# FAANG

Concept · [Business and metrics](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business)

Also called: MAANG, big tech, Big Tech

Shorthand for a handful of the largest US tech companies, originally [Facebook](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/meta), Apple, Amazon, Netflix and [Google](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/google). People use it to mean big-tech jobs and pay.

**For example:** A Tulsa startup hires an [engineer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) who moved home after years at a FAANG company.

## Connects to (3)

- [Talent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/terms/talent): The skilled people a company can hire or work with, such as software engineers and designers.
- [Brain drain](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/brain-drain): When skilled people leave a place for jobs elsewhere, so the place loses the talent it trained.
- [Software engineer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer): A person who designs, writes and maintains code for a living.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/faang