[blastonico]

Is Microsoft considered FAANG?

[antonyt]

Depends on who you ask. In a literal sense, no. But lots of people use "FAANG" as a shorthand for a wide range of established tech companies with relatively high compensation (and RSUs with actual value). In that sense, yes.

[auntienomen]

"Options/RSUs with actual value" is a very nice way to put it.

[elcomet]

We should have stopped at "GAFA"

[dehrmann]

The other odd one is Netflix since it's much smaller than the others.

[VectorLock]

I think its less about size but more about paying ridiculous salary bands. Netflix does that, but to my knowledge Microsoft is still at "body shop" pay levels.

[dehrmann]

Isn't Amazon like that, too?

[VirusNewbie]

No amazon pays very well with RSUs. Much higher than Microsoft for equivalent titles. However, I don't know if people get 'upleveled' at Microsoft. Could be that a Senior Software Engineer at Amazon would be a Principal Engineer at microsoft or something.

[sithlord]

well its historically the highest paying, especially cash, also a lot of tech innovation back when the acronym became a thing.