u/Parky-Park wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I'd be curious to know what companies you consider FAANG-like. Obviously some companies have stronger engineering cultures than others, so I'd be curious to know which ones seem to be on par to you I get the sense that places like Notion, Figma, Spotify, and DataDog are pretty g
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
It changes constantly. We work with a lot of people who want canonical FAANG and we work with FAANG who want the even "better" tier of companies (FAANG level engineering bar and product but earlier stage with more upside). Notion and Figma (pre acquisition) are that level. Stripe and Square were also that level during COVID. Now it's shifting to AI a bit, like Open AI.
The three criteria:
1. super strong engineering culture and engineering driven decisions
2. product or service is leading edge / best in class and at a fairly large scale / making money / growing fast
3. top compensation and significant equity (on par with the canonical FAANG)
These companies also tend to have very similar levelling systems to each other