Best Software Engineering Career Advice of 2025
Hi all, it's been such a fun project for me this year launching this podcast and trying my best to make the content as helpful as possibleAppreciate everyone who has taken the time to watch my videos ...
29 Des 202516min
Frontline Manager at Meta to Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 Years (Career Story)
Rong Yan went from a frontline manager at Meta to a Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 years. I interviewed him to ask what led to that rocketship career trajectory in management. We went over how he jo...
22 Des 202542min
Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On How His Career Grew
Boris Cherny is the Creator of Claude Code but few people know his full career story. I interviewed him about everything he learned growing at Meta and for insights from his time building Claude Code ...
15 Des 20251h 24min
Instagram Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On 3 Promos Through Redefining Expectations (Career Story)
Marius Schulz grew to a Senior Staff Engineer (IC7) at Instagram by redefining expectations three times (once for each promotion). We talked through each promotion and how he did it. There were also i...
8 Des 202553min
Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings
Jayendra Jog left Robinhood and raised $35m to start his own crypto startup (Sei Labs). Before he left, he got jaded about software engineering career ladders yet was coasting through promotions at Ro...
30 Nov 202542min
CloudKitchens CTO on Intelligence, Regrets, Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick Stories
Brian Attwell grew to Senior Staff at Uber by age 25. After that he left Uber to join CloudKitchens (Travis Kalanick’s current startup) and quickly became the CTO after his team doubled in size every ...
21 Nov 202559min
Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story)
Joakim Recht grew to a Distinguished Engineer at Uber and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the project that got him promoted, what makes a great software eng...
11 Nov 20251h 26min
Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets
Ilya Grigorik grew to a Distinguished Engineer (VP-level role) at Shopify and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the behind the scenes of his startup getting a...
24 Okt 202550min
