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With all the FAANG layoffs is this still a realistic goal for many people?

Fair question, maybe I'm a bit too starry eyed. What do you think?

I think the question provided the answer. The market is being flooded with ex-FAANG developers and it is no longer a job seeker's market. In today's environment it is a LOT harder to get hired by anyone, let alone a FAANG company. I know really good people who have been out of a job for +6 months now.

Based on past history, now is not the time to shoot for the stars, but to start consolidating your base and preparing for the next upturn.

> preparing for the next upturn.

Prepare how? I fled to be a data analyst. For multiple reasons. One: the job interview was a cake walk (for me at least). I was unprepared and I aced it despite not really knowing what a data analyst was. It helps that I have a fairly good statistics background from back in the day. I'm also better paid since they don't pay software engineers that well in the Netherlands, so data analyst salaries seem more competitive locally.

But yea, I'd be curious what you specifically mean by it.

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