The Developing Dev

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

Microsoft promotions, big company tips, regrets

Sep 5 • 

Ryan Peterman

3

1

1:32:35

August 2025

Stripe CTO on What Grew His Career, Hiring Without Leetcode, Coding as a Leader (Career Story)

Tactics for growing in tech and leading engineering teams

Aug 29 • 

Ryan Peterman

7

2:06:56

Behind the Scenes of this Podcast So Far

25,000 subscriber special and answering common questions

Aug 22 • 

Ryan Peterman

17

6

15:03

Meta Senior Manager (M2) on Manager Career Growth, PIPs, Amazon vs Meta | Stefan Mai

Comparing and contrasting growth at two different FAANG companies

Aug 15 • 

Ryan Peterman

33

2

1:31:26

Instagram Staff (IC6) Promo Despite 10 Team Switches in 9 Years (Career Story)

What it's like to work on so many Instagram teams

Aug 8 • 

Ryan Peterman

18

48:15

Amazon VP On Promotions, Getting Fired Twice, Working With Bezos | Ethan Evans

What Amazon VP careers are like

Aug 4 • 

Ryan Peterman

31

4

53:25

July 2025

Tech Lead for Meta's Most-Used Programming Language (Promotion Story)

The uncanny valley of type systems, promotion & management stories, why he stayed at Meta

Jul 25 • 

Ryan Peterman

1

46:09

GoogleX Chief Scientist On Imposter Syndrome, Career Growth, Project Taste | Carey Nachenberg

Career growth despite imposter syndrome

Jul 18 • 

Ryan Peterman

1

1:11:26

Meta Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On Zuck Stories, Rapid Career Growth, Code Machine Archetype

Learnings from one of Facebook's first "coding machines"

Jul 11 • 

Ryan Peterman

1:26:21

26 Year Old Meta Staff Eng (IC6) On Promotions, Redefining Expectations, Secret Equity Bonuses

Learnings from growth to IC6, transitioning to and from management, what makes good interns

Jul 7 • 

Ryan Peterman

51

1:17:28

June 2025

On Writing Well At Work

Reading Well, Reverse Engineering, Testing Your Theories

Jun 25 • 

Ryan Peterman

36

May 2025

Instagram Principal Engineer (IC8) on Promotions, Breaking Prod, Tech Leading | Jake Bolam

Learnings from growth to IC8, WLB at IC8, and his note taking system in VS Code

May 31 • 

Ryan Peterman

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50:25