Technology

The Peterman Pod

Sharing the transparent career stories of technical people. Hosted by an ex-Staff engineer at Instagram

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28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google Nov 22, 2024

Show notes

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

To hear more, visit www.developing.dev

Staff at Airbnb by Age 26 | Zach Wilson Nov 01, 2024

Show notes

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/