[analyst74]

I agree with what you say in principle, but just to play devil's advocate.

One difference between those highly paid software companies and others, is the expectation of performance. Netflix famously considers their team a sports team rather than a typical corporation. It's totally common for a great engineer to bomb out of those companies, just like how great athletes get kicked off top tier sports teams when they failed to perform due to reasons out of their control.

While most other companies, lacking the ability or willingness to pay top dollars, are probably better off creating a safe environment for engineers who can be on-par or even better than FAANG engineers, but lack the political maturity to survive those high pressure environment.

[lonelappde]

N's philosophy is famous because it's NOT how FAAG operate.