FAANG Tenure Fails To Prepare Engineers For Startup Roles
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Brain surgeons aren’t qualified to be EMTs Both are doctors yet unique jobs & require unique skillsets Obviously this stratification exists across every industry. Yet, people in tech somehow seem to think all coding jobs are the same “what exactly are they looking for?” To start the basic ability to understand the context of tech businesses, and the differences between a startup and mega company and knowing what skills a startup needs
10 years at faang means you are a great faang engineer and basically useless anywhere that doesn’t hold your hand end to end
Brain surgeons aren’t qualified to be EMTs Both are doctors yet unique jobs & require unique skillsets Obviously this stratification exists across every industry. Yet, people in tech somehow seem to think all coding jobs are the same “what exactly are they looking for?” To start the basic ability to understand the context of tech businesses, and the differences between a startup and mega company and knowing what skills a startup needs Second, realize that working in big companies is often directly a counter signal to the kind of people you want in scrappy start ups. This person got points off for working at FAANG for 10 years. Especially if that was their only tech job.
10 years at faang means you are a great faang engineer and basically useless anywhere that doesn’t hold your hand end to end