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How FAANG Engineers Build Trust With Non-Technical Stakeholders
Lucas and Luna tackle a skill FAANG engineers often overlook: building trust with product managers, designers, and executives who don't read code. The episode centers on a specific case: a senior engineer at Google who reduced a six-month project to six weeks by reframing technical trade-offs in business terms. Lucas breaks down the two-rule framework from Google's internal 'stakeholder engineering' workshops — use the language of outcomes, not outputs, and surface risk early with a one-pager. Luna pushes back on whether this is just 'managing up' or actually part of engineering craft. They…
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