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The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy

The Tech Career Podcast with Fexingo: Engineering Jobs, Interviews, and FAANG Career Strategy

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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 points, vesting schedules, and the probability of passing each interview stage based on public Glassdoor and Levels.fyi data. Luna pushes back with the human factors — how anxiety, overconfidence, and burnout affect performance, and why some engineers bomb take-home assignments despite perfect LeetCode scores. Together, they map the career lattice beyond FAANG: fintech, defense tech, climate tech, and the growing SaaS companies that now offer comparable total compensation packages. They also tackle the trade-offs between IC and management tracks, the rise of staff-plus roles, and how to decide whether to join a startup pre- or post-Series B. Every episode is grounded in a real job listing, a published compensation dataset, or a named company policy. If you're an engineer plotting your next move — or just trying to understand how the tech talent market actually works — this is the conversation you want to overhear. #FAANG #TechCareers #EngineeringJobs #SoftwareEngineering #InterviewPrep #SystemDesign #LeetCode #CareerStrategy #TechCompensation #BigTechHiring #ICvsManagement #StartupCareers #VestingSchedules #BehavioralInterviews #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Technology Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo© 2026 Fexingo. All rights reserved. Economics
Episodes
  • How FAANG Engineers Navigate Return-to-Office Mandates

    How FAANG Engineers Navigate Return-to-Office Mandates
    Jun 23 2026
    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 three-day minimum with badge-data enforcement, Google's attendance tracking tied to performance reviews, Meta's five-day push for senior staff—and explore what this means for engineers' career strategy. They discuss how to negotiate remote exceptions, when to consider relocating, and why some teams are using RTO as a quiet layoff tool. Based on leaked internal memos and public statements, the episode offers concrete advice for engineers weighing compliance vs. exit. The hosts also share how they themselves stay productive amidst shifting workplace norms, and touch on the broader trend of companies using office mandates to reshape their engineering cultures. A must-listen for any FAANG engineer or tech professional facing an RTO deadline in the coming months. #ReturnToOffice #FAANG #RemoteWork #Amazon #Google #Meta #TechCareers #HybridWork #WorkplacePolicy #EngineeringStrategy #CareerAdvice #Layoffs #Negotiation #Relocation #BadgeData #PerformanceReviews #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    10 mins
  • How FAANG Engineers Stop Overengineering Their Code

    How FAANG Engineers Stop Overengineering Their Code
    Jun 22 2026
    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. They explore why engineers build overly complex systems, how it slows down teams, and — most importantly — how to stop. Lucas breaks down the 'YAGNI' principle (You Ain't Gonna Need It) and shares a concrete story from a former colleague who wasted three months building a generic data pipeline for use cases that never materialized. Luna pushes back on the pressure engineers feel to 'future-proof' their code in performance review cycles. Together they discuss practical habits: writing the simplest thing that works, using RFCs to force justification of complexity, and a specific rule of thumb — if you can't explain your design in two minutes on a whiteboard, it's probably too complex. They also cover how to push back when a senior peer insists on unnecessary abstraction. As of June 2026, with teams under more pressure to ship faster, knowing when not to build is a superpower. The episode includes a brief, natural donation mention for listeners who find the conversation valuable. #Overengineering #FAANG #SoftwareEngineering #TechCareer #YAGNI #CodeSimplicity #EngineeringCulture #SeniorEngineer #TechLeadership #SystemDesign #TechnicalDebt #ShippingFast #EngineeringManagement #CodeReview #Abstraction #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 mins
  • How FAANG Engineers Interview Without Code

    How FAANG Engineers Interview Without Code
    Jun 22 2026
    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 program, they discuss how senior engineers are now assessed through system design, architecture walkthroughs, and past-project deep dives rather than whiteboard algorithms. Lucas shares a specific statistic: 30% of Meta's senior engineer interviews in 2025 used a no-coding track, and the company reported a 20% reduction in false positives for performance within six months. The hosts debate whether this approach reduces bias or simply shifts the goalposts, and Luna warns that junior engineers may feel left behind. They wrap with practical advice for engineers considering such an interview track, including how to prepare for open-ended design sessions and what to emphasize in a portfolio of work. #FAANG #TechInterviews #NoCodeInterview #HiringTrends #EngineeringCareers #SystemDesign #Meta #Google #Amazon #TechHiring #CareerStrategy #SeniorEngineer #TechCareers #InterviewPrep #TechPodcast #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 mins
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