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commentingrobot t1_j5dfhho wrote

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By the sounds of it, you're a good dev.

I've worked at a variety of companies, and have found that for every good dev there are a half dozen who spend their time in meaningless side-quests, doing the bare minimum and then blaming the PM when the project flops, or making mistakes that would be obvious if they'd tried to understand their user's point of view.

Very often I hear people talk about the minimal amount of work they perceive software devs as doing. Can't say I blame them. But I've never worked harder than as a lead dev for a small company, where the product succeeded or failed based on my work. Those who only ever work at FAANG type companies often never learn what that's like.

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YawnTractor_1756 t1_j5f0y9q wrote

Have you actually worked in FAANG company, or you're just speculating? Because I worked 15 years in small and large non-FAANG companies, and when I went working for FAANG-level company then comparatively speaking I see that every regular developer in FAANG experiences pressure compared to that of a Team Lead in a small company.

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commentingrobot t1_j5f195g wrote

I have indeed

Ymmv in FAANG of course. They're different from each other and they're huge companies which vary from team to team.

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