[newaccountman2]

The disconnect between very "FAANG-focused" people and reality is always interesting to me.

1. There are a ton of good, well-paying software engineering jobs out there, especially in the startup world. Maybe not as high total comp as your Bigtech job, but still plenty adequate, esp if you've already made a good pile of money from Bigtech.

2. Not everyone in Bigtech has as unhappy a job as you seem to have; maybe you could switch teams within your company, or hop to a different "FAANG"

3. "I dreamed for years to get into FAANG" <-- I just don't comprehend this. Like, I would personally like to work at one of these at some point for the numerous benefits it would offer, but I can't comprehend it as holding the level of value that I have seen many people ascribe to it.