Try looking at what smaller companies are doing interesting things but don't have the whole FAANG "halo". I've never worked at a FAANG, but from my reading her

Try looking at what smaller companies are doing interesting things but don't have the whole FAANG "halo". I've never worked at a FAANG, but from my reading here and other places I think that the path to an interesting job would probably be easier at a smaller company than at a FAANG.