[aristofun]

> Why isn’t every talented developer trying to work there?

Aside from some exceptions, FAANG in general is not that “talented geeks disrupting the world with brilliant ideas” thing anymore.

It’s a big serious business for a while now.

Hence bureaucracy, average but obedient developers, low signal/noise ratio, slow carrier growth, extra layers of management, no freedom.

Not much talented developers I know of who are dreaming of working in these conditions.

The only hiring selling point is money. You don’t need me to tell you that this is the worst motivator for talented people.

To exemplify: https://paygo.ghost.io/why-did-i-leave-google-or-why-did-i-s...