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CongratulationsTuấn Nguyễnhas successfully completed[Taro Classic] FAANG Career Guide: What Big Tech Is Like For EngineersA Taro Course
Alex Chiou & Rahul Pandey
Alex Chiou & Rahul PandeyInstructor
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Issued OnDecember 9, 2025
Course Overview

It seems like for 90%+ of engineers, their ultimate career goal is to break into FAANG, otherwise known as Big Tech. While this is a perfectly fine aspiration to have, many of these engineers don't actually know what life at FAANG is like at all, especially those earlier-in-career with weaker networks. FAANG looks great on the surface with its many genuinely helpful career perks, but it's full of darker downsides underneath the surface as well.

In a nutshell, that's what this in-depth course is meant to help you with - We're going to demystify and lift up the veil around FAANG, so you can get a full, objective look at what it's actually like being an engineer at these tech behemoths. After going through this course, you will:

  • 🧠 Have a framework to plot a course toward your career success
  • ✅ Understand the full suite of career benefits FAANG provides you as an engineer
  • ❌ Get a real look at the many cons of working at FAANG
  • 🔍 See common scenarios where it does or doesn’t make sense to work at FAANG
  • 🎯 Know the true pure ultimate goal every engineer should have with their career (hint: it’s not to work at FAANG)
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Alex Chiou & Rahul PandeyMeta Tech Lead & Manager, Ex-Robinhood, Ex-Pinterest
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Issued OnDecember 9, 2025