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0 pointsvarjag1y ago0 comments

I dunno man. A good third of my class seems to be working at FAANG and we're all from an unremarkable university in Eastern Europe. I'd imagine the prospects are much better if you start in the States already.

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pseudalopex1y ago

The official estimate of software developer positions in the United States was 1,656,880 in 2023.[1] 10% of that would be a high estimate of FAANG software developers in all countries. And most in those companies make less.

[1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm

varjagOP1y ago

A high estimate? Google alone stands at 180k employees. I'd imagine at least a half of those are technical positions.

pseudalopex1y ago

Technical positions is more than software engineers. 60,000 software engineers was the most I saw. And most other technical positions pay less.

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pseudalopex1y ago

[1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes151252.htm

varjagOP1y ago

A high estimate? Google alone stands at 180k employees. I'd imagine at least a half of those are technical positions.

pseudalopex1y ago

Technical positions is more than software engineers. 60,000 software engineers was the most I saw. And most other technical positions pay less.

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