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The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
Lucas and Luna strip the mystique from Big Tech hiring, walking real FAANG interview questions — from system design at Amazon to behavioral loops at Google — and the specific preparation strategies that separate successful candidates from those who get ghosted. They analyze leaked interview rubrics, break down how hiring committees weigh competing signals, and discuss when it makes sense to target a lower-tier offer for faster equity growth. Lucas brings the data: offer-negotiation leverage…
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The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career StrategyHow FAANG Engineers Use Internal Open Source to Accelerate
Episode 109 of The Tech Career Podcast digs into a practice that's quietly transformed how engineers at Alphabet, Meta, and Apple ship code: internal open…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Coding Notebooks for Rapid Prototyping
Lucas and Luna dive into the underrated practice of using coding notebooks — like Jupyter, Google Colab, or VS Code interactive cells — inside FAANG…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Code Reviews to Get Promoted Faster
Lucas and Luna break down the hidden career leverage of code reviews at big tech companies. Drawing on a real example from a senior engineer at Google who…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Master Debugging Like a Detective
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the art of debugging at FAANG companies. They focus on a specific case: how an engineer at…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Negotiate Promotions Without an Offer
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna examine how FAANG engineers navigate the promotion system without relying on competing…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Run Effective One-on-One Meetings
Lucas and Luna break down the one-on-one meeting—the single most underused lever for career growth inside FAANG. Lucas walks through the specific structure he…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Think in First Principles
Episode 103 of The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo. Lucas and Luna dive into first-principles thinking as a mental model used by senior engineers at FAANG…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Break Down Impossible Projects
Lucas and Luna explore how FAANG engineers tackle projects that seem too big or too ambiguous to start. Using the example of a hypothetical infrastructure…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use On-Call Rotations to Build Better Systems
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how the on-call rotation — often dreaded as a distraction from feature work — can actually…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Build Resilience After a Layoff
In this milestone 100th episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle an uncomfortable but essential topic: how FAANG engineers rebuild their…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Large Legacy Codebases
In Episode 99 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into the specific strategies FAANG engineers use to work effectively in massive legacy codebases…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Prepare for System Design Interviews
In episode 98 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down how engineers at top tech companies approach the dreaded system design round. Lucas…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Data to Negotiate Better Offers
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into a specific negotiation tactic that top FAANG engineers use to increase their total…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Turn Failures into Career Opportunities
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore a specific strategy that top engineers at Amazon and Uber use to turn production incidents and failed projects into…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Ambiguous Requirements
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into one of the trickiest situations engineers face: ambiguous requirements. They explore why…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Unit Tests as Debugging Documentation
In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack a subtle but powerful career lever: treating unit tests as living documentation for debugging. Lucas explains how…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Design Docs to Avoid Rewrites
Lucas and Luna explore a specific engineering practice that separates senior engineers from the rest: writing a one-page design doc before writing any code…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Say No to Extra Work Without Getting Fired
Lucas and Luna dive into the art of the boundary-setting conversation in big tech. Using a real example from a senior engineer at Meta who successfully…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Get Unstuck by Asking Better Questions
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore one of the most underrated skills in tech: asking the right question when you're stuck. They break down a specific…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Technical Writing Docs to Get Promoted
In Episode 90 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna dive into the underrated power of technical writing as a promotion lever at FAANG. They break down how…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Code Freezes to Ship Faster
Episode 89 unpacks a counterintuitive productivity tactic inside big tech: the code freeze. Lucas and Luna explore how engineers at companies like Google and…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Build Influence Without Authority
Lucas and Luna unpack the hidden career skill that separates senior engineers from staff engineers at FAANG: influence without formal authority. Using a…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Handle Co-Workers Who Don't Pull Their Weight
Episode 87 of The Tech Career Podcast tackles a delicate but universal problem: what do you do when a teammate on your pod or project consistently…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use AI Coding Assistants Without Losing Their Edge
Episode 86 of The Tech Career Podcast explores how FAANG engineers are using AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot and Cursor without letting the tools…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
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…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Get Unstuck on Hard Problems
In Episode 84 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore the specific techniques FAANG engineers use when they hit a wall on a difficult problem. They…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Mentorship to Accelerate Growth
Lucas and Luna explore how FAANG engineers leverage mentorship—not just as mentees but as mentors—to accelerate their career growth. They break down the…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Leverage Internal Mobility for Career Growth
In Episode 82 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna unpack a powerful but underused career lever inside big tech companies: internal mobility. They walk…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Debug Production Issues Under Pressure
