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Similar to sanderj reply. It's the longest I've been anywhere. I got to work on a team that traveled the world, got to work on features used by billions of people, work on advanced hardware products, on advanced software products that use ML for Speech and Natural Language. It's not possible to work on some of these problems at other companies. So you deal with the operational overhead, sometimes long hours, the uncomfortableness when a mistake from your company causes real harm, etc.

The compensation is also something that is not as clear to someone who had a career arc like me. I've always been able to make money to take care of myself and immediate family, but making consistent FAANG money changes the way you plan and help people. I've been able to help one family member go to school, another go to med school, multiple members to move closer, allowed my parents to retire early so they didn't have to work customer facing jobs during the pandemic, donated tens of thousands of dollars to local organizations, etc

If I was single I might've left and worked at startups or smaller companies, but I wouldn't now that I see how much impact I can have on those around me by just going to work and working hard.