YouTube bloggers from Silicon Valley: useful channels about working at Google, Meta, and startups

What is life like inside Google and Meta? How much do engineers in Silicon Valley earn, and why do many leave FAANG companies for startups? These and other questions are explored by authors of YouTube channels run by employees, immigrants, and investors from the world's most tech-savvy capital.

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TechLead
The channel of Patrick Shyu, a former Google and Facebook engineer, better known by his pseudonym TechLead. He talks about corporate culture in major IT companies, the differences between startups and FAANG, salaries, layoffs, and personal survival strategies in the industry. Episodes are released regularly and always respond to current events in the field.

Life of Luba
A channel about the lives of programmers and interns in Silicon Valley. Videos in the format of "a day in the life," office and apartment reviews show how engineers work and live at Google, Meta, and startups. It covers housing, work, career, and adaptation in the US.

Inside Silicon Valley
A channel by a team of young specialists about life and work in Silicon Valley. Videos cover internships, relocation, finding housing, expenses, career steps, networking, and mentoring. The authors often talk about their career transitions, failures, and successes, which is especially valuable for those just planning to enter the industry.

Pooja Dutt
This channel features tips for preparing for technical interviews, breakdowns of career paths in major companies, and interviews with developers and managers.

a16z
The channel of one of the top venture capital firms in Silicon Valley. Here you can find interviews with entrepreneurs and tech leads, analysis of trends in AI, BioTech, SaaS, and the platform economy. Former FAANG engineers often appear, explaining why they left corporations to launch their own startups.

Cracking FAANG
A channel by a Meta engineer dedicated to preparing for FAANG interviews. Playlists include videos breaking down technical and behavioral questions, strategies for passing interviews, and real-life examples from personal experience.

TBPN
A unique show format from startup founders living in Silicon Valley. They create a daily livestream show with interviews with well-known technology investors and startup founders, including representatives of VC firms and company founders.

WEproject
As a bonus — a link to our YouTube channel WEproject. Here, in the "Our People in the World" section, we publish interviews with people from all over the world who talk about studying at top universities and working at the best companies in the world. In one of the recent episodes — the story of a girl from Microsoft.