Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by gt5050 » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:40 PM UTC

axhue wrote: post #61

gt5050 wrote: post #19

Working on my saas https://chartpoet.com Worked at Amazon from 2010 - 2012. Left because I wanted to create something of my own. Have failed twice at since then, hopefully will succeed this time.

Website looks nice! My 2 cents would be to maybe have a demo dashboard without signing up? I just feel like it forces people to invest without knowing what it is. Wish you success!

Here are some demo dashboards, will link to them on the home page soon.

Presentation Mode https://demo.chartpoet.io/presentation/frB1lGMWa_q7/

Dashboard Mode https://demo.chartpoet.io/dashboard/frB1lGMWa_q7/

Raw Data Mode https://demo.chartpoet.io/presentation/frB1lGMWa_q7/

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by jjasghar » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:40 PM UTC

tinktank wrote: post #105

drewg123 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing "because he could". 8 years of L6 at Google should set you up for life if you move to a moderate cost area of the country.

What's the net worth of an L6 for 8 years at Google?

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Staff-Software-Engin...

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by BayAreaSmayArea » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:42 PM UTC

thecatspaw wrote: post #118

BayAreaSmayArea wrote: post #22

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Something that comes up in these discussions is the concept of “company time”. Company resources is clear cut, but what is company time for a salaried employee? How does that change with being a remote employee? I’ve moved to a strategic product role and honestly work less than an hour a day on average and seldom go into the office. If I decide to work on a side project does that restrict me from git commits between…

> Company resources is clear cut, but what is company time for a salaried employee? Usually salary comes with an expectation of hours per week/month, and usually also comes with a software where you write down your hours, to track overtime, minus time, etc. So all the time you write down in that system, counts as companytime.

Interesting, I haven’t had a timesheet since I was an intern during college almost 20 years ago.

I didn’t realize that timesheets we’re still a common part of being a salaried employee in tech.

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by romed » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:46 PM UTC

jjasghar wrote: post #122

tinktank wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the net worth of an L6 for 8 years at Google?

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Staff-Software-Engin...

I'm pretty sure glassdoor is a conspiracy by FAANG executives to confuse their employees. If you believe these numbers you will not be able to get what you deserve when negotiating comp at these companies.

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by oblio » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:47 PM UTC

tinktank wrote: post #105

drewg123 wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing "because he could". 8 years of L6 at Google should set you up for life if you move to a moderate cost area of the country.

What's the net worth of an L6 for 8 years at Google?

Since from what I hear a fresh grad in the Bay Area gets $100k+ just in cash, we could extrapolate. I'm guessing that's at least $150k (probably more like $200k+ in today's market) in total compensation for year. Add about $20k+ in cash and probably the close to the same in Google shares per level, that would make it easily $400k per year. So he would have gotten $3.2 million, I can't imagine his expenses being higher than half of that, so he should be worth $1.6 million after 8 years. Probably more.

I'm curious how off my estimations are :)

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by madeuptempacct » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:48 PM UTC

jjasghar wrote: post #122

tinktank wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the net worth of an L6 for 8 years at Google?

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Google-Staff-Software-Engin...

I have never had Glassdoor give a useful estimate of any job I had, including those at major companies.

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by kangax » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:50 PM UTC

I was E6 at Facebook for 1.5 years.

Left due to a combination of not finding the right team/project and constant pressure to work on something impactful rather than fixing existing issues I cared about. This seems to be a common issue at FB with senior engineers joining and having to ramp up quickly (2 of the senior teammates left while I was there for the same reasons).

Currently at WeWork where you don't have to write multi-page assessment of all the impactful things you've done during the last half.

It's not perfect but the work-life balance at senior level is better than at FAANG.

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by mywittyname » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:55 PM UTC

simonebrunozzi wrote: post #51

Ex-Amazon (and ex-Vmware) here. Worked at AWS from 2008 to 2014 (Europe, then Asia, then USA), then Vmware (also USA) from 2014 to 2016. I then spent ~1 year at a startup, as CTO - the experience sucked, and I consider it to simply be a big mistake. 1.5 years ago, I left that job, worked on a new idea, and in August 2017 I founded a startup, Fabrica, with two other friends. I am still there. No salary. Bootstrapped u…

How is running a startup better than being the CTO of a startup?

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by 2spicy_thrwaway » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:56 PM UTC

jmillikin wrote: post #34

Another ex-Googler. I worked there as an SRE for six years, then left due to lack of career advancement opportunities[0]. Currently I work at Stripe, which is less capable on some narrow technical metrics but a far more pleasant environment. Stripe is hiring. We list open positions at https://stripe.com/jobs#openings . Email me at jmillikin@stripe.com if you'd like to hear more about the engineering work here. --- Go…

>Fewer engineers mean non-critical bugs in internal tools sometimes don't get fixed. We just don't have time.

This sounds like everywhere I've ever worked. I didn't even realize that the alternative actually existed!

Re: Ask HN: Ex-FAANG developers, where are you now and why?

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Post by mtlynch » Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 3:59 PM UTC

lg wrote: post #87

mtlynch wrote: post #77

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Private health insurance is $3k/yr here, so it's part of the $15-20k/yr.

with spending like that if a decent chunk comes from savings rather than income, you probably qualify for MassHealth.

Possibly! I don't think I'd qualify until 2020 because my 2018 income is over the limit because of my earnings at Google in the beginning of the year. My understanding is that it's based on the previous year's income, so I'd have to earn nothing in 2019.

I'm not sure if I'd apply in any case. I feel like it's questionable ethically to take public assistance when I could earn a high income if I chose to work for an employer.