Growing Ember explains how people get into big tech through the side door: contract and vendor roles, rather than the standard full-time interview loop.
Almost every guide to getting hired at a large technology company describes the same process — the full-time loop, and the months of preparation it takes. Contract and vendor roles at those same companies are filled through a different process, with a different bar, and hardly anyone writes about it.
People with real operational experience — logistics, supply chain, events, scheduling, operations — who assume big tech is closed to them because their title does not match. Underneath the titles it is often the same work: coordinating dependencies across teams that do not report to you, against a date that will not move. Hiring matches problems, not titles.
One article a week, across three pillars: how the side door works, how to be found, and whether it is right for you. Every claim is written so you can check it yourself against public job postings, staffing agency sites, and what actually turns up in your inbox.
There is no person at the front of this, and nothing here depends on trusting one. Method, not memoir.