8 FAANG senior engineers DMed this solopreneur to learn startups—and lacked basic tech skills
sachinmaya1980 · x · 2026-11-04
An Indian solopreneur criticizes FAANG hiring in India for selecting mediocre candidates. After posting about his solopreneur journey, 8 FAANG senior employees reached out asking how to start their own ventures—but in follow-up chats, he found they lacked even basic technical understanding.
The post highlights a gap between big-tech hiring and hands-on skills, and growing interest among FAANG engineers in going independent.
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