I feel an insane hesitation to try for/jump to FAANG. Its not about any ideological reasons: I just feel inadequate, even with a PhD. My research was on applied ML. I feel I haven't 'made the cut' with solving theory or optimization problems in ML. Nor am I in seriously good shape to tackle core CS topics - because that was not the focus during PhD.
What would you advise for someone like me who would want to make the jump in future?
What would you advise for someone like me who would want to make the jump in future?