[iainctduncan]

Look for unglamorous "tech enabled service" companies. Companies who's main thing is the problem domain they are in, supported by the their special-sauce automation. They are more likely to need people who can do more than program, have a broader set of life skills, and aren't in the game of competing for hungry young coders who really want to get to FAANG. I have assessed many of these for my work in private equity acquisitions, and some of the most niche, unglamorous companies can be making boat loads of money. They are willing to pay well to hang on to their people, the technical bar is lower so you are more likely to be able to be a solid contributor early in a tech career, and they usually have an older and more broad-backgrounded staff. Many of them also seem like very nice places to work, where people go home at 5pm and don't have pager duty... :-)

From my conversations with them, a lot of them hire in non-traditional areas too, because they know they can't compete with FAANG. So look broadly for their posts.