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That was the FAANG stocks doing the thinking

I don't think FAANG young engineers earn $250k cap gains a year.

https://www.levels.fyi/

RSUs are ordinary income, not capital gains.

RSUs are taxed as ordinary income but when they vest they become (usually) class A shares. The sale of those shares will incur capital gains taxes, if there is a gain.

So sell just enough to stay under the $250k/year in cap gains. I'm still not seeing a problem here.

Sale at time of vest would have zero or likely negligible capital gain/loss, and then it's the same as any other income. Yes, if you hold the shares (much like buying any other stock with your income), and it appreciates, you would have capital gains.

Re levels.fyi, the compensation figures are just time of vest.

This is total income, not cap gains man.

when you sell your stonks, then that becomes capital gains

No it doesn't, unless stock grows much.

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