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• Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On How His Career Grew 15.12.2025
• Instagram Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On 3 Promos Through Redefining Expectations (Career Story) 08.12.2025
• Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings 30.11.2025
• CloudKitchens CTO on Intelligence, Regrets, Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick Stories 21.11.2025
• Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story) 11.11.2025
• Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets 24.10.2025
• 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