The Developing Dev

Frontline Manager at Meta to Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 years (Career Story)

Job hopping, manager career growth, LA vs SF, luck's role in career growth

Dec 22, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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Boris Cherny (Creator of Claude Code) On How His Career Grew

Promotions to Principal Eng (IC8), how to find side projects and top technical book recommendation

Dec 15, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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Instagram Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On 3 Promos Through Redefining Expectations (Career Story)

What held him back, landing 2000 diffs in a year and promotion stories

Dec 8, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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November 2025

Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings

Learnings from getting jaded in big tech then quiting to start his own startup

Nov 29, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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What To Buy That Improves Quality of Life

Holiday gift guide inspiration

Nov 26, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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CloudKitchens CTO on Intelligence, Regrets, Steve Jobs and Travis Kalanick Stories

Grinding to Senior Staff by 25 at Uber and CTO of CloudKitchens

Nov 21, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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What Would You Automate if It Was Free?

Recent examples from my work

Nov 19, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story)

Learnings from growth to the highest levels at Uber

Nov 11, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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October 2025

Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets | Ilya Grigorik

Principal+ Eng Expectations, Google Acquisition, Career Regrets

Oct 24, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer

Chrome vs Firefox, Projects That Grew His Career, Distinguished Eng Examples

Oct 15, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer

Chrome vs Firefox, Projects That Grew His Career, Distinguished Eng Examples

Oct 10, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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September 2025

Intern to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer in 11 Promotions (Career Story)

Microsoft promotions, big company tips, regrets

Sep 5, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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