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into the specific techniques FAANG engineers use when debugging a live production incident. They break down the 'five whys'…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Self-Assess Before Performance Reviews
Performance reviews at FAANG can feel like a black box until your manager delivers the verdict. In this episode, Lucas and Luna unpack a specific…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Writing to Get Promoted Faster
Episode 79 of The Tech Career Podcast explores a skill most engineers overlook: writing. Lucas and Luna unpack why FAANG companies like Amazon and Google have…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Impostor Syndrome After Promotion
In Episode 78, Lucas and Luna explore a rarely discussed tech career challenge: impostor syndrome after a promotion. They anchor the conversation in a 2025…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Layoff Survivor Guilt and Stay Motivated
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a rarely discussed emotional challenge in Big Tech: survivor guilt after layoffs. Drawing on…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Ship Code Faster by Writing Less
Lucas and Luna explore a counterintuitive productivity hack used by senior engineers at companies like Google and Meta: writing less code. They unpack the…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Turn Down Projects Without Looking Lazy
Episode 75 of The Tech Career Podcast tackles a delicate FAANG engineering skill: saying no to projects without damaging your reputation. Lucas and Luna drill…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Handle Being Wrong at Work
In Episode 74, Lucas and Luna tackle a career skill rarely discussed in engineering interviews: what happens when you make a significant mistake at a FAANG…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Negotiate Job Offers Without Burning Bridges
Lucas and Luna break down the art of negotiating FAANG job offers — without alienating recruiters or burning bridges. Using real numbers and tactics, they…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Read Code Faster
Episode 72 of The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo dives into a skill rarely taught but critical for career growth: reading code efficiently. Lucas and Luna…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Write Code Reviews That Actually Get Read
Episode 71 of The Tech Career Podcast digs into the overlooked craft of code review — not how to review, but how to *write* a review that colleagues will…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Staff Engineers as Career Levers
Episode 70 of The Tech Career Podcast explores a counterintuitive career strategy: using staff engineers as levers, not just mentors. Lucas and Luna break down…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
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…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Return-to-Office Mandates
Amazon, Google, and Meta have all tightened their in-office attendance policies in 2025 and 2026. Lucas and Luna break down the specific numbers—Amazon's…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Stop Overengineering Their Code
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna tackle a common trap for senior engineers at FAANG and high-growth tech companies: overengineering…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Interview Without Code
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore a growing trend in FAANG hiring: coding-free interviews. With a focus on Meta's 2025 pilot…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Manage Technical Debt Without Breaking Things
Lucas and Luna dive into the hidden cost of technical debt inside FAANG engineering teams. Lucas shares a specific case from Meta where a team accumulated 18…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use First Principles Thinking to Solve Hard Problems
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the specific technique of first principles thinking that top FAANG engineers apply when tackling ambiguous or complex…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Make Meaningful Technical Contributions as New Hires
Lucas and Luna explore a crucial but often overlooked phase of the engineering career: the first 90 days at a FAANG company. Instead of generic onboarding…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Career Plateaus
Lucas and Luna tackle a topic rarely discussed in tech career content: what happens when you hit a plateau at a FAANG company after 4-6 years. They break down…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Prepare for Behavioral Interviews
Lucas and Luna reveal the counterintuitive strategies FAANG engineers use to ace behavioral interviews — from the 'Amazon Leadership Principles' grid to the…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use AI Pair Programming Tools
Lucas and Luna dive into the practical world of AI pair programming tools like GitHub Copilot and Cursor at FAANG companies. They discuss how engineers at…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Build a Personal Brand Without Leaving Their Job
Lucas and Luna explore how software engineers at FAANG and other top tech companies build a visible personal brand while staying in their current role. They…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Write Design Docs That Get Approved
In this episode of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna break down the specific structure and strategy behind writing design documents that actually get…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Manage Their Reputation Across Teams
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how FAANG engineers actively manage their professional reputation when working across multiple teams. They dive into a…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Reorgs Without Derailing Their Career
Reorgs at big tech companies can feel like a career reset button you didn't ask for. This episode breaks down the playbook used by senior engineers at Meta…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Data-Driven Decision Making in Product
In Episode 55 of The Tech Career Podcast, Lucas and Luna drill into how FAANG engineers apply data-driven decision making to ship better products faster. Using…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Deal With Underperformance on Their Team
Episode 54 of The Tech Career Podcast tackles a delicate topic that rarely gets discussed openly: what happens when a teammate is underperforming. Lucas and…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Handle On-Call Rotations Without Burning Out
Episode 53 of The Tech Career Podcast dives into one of the most dreaded yet essential parts of engineering life: on-call rotations. Lucas breaks down how…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Navigate Political Landmines in Cross-Team Projects
Lucas and Luna tackle a career skill rarely taught in engineering bootcamps: navigating organizational politics in large tech companies. Using a real case from…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Observability to Debug Production
Lucas and Luna explore how senior engineers at companies like Google and Meta use observability — not just monitoring — to debug production issues faster. They…
- The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy
How FAANG Engineers Use Side Projects to Get Promoted
Lucas and Luna dig into the real reason side projects matter at places like Google, Meta, and Apple: they're not about passion or side income, they're about…