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OpenAI Eng & Dev Tools Founder: How Software Engineering Is Changing | Charlie Marsh
Jun 22, 2026
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Google DeepMind Pre-Training Lead: How To Land a Job at a Frontier Lab | Vlad Feinberg
Jun 15, 2026
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Co-Creator of Haskell: Functional Programming, Thinking in Types, Useless Languages | Simon Jones
Jun 8, 2026
1h 27m 52s
Turing Award Winner: P vs NP, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Quantum Computation | Avi Wigderson
Jun 1, 2026
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Dropbox’s Former Most Senior Eng: Building Great Systems and Advice for the AI Era | James Cowling
May 25, 2026
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| 6/22/26 | ![]() OpenAI Eng & Dev Tools Founder: How Software Engineering Is Changing | Charlie Marsh | Charlie Marsh is the founder of Astral, the Python devtool startup that was acquired by OpenAI. I inteviewed him about how software engineering is changing and learnings from starting his own company as an engineer.• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-donePodcast links:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/Iw65FD4MGgs• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/openai-eng-and-dev-tools-founderThank you to this episode's sponsor for supporting my work:• WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:40) Origin story(06:04) The front page of Hacker News(14:35) Why he chose Rust(20:10) Full codebase migration from Zig to Rust(28:40) LLM generated code and open source(35:34) Performance optimizations(44:54) Optimization with AI and combating slop(01:02:08) Learnings as an eng starting a company(01:17:55) Top technical talk recommendation(01:18:56) Advice for his younger self(01:22:00) OutroWhere to find Charlie:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshcharles/• GitHub: https://github.com/charliermarsh• X/Twitter: https://x.com/charliermarshWhere to find Ryan:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpetermanReferenced in this episode:• Python tooling could be much, much faster: https://notes.crmarsh.com/python-tooling-could-be-much-much-faster• The coolest PR he's ever seen: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/pull/789• Andrew Kelley’s data-oriented design talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IroPQ150F6c• Ruff: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff• uv: https://github.com/astral-sh/uv• ty: https://github.com/astral-sh/ty• Salsa: https://github.com/salsa-rs/salsa | — | ||||||
| 6/15/26 | ![]() Google DeepMind Pre-Training Lead: How To Land a Job at a Frontier Lab | Vlad Feinberg | Vlad Feinberg is Google DeepMind’s pre-training area lead and I asked him all about how to land a job at a frontier lab like Google DeepMind, Anthropic or OpenAI.• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-donePodcast links:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/cDyi91onoJ8• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/google-deepmind-pre-training-leadThank you to this episode's sponsor for supporting my work:• WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/Timestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:33) Skills frontier labs need(08:45) The difference between AI research and engineering(21:41) Domains that matter for the frontier(30:50) Marketing yourself to frontier labs(35:13) Concrete steps engineers can take(38:29) Overview of pre-training areas(47:23) Jeff Dean spot bonus story(50:14) Favorite Gemini war story(58:59) Advice for his younger self(01:03:07) OutroWhere to find Vlad:• Personal Website: https://vladfeinberg.com/• Twitter/X: https://x.com/FeinbergVlad• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladimirfeinberg/Where to find Ryan:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpetermanReferenced in this episode:• How to Land a Job at a Frontier Lab: https://vladfeinberg.com/2026/05/10/how-to-land-a-job-at-a-frontier-lab.html• ThunderKittens: https://github.com/HazyResearch/ThunderKittens• Deedy's doomer Tweet: https://x.com/FeinbergVlad/status/2056383124829872466?s=20• Jacob Steinhardt's "Research as a Stochastic Decision Process": https://cs.stanford.edu/~jsteinhardt/ResearchasaStochasticDecisionProcess.html• The Scaling Book: https://jax-ml.github.io/scaling-book/• Dwarkesh and Reiner's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkSf5IS-zw | — | ||||||
| 6/8/26 | ![]() Co-Creator of Haskell: Functional Programming, Thinking in Types, Useless Languages | Simon Jones✨ | functional programmingHaskell+3 | Simon Peyton Jones | HaskellRust+4 | — | Haskellfunctional programming+6 | WorkOS | 1h 27m 52s | |
| 6/1/26 | ![]() Turing Award Winner: P vs NP, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Quantum Computation | Avi Wigderson✨ | Turing AwardP vs NP+4 | Avi Wigderson | YouTubeApple+5 | — | Turing AwardP vs NP+5 | WorkOS | 2h 15m 47s | |
| 5/25/26 | ![]() Dropbox’s Former Most Senior Eng: Building Great Systems and Advice for the AI Era | James Cowling✨ | AIcareer advice+4 | James Cowling | ergonomic keyboardDropbox+1 | — | DropboxAI era+5 | WorkOS | 2h 01m 53s | |
| 5/18/26 | ![]() Creator of C++: Bell Labs, Negative Overhead Abstraction, Mistakes | Bjarne Stroustrup✨ | C++ programming languageBell Labs+4 | Bjarne Stroustrup | Bell Labs | — | C++Bell Labs+5 | Cursor 3 | 1h 59m 03s | |
| 5/11/26 | ![]() Harvard Professor: CS50, What Matters More Than CS, Lecturing Well | David J Malan✨ | computer scienceeducation+4 | David J Malan | CS50AI+1 | — | CS50David J Malan+5 | Cursor | 1h 03m 46s | |
| 5/4/26 | ![]() PyTorch Eng Director: Promo Hacking, Industry Shifts, Regrets | John Myles White✨ | promo culturebig tech changes+3 | John Myles White | MSLMeta+4 | — | promo hackingindustry shifts+3 | Cursor | 43m 39s | |
