Comment by not_the_fda
5 hours ago
There is more to life than money. I've turned down FANG roles my entire career, especially Meta. There is lot of work out there.
5 hours ago
There is more to life than money. I've turned down FANG roles my entire career, especially Meta. There is lot of work out there.
Of course there is more to life than money, but people still need some base amount of money to live safely, especially if you have a family. If you are working in SV then your "big" salary does not go very far, I know lots of developers making $350K and have very little savings cushion, and these are not people just blowing money.
Most big enterprises get really good at paying you just enough to live comfortably, but not enough to give you financial autonomy. This makes the "why do you still work there" question land as naive most of the time.
Lol you've turned down offers or recruiter reach outs? Two very different things lololol.
I turned down a 285k/yr +MM RSU staff engr offer from Google in 2021.
I’d probably still be in that job and would have a few million in the bank (instead of $10,000) if I had taken it, but I would have sold out my principles.
So yes some of us live by principles
Lol you went through the entire interview loop and only discovered at the end that you were interviewing at Google? Ya I totally believe you lol
Edit: lolol you've served in the military but Google is a step too far Jesus Christ poster child for irony.