> that most companies don't pay close to FAANG levels, then why are non-FAANG companies having a hard time to compete?
Hard time to hire engineers according to their bar. Their bar is high (FAANG level) but they don't pay FAANG level so this is interesting => They don't want to lower the bar (rightfully so) and nobody wants to be perceived as "FAANG" reject.
> You insist that few companies are paying close to FAANG levels
Few? I'd say they're "exceptions" (like Uber... for a while before they laid people off) and the rest aren't even close.
Hard time to hire engineers according to their bar. Their bar is high (FAANG level) but they don't pay FAANG level so this is interesting => They don't want to lower the bar (rightfully so) and nobody wants to be perceived as "FAANG" reject.
> You insist that few companies are paying close to FAANG levels
Few? I'd say they're "exceptions" (like Uber... for a while before they laid people off) and the rest aren't even close.