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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
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Ryan Peterman
4
2:06:56
Behind the Scenes of this Podcast So Far
25,000 subscriber special and answering common questions
Aug 22
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ryan Peterman
1
46:09
GoogleX Chief Scientist On Imposter Syndrome, Career Growth, Project Taste | Carey Nachenberg
Career growth despite imposter syndrome
Jul 18
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Ryan Peterman
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
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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
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Ryan Peterman
50
1:17:28
June 2025
On Writing Well At Work
Reading Well, Reverse Engineering, Testing Your Theories
Jun 25
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Ryan Peterman
35
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
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Ryan Peterman
53
50:25
OpenAI & Meta Distinguished Engineer (IC9) On Working With Zuck, Carmack & Career Growth | Philip Su
Learnings From Growth to IC9 at Meta and Joining OpenAI Early
May 23
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Ryan Peterman
51
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