It’s obvious MS and any other company that compensates similarly is included when stating “FAANG”, but throwing an M or other letter in there is going to make it harder to roll off the tongue.
Then why is faang.io using a strict definition of FAANG? I think a loose definition is preferable, but clearly that's not a universally-held opinion.
Doesn't MS pay substantially less though? My peers at MS make way less than my peers at Google, Facebook, and the others in FAANG. The only one that kinda sorta underpays is Amazon, but if you consider the stock appreciation they sometimes did better.
Now Apple is firmly a member of the club, Twitter seems completely rejected, Microsoft sort of a second tier citizen, and Netflix has joined out of left field.
M - Microsoft
U - Uber
L - Lyft
T - Twitter
A - AirBnB
D - Dropbox
on Blind people take the meme to another level, to be more inclusive
You could bikeshed including or excluding particular companies forever. Probably not useful to do.
The main piece of feedback I've received is to provide FAANG listings outside of the US, so I will work on that next.
Thanks for the input!
That person is a referrer and/or a recruiter. Without either of those two participating in some way shape or form in this kind of an idea, I'm afraid it isn't going to be terribly useful for candidates.
As a "startup guy," I'd strongly suggest looking elsewhere unless you have a spouse and 3 kids and really need those FAANG bennies
Point is: not all startups have non comparable benefits.
Also, you should promote your startup without shame here, but I appreciate the discretion
That is, why should I generate information for you for free?
The upvote/downvote is not entirely wired up at the moment, but the intention is to eventually sort listings similar to that of most content aggregators - by relevance - as opposed to just sorting by date desc.
What is your business proposition to lure me from the other myriads of job sites?
Ultimately, what is your business product? Fro example, Google's & Facebook's product is the user (and their behavior). For Netflix it is streaming videos, while Amazon is the products sold by them.
What are people saying there now?
this is not automatically moderated
you could make the argument that neither of them belong on the list, but I would disagree with that too
i would look at these things when deciding which companies should be on the list:
is TC for the position (on average) in the top 5%?
is the company considered to be a potential terminal/apex in one's tech career? as in you could work there until retirement (potentially an early one if you are making enough money)
for the employees who don't stay forever, do they typically go between other employers in the set when switching jobs? (google <-> fb is the main example i think about for this)
i want to include perceived prestige on this list too, but that seems way too difficult and subjective when it comes to quantifying it. one measurement would be how appealing your experience at a member of the set would make you to the rest of the industry as a candidate.
