[groundzeros2015]

Hmm, I would characterize FAANG employment differently.

The overwhelming commonality is class. They get people from sophisticated backgrounds who have aspirations and status.

And I think that has value in that employees act in generally trustworthy, and orderly manner, and cultivate tastes and interests that appeal to other people with money.

The exceptional programmer genius with mild Asperger’s from unknown background also exist. It’s just really rare and they kind of don’t fit in.

There just isn’t a pipeline for finding and recruiting those types, and there is for upper middle class kids.