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I'm a software engineer at a FANG, in a VHCOL city...and I feel completely out of touch with whatever cultural circles these people live in.

> We are three former Googlers who are on a mission to help create jobs in rural and suburban cities around America.

Ok, yeah, that explains it

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Could you please explain how that explains it to someone who needs more explanation?

I'm also a software engineer allegedly in the same cultural circles as these folks...but this brunch reference is honestly baffling to me to an extent that it makes me wonder if I even am in the same class as these folks. I've never even been to brunch!

For anyone like me who hasn't seen the VHCOL acronym before: Very High Cost Of Living.

And what is FANG? and why are acronyms so overused in an UCC (unlimited characters context)?

Facebook Amazon Netflix Google (normally another a as in FAANG, but I forgot what that is)

Apple

Last A is Apple

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