[mtrpcic]

> Until 2017, FANG was limited to Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Alphabet. Another variant of this acronym is "FANGAM," which includes Microsoft.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Tech#FAANG

I think Microsoft is up there and competitive in the same landscape, and calling out their lack of inclusion in the original acronym is just pedantic. Everything discussed in this thread applies just as much to MSFT as it does to any of the other FAANG companies.

[Kranar]

It's not pedantic, MSFT does not pay as much as other FAANG companies. MSFT isn't by any means a bad company to work for, but it's not in the same league.

F: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Facebook/salaries/Software-En...

A: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Amazon/salaries/Software-Engi...

A: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Apple/salaries/Software-Engin...

N: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Netflix/salaries/Software-Eng...

G: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Google/salaries/Software-Engi...

M: https://www.levels.fyi/company/Microsoft/salaries/Software-E...

[oblio]

https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Facebook,Microsoft,Netflix,A...

Easier to use.

[johnnyanmac]

pedantic, tangential rant: I still don't understand why people include Netflix in that calibur. From what I heard and researched, Netflix doesn't hire junior talent and their scope of work is a fraction of Microsoft/Apple/Google. If competitive pay is the only distinction here, I'm sure we can expand that acronym to include a dozen more tech companies