u/Galithiel wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
You're being overly generous with yourself, I'd say it's not a path to success period. 8 years from new grad to principal in a FAANG is nothing unheard off, but most people won't throw their life away for it. I had to look up what you refer to by "coding machine archetype", now
u/michaelnovati replied ·
I'm a to each their own camp, I think it's a path for some people! I'm very satisfied with my life and I don't sit in a room coding all day (at least from my perspective :P)