> Especially if your goal is to land a nice FAANG job anyway.
I wouldn't just say getting acquired by a FAANG company. I work for one of the biggest health care companies in the world. Last year they acquired over 200 companies with the goal of exceeding that this year.
They literally are buying companies whose technology they would rather buy then build themselves. If you knew what my company was looking for (machine learning, AI and automation) you literally could start a company with less than ten people, focus your work on one of the three areas and have a better than decent shot of being acquired by the company I work for in a span of less than 5 years.
What would take longer? Building that company with a singular focus on a singular product my company needs or achieving a senior level knowledge of Javascript for a full stack developer role? I would say at that point its a toss up.
I wouldn't just say getting acquired by a FAANG company. I work for one of the biggest health care companies in the world. Last year they acquired over 200 companies with the goal of exceeding that this year.
They literally are buying companies whose technology they would rather buy then build themselves. If you knew what my company was looking for (machine learning, AI and automation) you literally could start a company with less than ten people, focus your work on one of the three areas and have a better than decent shot of being acquired by the company I work for in a span of less than 5 years.
What would take longer? Building that company with a singular focus on a singular product my company needs or achieving a senior level knowledge of Javascript for a full stack developer role? I would say at that point its a toss up.