[fatnoah]

Meh, just go to a start-up. I went from startups to big tech, including a name that rhymes with "feta", and am back at startups. It's been a compensation roller coaster going from +360% to -68% over 6 years, but I have so much more energy and am making a substantial impact.

[codegeek]

" just go to a start-up"

OP lacks motivation to do anything and wants to do "minimal work", "low stakes" and you are suggesting startups ? They will be found out in no time even if hired. With startups, there is no such thing as "minimal work". If anything, pressure will be more than FAANGs with much less benefits and comp.

[fatnoah]

> OP lacks motivation to do anything and wants to do "minimal work", "low stakes" and you are suggesting startups ?

I was coming at it more from the angle of Big Co can be pretty de-energizing, whereas at a startup it can be easier to build the energy because there's so much actually impactful stuff to be done, vs. sweating out "impact" for your perf review.

[jstx1]

What's up people not wanting to write "Google" and "Meta" in this thread?

[programmarchy]

TattleGPT might be reading this thread. Problem is that it can rhyme now.

[karmakurtisaani]

What's the problem with that though?

[wombatpm]

One does not want to be caught telling tales out of school when the boss is compiling lists of people to lay off. Do we really think all the bloodletting is done? I expect it to be a quarterly event to keep making the numbers for the stock market gods.

[karmakurtisaani]

Ah, just good old paranoia. Got it, thanks!

[roland35]

It at least avoids low effort searches for "Google" to point to his user profile, I guess!

[fatnoah]

I was just following OPs format.