose, catastrophic impact so spending 3 months on it makes total sense for Amazon.
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I know what the acronym should be, but I don't think I'm allowed to post it.
I'll be your sacrificial lamb. The acronym is FAGMAN. I really wish the word "fag" wasn't a disgusting slur for a marginalized sexual minority, because if anyone deserves the nastiness of that word, it's not gay people, it's fucking FAGMAN.
This would be so much simpler without Microsoft. At least MANGA is a word.