New Delhi: A techie working for Google in Bengaluru criticised job vlogs, claiming that it only showcased a part of the corporate life. In his post, he claimed that such videos made by FAANG employees (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) depicted the honeymoon period of their corporate career.
Priyansh Agarwal took to X to state his viewpoint. He stated, “Most of the day in the life videos you see on the internet by FAANG engineers are from their honeymoon periods (first 6-12 months). The real game begins after a year when you start owning projects and outcomes for your team and realise that you don’t get paid to just enjoy.”
Agarwal’s point of view captured the attention of many. They agreed with him and stated that no vlogs showcase engineers at work at 2 am. Others drew assumptions and cleared their doubts.
Most of the day in the life videos you see on the internet by FAANG engineers are from their honeymoon periods (first 6-12 months).
The real game begins after a year when you start owning projects and outcomes for your team and realise that you don’t get paid to just enjoy.
— Priyansh Agarwal (@Priyansh_31Dec) September 7, 2025
“The work is definitely gonna be there for sure if you get paid that high. It’s just that you take all the comforts for granted after a period or time that you feel you are not valued enough,” said one.
Another individual stated, “I used to be so fascinated about these things when they posted like oh they have the coolest office and best food. Now it doesn’t excite me either.” A user stated, “Interesting. Perhaps it’s less about the honeymoon period ending, and more about the shift from individual contribution to team ownership. True growth lies there.”
One user was astonished to hear that the honeymoon phase lasted for 6-12 months. Some expressed their interest in seeing the real struggle.
“I swear I wish someone puts out the part of those deployment war rooms the excitement of metrics changing seeing the customer feedback all the good bad and ugly stuff not the coffee machines n the play rooms,” said Agarwal.
