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Analyzes the characteristics of engineers Anthropic hires, including median experience of 12.2 years, mainly from Google and FAANG companies, only 13.7% have PhDs, infrastructure background accounts for 40%, etc., reflecting Anthropic's preference for senior engineering talent.
A Hacker News post asks whether most corporate software engineering jobs are performative, with the author describing experiences at FAANG where much work seems useless and managers spend time on 1:1s. The post has 112 points and 124 comments, sparking discussion about engineering culture.
The acronym FAANG is being replaced by MANGOS (Meta, Anthropic, Nvidia, Google, OpenAI, SpaceX) as AI reshapes the tech landscape, with three of the new group eyeing IPOs soon.