Reasons not to pursue FAANG Data Science?

Hello,

I will be graduating this semester with an engineering degree (data science concentration) from a top 10 engineering school. I came upon this path late so don’t have any internship experience, but it seems like many people in my network get their Masters in Analytics afterwards and then work a nice cushy data science job at a FAANG or similar company paying $150-200k+.

I’m not trying to disrespect anyone’s skills or intelligence, but I just want to get a …

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