I posted something similar to you. I think the jump is not doable because it requires massive investment in a lottery ticket. Not only are FANG interviews leetcode level hard, I have heard friends at such orgs talk about the anti-loop. Even if you got to the point of solving most leetcode problems, the anti-loop can reject you. I know plenty of brilliant engineers not getting paid the value they create, because they have kids or work a tough job or volunteer or whatever, that makes it so they will never get a FANG offer.
If the set of people who are interviewing you by luck happen to prefer interview questions that match your strengths, you get the job; if they instead happen by luck to prefer interview questions that match your weaknesses, you don't get the job. The latter is an anti-loop.
It's a yegge-coined term for getting a set of ~five interviewers who won't pass anyone. That is for any candidate who passes interviewer X's idea of a good candidate, you won't pass Y.
I don't think you see it much anymore, but I wouldn't be surprised if it does still happen from time to time.
