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• Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer 10.10.2025
• Intern to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer in 11 Promotions (Career Story) 05.09.2025
• Ex-Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding as a Leader (Career Story) 29.08.2025
• Behind the Scenes of this Podcast So Far (25,000 Sub Special) 22.08.2025
• Meta Senior Manager (M2) on Manager Career Growth, PIPs, Amazon vs Meta | Stefan Mai 15.08.2025
• Instagram Staff (IC6) Promo Despite 10 Team Switches in 9 Years (Career Story) 08.08.2025
• Amazon VP On Promotions, Getting Fired Twice, Working With Bezos | Ethan Evans 01.08.2025
• Tech Lead for Meta's Most-Used Programming Language (Promotion Story) 25.07.2025
• GoogleX Chief Scientist On Imposter Syndrome, Career Growth, Project Taste 18.07.2025
• Meta Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On Zuck Stories, Rapid Career Growth, Code Machine Archetype 11.07.2025
• 26 Year Old Meta Staff Eng (IC6) On Promotions, Redefining Expectations, Secret Equity Bonuses 04.07.2025
• Instagram Principal Engineer (IC8) on Promotions, Breaking Prod, Tech Leading | Jake Bolam 31.05.2025
• OpenAI & Meta Distinguished Engineer (IC9) On Working With Zuck, Carmack & Career Growth | Philip Su 23.05.2025
• Industry Secrets We Wish We Knew Before Graduating | Staff Eng Talk @ UCLA 02.05.2025
• 21x Hackathon Winner Turned College Dropout | Jia Chen Interview 14.04.2025
• Amazon Principal Engineer On Layoffs, Interviewing & Career Growth | Steve Huynh 02.03.2025
• Staff Engineer @ Meta by Age 25 | Evan King 17.01.2025
• Ex-Meta Staff Eng & YC Startup Cofounder | Rahul Pandey 27.12.2024
• 28 Year Old Staff Engineer @ Google 22.11.2024
• Staff at Airbnb by Age 26 | Zach Wilson 01.11.2024