[vincentmarle]

There was a point in time when FAANG offered the best compensation packages for engineers (Netflix was one of them) - so that's where the term originated from but while it's outdated in many respects (Microsoft is not included, Facebook is now Meta, Google is now Alphabet etc etc) it's still sticky for some reason.

[hbn]

> Facebook is now Meta, Google is now Alphabet

Eh, the new parent company names aren't really what people know them as still. I don't think most people are even aware that Google has a parent company.

I have a friend that works at Google, and that's what we say. I don't think him or anyone would ever say he works at Alphabet.

[oofbey]

Yeah, Meta will likely stick because Zuckerberg and crew are actively trying to run away from the dumpster fire they lit with Facebook.

But Google is still Google, and probably always will be. Just like Youtube is still Google, and Waymo is still Google.

[hbn]

I'm going out of my way to not say Meta for that exact reason. They haven't proved they deserve to shed their horrible reputation yet. They'll always be the Facebook we know and hate until they're less dystopian.

[whimsicalism]

Microsoft in 2022 does not compensate as well as any of those. Microsoft in 2021 only out-compensated Amazon.