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Well, one can take a home equity line of credit (interest rates are ridiculously low) and buy shares to "mimic" FAANG employment returns.

I suspect people want FAANG jobs (Option 1) 'cos it looks good on resume and the RSU is a side benefit.

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But then you're exposed to the downside risk. With RSUs, if there's a large drop in share price and you don't get an additional grant to make it up, you can always quit and go somewhere else. So it's a bet with asymmetric payoffs for you.

That is a good point. I guess if FAANG stock price goes down, is it fair to say that we will be in recession (ie entire economy is impacted)?

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