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Meh, just go to a start-up. I went from startups to big tech, including a name that rhymes with "feta", and am back at startups. It's been a compensation roller coaster going from +360% to -68% over 6 years, but I have so much more energy and am making a substantial impact.
What's up people not wanting to write "Google" and "Meta" in this thread?
Meh, just go to a start-up. I went from startups to big tech, including a name that rhymes with "feta", and am back at startups. It's been a compensation roller coaster going from +360% to -68% over 6 years, but I have so much more energy and am making a substantial impact.
" just go to a start-up" OP lacks motivation to do anything and wants to do "minimal work", "low stakes" and you are suggesting startups ? They will be found out in no time even if hired. With startups, there is no such thing as "minimal work". If anything, pressure will be more than FAANGs with much less benefits and comp.
I was coming at it more from the angle of Big Co can be pretty de-energizing, whereas at a startup it can be easier to build the energy because there's so much actually impactful stuff to be done, vs. sweating out "impact" for your perf review.
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Not really, because saving the same percentage of a much higher salary gets you to retirement or financial independence much faster.
OK, that is true in a way, I do think it depends on when you are thinking about retirement age, your future plans post-retirement, your family situation and how the market is doing in general. I have 4 kids, in Silicon Valley I would need $1.2M to buy a 4-bedroom house (2018 average). Where I live, I own two 5-bedroom houses for a total of $240K. So now I have secondary income and my taxes are much lower than the $1.…
Your google skills are applicable, you’ll just need to squint and cock your head a bit. Most of the industry standard tools are clones of google internal tools so you’ll recognize them. You’ll need to swap some nouns but the concepts are the same.
You don’t need to coast, you need to get their boot off your neck.
Find a startup doing something interesting and apply. If you’re willing to take a risk I’m sure lots of places would be happy to have you.
Out in the real world you’ll find your motivation and vision again.
Furthermore, these engineers get every second Friday off (common practice at many DOD firms). Just something to consider.
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I had a look at some properties in Chicago. Obviously no idea how good or bad the areas are,but the housing prices made me jealous when I compared to what we could buy for the same money in Lithuania.
meaning lithuania is more expensive than Chicago?
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NYC's food scene is great, but when I lived there (circa 2015) the only Mexican food available was confined to a few blocks of 116th ST in East Harlem, whereas Chicago had Rick Bayless.
It’s not just staples like Mexican food: there isn’t great Vietnamese, Thai, and options for other cultures too. There’s barely passable Korean food in Korea town. It’s commercialized tourist goop. I’m talking Manhattan, gentrified Brooklyn, and LIC here. Having Japanese and a handful of decent Chinese places != diverse. I’ve lived in NYC for 10 years. I’ve looked. Here’s the breakdown of where to go to get authentic…
Whenever someone goes on about Manhattan food that isn’t a food truck, i eye-roll. The good stuff is indeed in Queens or even Jersey.