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How FAANG Engineers Build Side Projects That Actually Get Noticed
In Episode 85 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how FAANG engineers turn side projects into career accelerators. Using the case of a Google engineer whose open-source tool landed him a staff-level role at Uber, they break down the difference between projects that impress hiring committees and projects that gather dust on GitHub. They discuss the 'three-commit rule', why README quality matters more than star count, and how to pick a problem worth solving. Lucas shares data from a 2025 survey of 200 engineering managers showing that projects with real user adoption — even just…
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