| 4/27/26 | ![]() Turing Award Winner: Data Abstraction, Dijkstra, Distributed Systems | Barbara Liskov✨ | programming languagesdistributed systems+3 | Barbara Liskov | PrincetonYouTube+4 | — | Turing Awarddistributed systems+3 | — | 34m 43s | |
| 4/20/26 | ![]() Turing Award Winner: Postgres, Disagreeing with Google, Future Problems | Mike Stonebraker✨ | database technologiesPostgres+4 | Mike Stonebraker | PostgresRed book of database readings+5 | — | Turing AwardPostgres+5 | — | 56m 50s | |
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| 4/13/26 | ![]() AWS Distinguished Eng: Learning From 3000 Incidents And How Engineering Is Changing | Marc Brooker✨ | cloud systemssoftware engineering+3 | Marc Brooker | AWS | — | AWScloud systems+5 | — | 1h 11m 30s | |
| 4/6/26 | ![]() Ex-Head of Eng at Instagram: Career Regrets and Learnings | James Everingham✨ | career regretsengineering+4 | James Everingham | InstagramNetscape+1 | — | InstagramNetscape+4 | — | 58m 35s | |
| 3/30/26 | ![]() Retired Amazon VP: How Corporate Politics Work And How To Win | Ethan Evans✨ | corporate politicsmanagement+3 | Ethan Evans | Amazon | — | corporate politicsAmazon+5 | — | 2h 50m 44s | |
| 3/23/26 | ![]() The Co-Creator of Kubernetes On Convincing Google, Building It, and Scaling for LLMs | This is a conversation with Brendan Burns, co-creator of Kubernetes and current technical fellow at Microsoft working on Azure. We discussed what it was like building it at Google, how he got buy-in, and what he learned along the way.🔸 My keyboard project: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/FKijpCEH9D8• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/the-creator-of-kubernetes-on-building𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:37 - How he convinced Google leaders00:09:26 - Building the MVP00:11:43 - How he made time for Kubernetes00:25:28 - Technical details on building Kubernetes00:38:46 - Rallying the open source community00:50:01 - Scaling Kubernetes up for AI training workloads00:55:31 - Reflections on getting a PhD01:00:22 - The inevitable trajectory of software is death01:04:16 - Top book recommendations01:05:22 - Advice for his younger self01:06:21 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendan-burns-487aa590/• Twitter/X: https://x.com/brendandburns• Github: https://github.com/brendandburns𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 3/16/26 | ![]() Meta Hiring Lead On Behind The Scenes of Senior+ Eng Hiring | Austen McDonald is a former hiring committee member at Meta, where he led mobile hiring and conducted hundreds of interviews. In this episode, we talked about what happens behind the scenes in a hiring committee, unethical candidates, and the role referrals play.🔸 (Sponsor) Hello Interview's Website - https://www.hellointerview.com/𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/nOapM8i5jr0• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/meta-hiring-lead-on-behind-the-scenes𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:49 - What goes on in hiring committees00:09:02 - Unethical candidates00:12:50 - How leveling is determined00:23:12 - Can you negotiate level mid-process00:32:30 - How non-tech leads can signal scope00:39:11 - Referrals and bias00:45:28 - What the rubric looks like00:50:00 - OpenAI and Anthropic specific discussion00:52:22 - Most common mistakes senior candidates make01:02:31 - How to prep depending on your level01:08:34 - Subjectivity and bias01:21:02 - The questions you ask at the end matter01:23:59 - Storytelling tips01:30:31 - How he got promoted to Senior Manager (M2) at Meta01:33:32 - His biggest career regret01:38:13 - The best advice he ever received01:39:54 - Advice for younger self01:41:46 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻:• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/austenmc/• His book - https://thebehavioral.tech/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 3/9/26 | ![]() OpenAI Codex Tech Lead On How His Career Grew And How He Uses Codex | Michael Bolin | This is Michael Bolin, the tech lead for the open source Codex repository and a former distinguished engineer at Meta. We talked about his career path, how OpenAI engineers use Codex and the difference between research-led vs engineering-led company cultures.🔸 My keyboard project: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/hN5ZFzWFhhg• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/openai-codex-tech-lead-on-how-his𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:56 - Chickenfoot00:02:45 - Working at Google00:06:34 - Overhauling Facebook's build system00:16:36 - Rewriting Facebook's IDE00:26:01 - Struggles after Principal Eng (E8) promo00:28:39 - Building a virtual filesystem for Facebook00:35:47 - Delayed Distinguished promo (E9) and learnings00:39:56 - Joining OpenAI00:43:05 - Research-led vs engineering-led cultures00:44:53 - The story behind Codex00:51:00 - How he uses Codex00:57:00 - Why Codex's harness is open source00:59:50 - Top technical book recommendations01:05:02 - Why deep technical skills are still valuable (for now)01:11:07 - How to start projects well01:14:27 - Advice on writing better and career planning01:17:06 - Advice for his younger self01:19:10 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹:• His personal blog - https://blog.bolinfest.com/• Twitter/X - https://x.com/bolinfest• Threads - https://www.threads.com/@bolinfest• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bolin-7632712𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 3/2/26 | ![]() Distinguished Eng On Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets | Bryan Cantrill | Bryan Cantrill was a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems and has now founded his own company called Oxide Computer Company. We discussed his career experiences through boom/busts, what competing with Bezos was like, and career regrets.