> I find myself seeking out experiences from peers at these behemoths on how decisions are made and products get built there.
I think you will be mostly astounded at the lack of things you can learn from the way decisions are made inside big companies. Which is to say, they aren’t super rational organizations.
As a multiple FAANG alumni, I can tell you that decisions made are often strongly influenced by politics, individual executive “hunches,” and legacy tech concerns instead of raw cost/benefit or actual data.
The fact is, you’re going to make a lot more money doing much less work at FAANG.
However, very little of what you learn about how the organization runs will be valuable outside of the big organization itself.
I think you will be mostly astounded at the lack of things you can learn from the way decisions are made inside big companies. Which is to say, they aren’t super rational organizations.
As a multiple FAANG alumni, I can tell you that decisions made are often strongly influenced by politics, individual executive “hunches,” and legacy tech concerns instead of raw cost/benefit or actual data.
The fact is, you’re going to make a lot more money doing much less work at FAANG.
However, very little of what you learn about how the organization runs will be valuable outside of the big organization itself.