I've been thinking about the buzz working in FAANG. What happened? Everyone seems silent about it.

Before now, lots of dev usually talk or brag about working in FAANG companies but it doesn't happened anymore. What changed

Layoffs, that is why!

There is nothing special about working in FAANG other than the salary & CV boost, even at that there are other companies that pay way more than FAANG with less stress & office politics. They layoff workers just like any other company going through recession, over-hiring & inability to make profit.

If you require work-life balance, then FAANG is not a place you should consider working at, too political and you'd hardly make any impact because their products are so big that your contributions seems like a tiny sand. How important you are depends on your team & project you're working on. If your project gets cancelled, you might be fired. EG: Google Glass, Google+, Google Hangout, Picasa etc.

Not to discourage people that see it as their dream company because It's good for your CV, but the politics involved in working for those places is insane. Especially META. META is a no no.

okay

I ask cause i saw a youtube video about how to work on faang and also saw a netflix job opening too