Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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Lately, a lot of people have been criticizing FAANG and suggesting that working as a software engineer at a FAANG company like Google, Facebook, or Amazon isn't as great as it seems. In this video, I react and respond to a recent video by @WebDevSimplified about why you don't want to work at FAANG.

Web Dev Simplified's original video: youtu.be/twKrik7KY6Y
My video about why coding interviews aren't broken: youtu.be/s9_Gzr3sTj4

0:00 | Introduction
1:57 | His Introduction
3:26 | Interview Problems
8:36 | The Work Is Not Fun
12:04 | It Is Very Corporate
15:51 | Hard To See Your Impact
18:46 | Terrible Work-Life Balance
24:07 | High Cost Of Living
28:46 | His Conclusion
30:44 | Conclusion

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