I'm not sure what qualifies as experience if Meta/Google doesn't. ;)
Just working at Meta/Google doesn’t impress me much just like Shania Twain would sing.
Just FYI, you are (perhaps unintentionally) showing your lack of experience.
There are many thousands of brilliant engineers for every brilliant engineer who also is a author/speaker/publisher. These are very different skills.
Also, perhaps the author _is_ the next Martin Fowler? You never know...
I am also not claiming I have a way to run every other new software compan.
I'm not sure what qualifies as experience if Meta/Google doesn't. ;)