Having worked at both I can say this with a high degree of certainty from my experience.
Even if you have a dedicated Sr at a BigTechCo it is just a much bigger boat to move. Also I have seen people promo at FAANG for projects that would be considered trivial/part of the job at a smaller shop. Command line utilities, improved CI pipeline etc.
Even if you have a dedicated Sr at a BigTechCo it is just a much bigger boat to move. Also I have seen people promo at FAANG for projects that would be considered trivial/part of the job at a smaller shop. Command line utilities, improved CI pipeline etc.