Maddy Zhang spent over four years at Google. She shared five tips for getting into Big Tech, from referrals to technical interviews.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tabby Toney, 37, has left her career in tech to pursue welding.Courtesy of Tabby Toney Tabby Toney left her tech career for ...

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Shawn K, a 42-year-old software engineer with two decades of experience and a computer science degree, is no stranger to tech layoffs. He's been through the downturns of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic ...