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The FAANG Simulator discussion covers game mechanics, realism, and social commentary, with players sharing personal experiences and opinions.

What the discussion says

  • Some find the game realistic and reflective of real life.
  • Others think the game oversimplifies or exaggerates certain aspects.
  • There is concern about the game's difficulty and fairness, especially for non-US players.
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  • RAT RACE #1 · DECEASED* *dead at 25 · $164k unspent · the on-call rotation already updated
    by sscaryterry
  • The rate of success of side projects seems unrealistically high. Yeah, I know, it's the YC dream, but even acquisitions where the founders walk away with a few million dollars are rare enough, right?
    by rgmerk
  • I won by just grinding and touching grass
    by daredoes
  • Game seems to be heavily weighted towards building side projects. If only you could build a single side project without raising any funds and get acquired for 10M with an 80% cut...
    by xmprt
  • When thinking about years of work until financial independence, its worth understanding the impact that savings rate has - the fraction of post-tax income remaining to invest in growth assets after expenses.

    If you're not familiar with savings rate, here's a simple calculator to help build intuition. The assumptions of asset returns & portfolio required to sustain retirement are a bit optimistic, but it's directionally correct: https://networthify.com/calculator/earlyretirement

    You need roughly a 15% savings rate to support traditional retirement age. If you're fortunate enough to create & sustain a situation where your income net tax is a lot higher than your annual expenses, the timeline accelerates significantly.

    by shoo
  • Really fun project, but doesn't take ageism into account, it gets easier the further you get whereas it should get be getting harder in certain ways
    by pantelisk
  • Maybe add a non-US-citizen mode where if you are ever unemployed for more than 2 cycles you lose, unless you already have a side project with enormous traction

    And if you are a US citizen and get randomly get thrown into a group of mostly non-citizen coworkers they will grind like hell due to the above, and if you don't grind extra hard you get the PIP faster, because you're stack ranked against them

    by qurren
  • I don't know if I should feel sad or laugh at the pain at the same time lol.

    what a wonderful way to reflect reality for a good population of devs.

    you can hack the game i.e real life

    1. live in a cheaper location 2. do things that don't scale & do the ugly work

    that naturally extends your runway, you don't need to apply to YC

    remember the median Pay in the US - is 61800 based on ADP the largest payroll provider.

    so before aiming for millions aim for 85K. yeah a far cry from the FAANG wage - but one - you will never get laid off.

    85K - you can live everywhere besides the coastal US cities comfortably.

    by dzonga

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