Hello, Gromov is with you . I recently ran a career stream for School 21 students, which turned out to be very intense - and I only managed to touch on about a third of what was planned. Below are his main thoughts if you don't have time to watch an hour-long recording.
Career ≠ work
We often use the terms “career” and “work” interchangeably, but this is not entirely correct. A career, in my opinion, is a professional path that is planned and in line with your desires and goals . While work is just one of the points along the way.
Just changing jobs every few years in search of a bigger salary or a more interesting project, you will move chaotically. Career needs to be planned, otherwise it will somehow develop without your active participation.
Why isn't getting into FAANG enough?
Technology corporations - FAANG - have become targets for many programmers. Moreover, often alternatives are not considered at all, and a refusal at an interview is perceived as a complete failure. In my opinion, in the eyes of such people, "faangs" are greatly overvalued.
They have pluses :
Many smart and educated people around
Relatively high status
Salary above the market average
Many possibilities (in theory)
But the disadvantages are serious:
A formal approach to assessing your performance
Huge internal competition for interesting projects and opportunities (in practice)
Low chances of non-linear career growth
A bunch of routine and problems specific only to these companies
To strive for FAANG or not is up to you. I urge you to reflect now and never forget your personal goals .
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Joel Spolsky on Project Appraisal: Evidence Based Scheduling . Cool article, recommendations from which I would not undertake to apply in practice?