Archive - The Developing Dev

Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story

Learnings on what level made him happiest, Meta vs Google culture, navigating the demotion

Jan 23 • Ryan Peterman

49:41

Airbnb Staff Eng on How To Not Get Stuck at Senior and Untold Rules of Calibrations

Transitioning to and from management, experiences at Stripe Airbnb and Meta, Promotions

Jan 19 • Ryan Peterman

1:01:08

New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)

Building bento, taking on calculated risks, maximizing your luck

Jan 12 • Ryan Peterman

56:17

Anthropic Eng Leader and Ex-Senior Director at Meta on Advice That Changed Her Career

Mentorship, dogfooding, company culture differences

Jan 4 • Ryan Peterman

29:49

December 2025

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

42:28

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

1:24:31

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

53:04

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

42:34

What To Buy That Improves Quality of Life

Holiday gift guide inspiration

Nov 26, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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

59:23

What Would You Automate if It Was Free?

Recent examples from my work

Nov 19, 2025 • Ryan Peterman

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

1:26:52

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