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by renewiltord 1515 days ago
That's probably for the best for both parties. Twitter sounds really freaking exciting right now. If I were leaving uni, I would be rushing to get in there instead of a FAANG. If mad product development happens, you'll have a chance to be there, making it work. The only reason I'm not is that I've got even more fun going on.

But FAANG folks self-select as low-variance people in general, so it's best that they seek low-variance outcomes. Happiness is in indulging your true nature.

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I suggest you to keep practicing those leetcode ...
Haha, top bants. I genuinely love it.

FWIW I wasn't insulting anyone. Evidence that I'm not a hater:

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30980395

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30960680

Low-variance outcomes are just that: low-variance. If you're a decent FAANG engineer, you're making in the $500k at least by your 5th year, if not earlier, which puts your net worth at 50 at around $25 million. Pretty good outcome and quite certain.

That's pretty petty