Afleveringen
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Evan King went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Meta 3 years out of college. After that he quit FAANG to start a few companies that were each acquired. In this conversation we go over his career growth, his transition to startups and what he learned along the way.
We discuss:
• What got him promoted to Staff in 3 years
• What stands out in Meta’s culture
• Creating and leading a new team at IC5
• Differences between big tech and startups
• Regrets looking back
• Advice for his younger self
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:28) Getting into programming
(09:34) Leetcode
(15:45) Picking his first team
(22:00) P*nis story
(25:13) Mid-level promo
(29:03) How to ship code fast
(35:28) Senior promo
(52:45) Staff promo
(1:12:02) Meta impact culture
(1:13:16) On being a tech lead
(1:16:46) Influence without authority
(1:19:29) Management vs Eng
(1:26:46) Why leave Meta
(1:36:25) Technical learning (big tech vs startups)
(1:40:26) When to build a startup
(1:44:27) How much he worked
(1:49:02) Biggest career regret
(1:51:54) Advice for new grads & past self
Where to find Evan:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-king-40072280/• His Company: https://www.hellointerview.com/
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
• X: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
Referenced:
• Evan's post on Substack: https://www.developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-staff-at-meta-in-3-years
• Ryan’s eng blog for Meta (part of IC6 promo): https://engineering.fb.com/2022/11/04/video-engineering/instagram-video-processing-encoding-reduction/
• Meta’s graph database, Tao: https://engineering.fb.com/2013/06/25/core-infra/tao-the-power-of-the-graph/
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Rahul Pandey (@rpandey1234) grew to Staff at Meta through a few interesting legs of his career:
• Stanford to Startup - He joined a startup that one of his professors was starting right out of college. This startup was acquired within a year by Pinterest.
• Junior to Mid-level @ Pinterest - His promotion was rejected twice. He appealed the second rejection and got the promotion.
• Senior to Staff @ Meta - He interviewed for Senior at Meta and got a promotion through job hopping. From there, he worked towards his Staff promotion and got it.
After getting to Staff at Meta, he started his own YCombinator-funded startup, Taro. In our conversation we cover:
• What got him promoted to Staff at Meta
• Joining startups and “two-way doors”
• How his promotion was rejected twice and he appealed successfully
• When job hopping is good and when it is bad
• What real networking looks like
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Where to find Rahul:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RahulPandeyrkp
• Twitter: https://x.com/rpandey1234
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpandey1234/
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
• X: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
In this episode, we cover:
00:00 – Intro
1:12 – Stanford to Startup
12:25 – Jr to Mid-level at Pinterest
30:20 – Senior to Staff at Meta
45:12 – Management (TLM) at Meta
53:40 – Leaving Meta to create a startup
1:05:32 – Career reflections
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Ricky (@findingricky) went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Google by 28. He doesn’t consider himself the best engineer, instead crediting his blend of technical and soft skills for his ability to land promotions quickly. In our conversation, we discuss:
• Managing your manager
• Finding good projects (and rejecting bad ones)
• Imposter syndrome
• Switching from IC to engineering management
• Work-life balance
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Where to find Ricky:
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/@findingricky
• YouTube: https://youtube.com/@findingricky
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
• X: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/@ryanlpeterman
In this episode, we cover:
00:00 – Intro
01:08 – Promotion timeline
02:34 – Junior to Mid-level
04:24 – Finding independence
10:39 – Mid-level to Senior
11:20 – Learning how to say no
17:26 – Senior to Staff
20:18 – Finding next-level work
23:42 – Transitioning to management
33:46 – Reflections
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Zach Wilson is an engineer who grew to Staff (IC6) at Airbnb by age 26. He worked at Meta, Netflix, Airbnb and more recently has started his own company. In our conversation, we discuss:
• His promotion from Junior (IC3) to Mid-level (IC4) at Meta
• What blocked his promotion to Senior (IC5) at Meta
• Job hopping to Senior at Netflix instead
• Burning out at Netflix when given Staff scope
• Negotiating Staff at Airbnb
• Regrets & learnings
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Where to find Zach Wilson:
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/eczachly/
• X: https://x.com/EcZachly
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@eczachly
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eczachly/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EcZachly_
• Newsletter: https://blog.dataengineer.io/
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/
• X: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/
• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
In this episode, we cover:
00:27 Introducing Zach Wilson
03:14 Landing a Job at Facebook
06:33 Choosing the Right Team at Facebook
07:28 IC3 to IC4 at Meta
13:54 Trying for IC5 at Meta
23:49 Getting hired as an IC5 at Netflix
39:49 Negotiating IC6 at Airbnb
52:09 Building internal brand when job hopping
56:55 Reflection & learnings
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