Same boat here. I think I'm gonna stick it out for a year and go back to startups.
Ask HN: I joined a FAANG and it is awful
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#22Not unique to FAANG.
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#24I worked at Oracle for 8 years and there was zero effort into writing docs or automated env setup for developers. Like I literally couldn't code because there were no instructions for setting up a development environment.
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#25I would say just coast for a couple of years, cash the paycheck, try to find some time on the side to do your own building/learning. Then leave and use the "FAANG" line on your resume to command a better rate/salary at your next gig.
Also, "below-average IQ people" really? that seems unnecessary.
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#26"A+ players solving hard problems" Is this really what people think when joining a large company such as FAANG ? I mean not everyone can be an A player in a company with 1000s of employees, correct ? Also not every team is going to be solving hard problems. Someone has to do the dirty things. Isn't that understood ? Not trying to shit on you OP but I would have tried to learn more about the team in interviews if poss…
The hoops you have to jump through to snag one of these jobs make it seem like everyone there must be on top of their game. The truth seems to be that once you've got the position you can coast, these organizations are just too large, too bureaucratic and too rich to solve the problem of poor performance effectively
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#27Did you do your research before picking this team? Did you interview the manager and the team members?
There are literally hundreds if not thousands of teams at some of these companies. They are not all bad. Do your research. And put yourself on one you would enjoy.
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#28Quit. 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 they pay you just enough to make you willing to do something evil.
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#29It's much easier to move teams than move companies, so worth having a look around at other adjacent teams you could move to.
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#30"A+ players solving hard problems" Is this really what people think when joining a large company such as FAANG ? I mean not everyone can be an A player in a company with 1000s of employees, correct ? Also not every team is going to be solving hard problems. Someone has to do the dirty things. Isn't that understood ? Not trying to shit on you OP but I would have tried to learn more about the team in interviews if poss…
Generally it's a normal thing to think about FAANG.
I've interviewed at a few and they were the hardest interviews I've had. So it stands to reason that the people making it through must be good.
Of course you could claim the people making it through just "leetcode" all day or whatever. But still we all know these companies because they're omnipresent in our lives, we use their products, we assume they've got smart talent internally.