Ask HN: What did you think about working at a FAANG?

Yesterday I met a friend who finished his interviewing process at Google. It's hard to explain how excited he is for the results, which may arrive in a few weeks. For some people, like him, this is more than a job opportunity because it's also his way to move to London and run away from our messed up country.

I've started thinking if I should try it too. I have a solid competitive programming background, and I think I'd go well in behavioural interviews. But is it going to be worthy?

Every day I see thousands of posts of ex-FAANG saying why they left, but I also see thousands of people saying why it's fantastic. They love to say how intelligent people that work there are, and some love to say how you will never grow there because everyone is good and you are just another brick in the wall.

Let's be honest, what are the good and bad sides of FAANGs?