I'm surprised, is the salary that much bigger for FAANG in the USA? I know someone who's been approached by Google for a position in Paris, and the salary is not that great (around 110K€/year from what I heard for a Software Engineer position (more than 10 years of XP)). With that kind of salary, you can live well but you're not going to reach financial independence nor buying a house by the time you're 35/40.
I do know a lot of people making this or even much and they're not working at Google.
I do know a lot of people making this or even much and they're not working at Google.