Imposter syndrome refers to the mental feeling of feeling incompetent or unqualified for your job. Even though you may be meeting or exceeding your job expectations, you still feel like you are an “imposter” compared to your coworker peers. Many job roles and industries can invoke imposter syndrome, and it is especially prevalent in the tech industry when you hear about large scale projects, famous companies, and highly qualified people which don’t seem like yourself. ...
FAANG refers to big tech companies that are high growth, working on trendy services across different industries, pay well, and have a large market cap or potential. The acronym originally stood for the companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google, although the actual companies have changed over time (today, tech giants like Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, and SpaceX may be considered in this category). A career in FAANG is often the dream of software engineers for a variety of reasons, but there are both merits and drawbacks to such a life. ...