[120bits]

My urge to work for FAANG company is faded away. Being in my late 30s I don;t want to grind leetcode anymore. I had interviews in Apple/Google/Facebook and I felt luck played a huge part of that. I got some live coding questions that prepared the day before and I aced them and in some cases I practiced so much and couldn;t even write more than 10 lines of code.

[dudus]

Luck def plays a big role. That's why you should keep going at it if that's what you want. The financial peace of mind makes it worth it.

[stcroixx]

This is changing. Mass layoffs and bias against FAANG employees is real, I wouldn’t feel so secure.