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and yet their quality of life is likely 5X higher



That is unknown, as people at FAANG in the US have a comparable quality of life as those in Western Europe, because the things people tout as European advantages like free healthcare and long paid vacations, FAANG workers in the US essentially already have. They are getting paid much more for a similar standard of living, which in turn decreases their retirement age, if they so choose.


Ultra mega cope. Many FAANG engineers are testing and vesting, doing almost no work while taking that money in




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