I think your advice comes from the mistaken assumption that I haven't already looked beyond FAANG companies and startups. Thereby making some of your intentions hard to follow.
You didn't mention if you've been applying for jobs or not. If the advice doesn't apply then you can ignore it. You really can't expect to get specific advice from a post on HN from people who don't know you, or get offended when people who bother to reply at all have to make some assumptions to fill in the blanks. The only appropriate reply is "Thanks for taking the time."