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Does anybody have any advice when applying to postings with many applicants and getting noticed? The company I am interested in is Figma, and though I reached out to a few technical recruiters after applying through LinkedIn, I am wondering if there might be something more I could do that maybe I’m not thinking about. Also along those lines, if anybody here works for figma I would love the chance to connect
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True but also we make this TC at a fraction of the hours in similar paying industries i.e. law, medicine, finance. So could be worse
$10m ain’t bad. I’ll take a $5m and then early retirement to a fun, chill job. Maybe even $2m
My TC is less than that range (I think, private unicorn and I don't know how to calculate TC with options etc in), but that seems a fair trade off for a job that I enjoy and is not high stress and doesn't expect no work life balance. I'm still making double what many of my friends make in other industries. I'm also opting waaayyy tf out of kids though so I have no comment on that aspect.
Sounds like you could use a career change & a fresh perspective. There are tons of people in the world dealing with high stress jobs, little free time with family, illness and a strained marriage, and all with nothing to speak of for it.
If you don’t want what you have to be all there is, why not take that self-recognition and make a change! Carpe diem
Who is this damn stressed working at a FAANG company? Y'all are doing it wrong, we by far have the least stressful path to 400k+ TC of any profession. And hell, if you want even lower stress, just chill at L4 and still rake in Doctor level TCs.
Y'all are some spoiled MFers
Most orgs I've in would bend over backwards to accommodate if you were actually missing family milestones, like that's on you
Not even to mention the free food, various stipends, generous vacations that other industries would dream of
YOLO feels less like a silly phrase and more like reality as your knees start to go bad 😄
Well, the alternative is a startup life where there is more stress and usually less money at the end (but occasionally a lot more money at the end)
My experience does not match yours. I've only missed family milestones due to the lock-down, not due to my job; I have work-life balance, a happy marriage, weekly video-chats with kids and grand-kids, almost as frequent with other relatives (we all live too far from each other to visit in-person very often, even before the pandemic).
Valid point OP
Imagine that you were a career janitor. What would you do to find meaning and happiness in your life? A career is not the place where you should derive meaning. You can find some satisfaction by maximizing your potential within your field... but in the end it is a tool to build wealth. Relationships and family bonds will give your life meaning. Look for opportunities to serve other people and ways to grow closer with God.
Respectfully, I disagree. There's nothing wrong with seeking meaning in any part of your life, whether that's in your career or outside of it (or both, if you're lucky). To me, the important part is figuring out which of those paths fits you the best.
Tech jobs are pretty easy just get a better one.
Seek therapy, OP. Changing what you do every at work may help, but it is not your only issue here.
You might want to read “your money or your life. “ some of it is a little hokey, but it presents a good perspective.