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>a safe FAANG job beats the risk of working for a startup or striking out on their own

There's an entire universe of companies, thousands in the US alone, that are not FAANG or a startup, but that employee technical people out there.




Few of them pay what fang pays, though, and even fewer have the same brand recognition. If by 30 she gets bored, with conservative investments into broad market funds, she'll have a few millions in assets and the luxury to choose between a cushy well paid job and maybe starting her own thing.




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