u/americancontrol wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Yeah I feel like it would be wildly easier to sneak by and hang on in FAANG than at a startup with serious founders. The only way to fake it at a startup would be with first time founders, who knows nothing about building products, or what realistic progress should even loo
u/michaelnovati replied · · edited ★ FEATURED
So if the startup doesn't have scale and doesn't have process, a person can get by easier through sheer will compared to a FAANG. At FAANG, performance is calibrated and our performers are aggressively PIPed and fired. At a startup, lots of hustle might carry you, even if you are clearly operating at a lower level but adding value.
I actually hired a Codesmith grad as an entry level engineer (I think Codesmith called it mid-level in their stats, which was very clearly entry level but compensated against top tier benchmark) and this is the level all the Codesmith grads I work with are at immediately after Codesmith... should be going for entry level top tier jobs.
Many people tell me about how their outcomes advisor pushed people away from that roles and says they are grunteork roles that set your career back... but that's extremely inconsistent with what I've seen.... people who take mid level roles are worse companies come to my program to level up you to top tier and often get entry level top tier roles and are ecstatic... so much so they want to be on our blog and tell their stories, because it takes a lot of deprogramming of Codesmith grads around this.