This perspective is more of a confession about the current state of employment in big-tech, less so than engineering in general.

There are plenty of places outside of FAANG where you can just be a butt-in-seat, completing tasks.

I met plenty of principal, staff engineers in defense and medical device companies who were just amazing engineers who knew how to complete tasks and dispatch them.

> That stack of tasks you have to do? Your manager or your tech lead could finish those in much less time and with much less hassle than it takes to help you through them"

Ehhh.