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 ·
Wow lots of negativity towards this. Maybe my situation is unique then. Facebook stock 100X from when I joined and I never have to work again if I wanted, I made lifelong friends, I solved some really hard and interesting technical problems that I will talk about forever. I feel like some people out there would think that is worth it.
I understand most people would find this not s great choice, but there’s such harsh judgment for people that would.