If I were a kid right out of college, I'd honestly consider it. The key is truly knowing what you're getting into. Companies gobble up those kids out of college because they're naiive, and they want to prove themselves. MAANG knows that and take advantage of it. As long as you're aware of that going into it, and plan to use them too, then go for it. Just don't plan to be a lifer, know that they don't care about you going in.

[–] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

MAANG

deadname the pricks, you're already doing it for google. it's facebook

[–] key@lemmy.keychat.org 15 points 6 months ago (3 children)

MAAAN would be a much better acronym though

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That's just, like, your opinion...

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

ANAMA

[–] Zink@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

I was thinking MAANA

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 10 points 6 months ago

Get in with the full idea of being a parasite, doing the barest minimum work possible while getting friendly with higher ups. It's not like doing a good job there would be better for the customers/end users anyway

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

MAANG sounds like a Superman's villain

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I thought that it became MANGA when it changed from FAANG?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

$300k might be worth the sacrifice

Right? I realistically just need 150k/yr to be stable in my area, I could chuck the other 150k/yr into savings and quit after 3 years with 450k in the bank

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If I rember right google had an AI driving division that had huge cash incentives based on performance metrics that essentially crashed and burned because they hit targets so fast that main time retired for life in like a year or two

[–] BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That sounds interesting, seeing as I am 'somewhat' familiar with google's self driving car program right now, and very little about it is crashing or burning.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 6 months ago

Self-driving probably was not the one successful AI program

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 4 points 6 months ago

3 years can be a very long time, though.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The hell? I live two years for 100k CHF. Lucerne, Switzerland, flat in the historic, more expensive part.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 6 months ago

My soul is worth more than that, and I don't even have one.