Archive - Big Tech Careers

How ownership can fast track your promotion (Staff Engineer, Meta)

Hey, Prasad here 👋 I'm the voice behind the weekly newsletter "Big Tech Careers."

Aug 28 •

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How BeSA Started and What's Next!

A free mentoring program that helped thousands excel in their cloud careers

Aug 21 •

How to come on top of re-orgs and manager changes

Learn to navigate re-orgs instead of feeling victimized

Aug 14 •

Pre-sales vs Post-sales Solutions Architect

Difference between the roles and the skills set required

Aug 7 •

July 2025

Want to start writing a newsletter? Here's how.

An year of writing newsletter | Learnings from reaching 20K subscribers in 1 year

Jul 31 •

The Future of Solutions Architect Role with Agentic AI

Hey, Prasad here 👋 I'm the voice behind the weekly newsletter "Big Tech Careers."

Jul 24 •

The Role of a Field Solutions Architect in Product Launches

The role of SA in product pre-launch, launch, and post-launch

Jul 17 •

How to break into cloud careers when you're stuck in on-premises roles

My Top 3 Pieces of Advice

Jul 3 •

June 2025

The role of a Solutions Architect and how they spend their time

Too Many Hats, Not Enough Hours!

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Your journey to Big Tech will not be linear

And that's perfectly okay. Even mine wasn't!

May 29 •

Public Speaking - a skill should develop

May 8 •

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April 2025

Part 2/2 - How to Prepare for Meta Behavioral Interviews

Identify Stories Related to Meta’s Signal Areas

Apr 24 •

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Austen McDonald

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