[daenz]

I can't give you a FAANG perspective, but I can relate to your feelings. Creativity and autonomy are extremely important...I would say some of the most important things in life. Money is important, but often in how it affords you time to be creative and autonomous.

My advice to you is to do the old regret thought experiment: consider your choices and imagine that whichever one you choose, it fails spectacularly. With that in mind (that whatever you choose will fail), which choice do you regret the least?