[it_does_follow]

> to FAAMG long ago

Because Netflix pays Senior Engineers ~$500k/year in cash and MS pays Principal Engineers $300k TC?

[finolex1]

The acronym has nothing to do with average developer salaries, for there are lots of other contenders that pay more.

[anamexis]

Developer salaries is the only context I’ve ever understood it with.

[clpm4j]

Originally it was about the companies' high performing stocks. The salaries are a downstream effect, and then it just got adopted by the salary-optimizing crowd of engineers and college students.

[gopher_space]

I'd love to read an article from an ex-Netflix engineer explaining why their service is such garbage. I want money, but the reason I'd think about asking for that much is because I'd need to interface with massive irritations.

[CoastalCoder]

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "such garbage"?

E.g., I stopped using Netflix for several reasons: uninteresting content, obnoxious UI, and unhelpful/implausible recommendations system.

But I was always very happy with the reliability and performance of their streaming system.

[ajkjk]

It's not garbage? What are you talking about.

[exdsq]

What cheapskates Microsoft are!