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The Real Cost of a $200K Engineering Salary
Last month I walked away from a $200K salary at a FAANG company. My manager thought I was crazy. My parents thought I was having a breakdown. My friends thought I'd lost my mind.
They were all wrong.
The Golden Handcuffs
$200K sounds like a lot. And it is — until you realize what it costs:
60-hour weeks minimum
Meetings about meetings about meetings
Code reviews that take longer than writing the code
Performance reviews where "exceeds expectations" means...
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