A lot of the comments here boil down to "FAANG" is a better deal.
But lots of people literally want FAANG to go extinct and won't work for them.
Which means you work where?
Startup pay usually beats what random business pay for SWE work.
Probably there's some kind of third track, but it's less obvious to me.
Speaking for myself (and this will likely show up on their application audits making me an infeasible), I'd give up some of my morals if the pay is good.
A former colleague somehow landed a job at Github, he earns more than most management level people here; he said the job is just a job and pretty much the same as any other job, but he can't really leave because the pay is so good.
Startup pay usually beats what random business pay for SWE work.
Probably there's some kind of third track, but it's less obvious to me.