--- title: Best Big Tech posts of 2023 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Big Tech posts of 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/big-tech/best-of/2023 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/big-tech/best-of/2023 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Big Tech posts of 2023 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Big Tech posts of 2023, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Big Tech — 2023 1. 1 [](/posts/how-i-became-an-800k-engineer-ncafmewao "How I Became An $800K Engineer") Article Taro · 3y How I Became An $800K Engineer In 2021, the last full year I worked at Meta, I made more than $800,000 dollars. 124 17 2. 2 [](/posts/working-at-a-startup-vs-in-big-tech-o12dmlsyc "Working at a Startup vs in Big Tech") Article The Pragmatic Engineer · 3y Working at a Startup vs in Big Tech The article discusses the experiences and perspectives of a software engineer who has worked in both startups and Big Tech. It highlights the advantages of startups, such as learning opportunities and the ability to make a direct impact, as well as the disadvantages, including financial risk and stress. In contrast, it explores the benefits of working in Big Tech, such as specialization and financial stability, while also addressing the downsides, such as lack of purpose and overhead. 97 3 3. 3 [](/posts/10-best-coding-and-programming-interview-books-in-2023-fdbxzbpc2 "10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023") Article gitconnected · 3y 10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023 10 Best Coding and Programming Interview Books in 2023\. In the past, I have hared some of the best online courses to prepare coding interviews. These books are enough to crack even the toughest of the job interviews at Amazon, or Microsoft. They provide excellent coverage of all essential topics for programming job interviews. 74 1 4. 4 [](/posts/how-i-became-a-tech-lead-and-what-i-learned-along-the-way-gsbryl0le "How I became a Tech Lead and what I learned along the way") Article Taro · 3y How I became a Tech Lead and what I learned along the way The role of a Tech Lead (TL) is not easy to understand, for several reasons. The TL role is a hybrid one, not quite a manager, and not quite an individual contributor. 54 1 5. 5 [](/posts/how-hard-is-it-to-get-into-faang-companies-ka0zwgye3 "How Hard is it to Get into FAANG Companies") Article KDnuggets · 3y How Hard is it to Get into FAANG Companies In the last two years, FAANG companies alone were responsible for over 50,000 layoffs. The acronym was coined by CNBC’s Jim Cramer in 2013\. FAANG is a stand in for tech companies at large – think Microsoft, AirBnb, and Spotify. After 60k layoffs, these companies probably have tons of talented applicants. 51 11 6. 6 [](/posts/bun-lessons-from-disrupting-a-tech-ecosystem-wywfrns0g "Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem") Article The Pragmatic Engineer · 3y Bun: lessons from disrupting a tech ecosystem Two weeks ago, a JavaScript runtime and toolkit called Bun was released and took the Node.js world by storm. Its top focus is performance, and according to benchmarks shared in the launch video, around 10x performance increases can be observed when building packages, running code, or handling inbound requests on a server. 31 1 7. 7 [](/posts/how-microsoft-does-quality-assurance-qa--z9smppgqd "How Microsoft does Quality Assurance (QA)") Article Pointer · 3y How Microsoft does Quality Assurance (QA) The Redmond Big Tech giant pioneered the SDET role in the 90s. Microsoft was the first major company to come up with a specialized testing role which went well beyond manual testing. The SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) role was one that Microsoft pioneered across the tech industry. 14 2 8. 8 [](/posts/world-s-worst-tech-employers-a5bkfakew "World’s Worst Tech Employers") Article Hacker Noon · 3y World’s Worst Tech Employers World’s Worst Tech Employers: HackerNoon. The only question that is left is: who would be the winner? If I had to make a top 5 list of the most hated American tech giants, here is how I would place them. 10 2 9. 9 [](/posts/what-big-tech-layoffs-suggest-for-the-industry-btsydm6up "What Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry") Article Pointer · 4y What Big Tech layoffs suggest for the industry Microsoft, Amazon and Salesforce have announced large layoffs in January. What will these events mean for the rest of the industry? This is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. 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