[djipko]

While this may not be inviting to you, I think there is a flip side to the "wide-net" that big companies cast on LinkedIn and such. Instead of just hiring from a pool of "well-established" candidates, they give a chance to a wide variety of people from different backgrounds - as long as they can pass the interviews.

This may not sound like much to anyone who is established in the industry or happened to be in the right places for a good career head-start, but for people coming from non-traditional backgrounds, industries and especially places where there's no tech - being able to study-up and land a job at some of the most well known names in the industry can be life-changing. I think this is a very under-appreciated side effect of the "recruiter spam" from FAANG that everyone seems to dislike if they can afford to.