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/qhSL-5GtmQM• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/distinguished-eng-on-stack-ranking𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Link to the part in the talk on Oracle/Sun we discussed - https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?si=eExjIMZROGjJcDsw&t=1977𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:42 - Working at Sun Microsystems00:10:17 - His growth to distinguished eng00:19:14 - Why goaling on promotion is bad00:29:34 - Stack ranking and layoffs00:36:00 - Why he hated the Oracle acquisition00:44:19 - Why Bezos is the apex predator of capitalism00:48:04 - Differences between CTO and VP00:49:58 - Starting his own company01:02:37 - Grilling him on his past01:11:57 - AI boom and bust advice01:14:41 - When he was happiest in his career01:17:22 - Top career regret01:19:21 - Advice for younger self01:20:57 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻:• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-cantrill-b6a1/• Twitter/X - https://x.com/bcantrill• Personal Website - https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/• His company - https://oxide.computer/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 2/23/26 | ![]() Turing Award Winner On Thinking Clearly, Paxos vs Raft, Working With Dijkstra | Leslie Lamport | I interviewed Leslie Lamport, a Turing Award winner known for his contributions to distributed systems and the inventor of the Paxos algorithm. We walked through the major contributions of his career for the stories behind them and what he learned along the way.🔸 My keyboard project: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/U719vQz-WFs• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/turing-award-winner-on-working-with𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Bakery Problem Paper: https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/bakery.pdf• Time Clocks Paper (most cited): https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/time-clocks.pdf• The Byzantine Generals Problem Paper: https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/byz.pdf• The Paxos Algorithm Paper: https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:25 - The Bakery Algorithm00:08:28 - Experiences with Dijkstra00:14:44 - His most cited paper00:23:26 - The "Byzantine Generals" problem00:38:05 - The Paxos Algorithm00:46:57 - Paxos vs Raft Algorithm00:51:26 - Building LaTeX00:54:45 - Why writing improves your thinking01:00:21 - Why he wasn't an academic01:02:08 - Grand theory of concurrency01:07:25 - Why he doesn't think he's smart01:09:07 - Advice for his younger self01:09:44 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗲:• His works: https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/pubs.html𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 2/16/26 | ![]() Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories | David Ronca joined Netflix in 2007 and grew to an engineering director there. Later he joined Meta as a Director and transitioned to a Principal engineer working on video technologies. Now he's retired and was graciously willing to share his career story with us. I asked him for everything he learned in his 36 year career.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/retired-netflix-engineering-director• YouTube: https://youtu.be/ApG9vjbHDCk• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Netflix culture memo (2009) - https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/culture-1798664/1798664𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:40 - How Netflix was different00:08:01 - The legendary Netflix culture memo00:18:54 - How to hire engineers well00:30:52 - The strongest engineer he's ever met00:33:02 - Joining Meta00:50:52 - Near death experience00:59:04 - Where he learned the most01:04:09 - Book that impacted his career most01:11:33 - Advice for his younger self01:18:32 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidronca/• Personal Website: https://www.roncatech.com/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Meta Distinguished Eng (IC9) On Influencing Engs, Failures, and Learnings | This is Adam Ernst, a Distinguished Engineer at Meta (IC9) who’s built iOS infrastructure that has impacted the entire company. We talked about how his career grew, a major failed project of his, and everything he learned growing to that level.🔸 My keyboard project link: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/YA_OYJF3Mmw• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/meta-distinguished-eng-ic9-on-influencing𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:47 - His middle school company00:03:50 - His first project and promo at Meta00:10:03 - Why code review is undervalued00:12:42 - Senior Staff (IC7) promo story and project00:19:26 - His major failed project00:26:35 - How to handle a failed project00:29:04 - Thoughts on management00:31:35 - Technical depth vs breadth00:33:32 - IC9 expectations00:34:46 - Senior engineers he admires00:37:39 - Advice for his younger self00:39:52 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjernst/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 2/2/26 | ![]() Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams | Ryan Olson grew from mid-level engineer (IC4) to a principal engineer (IC8) at Instagram through a series of famous projects. The most notable was when he was the lead iOS developer that built Instagram Stories. We discuss his career journey and learnings.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/instagram-principal-eng-ic8-on-building• Spotify: Episode link from Spotify after scheduling• YouTube: https://youtu.be/gpVETZnY9Y0• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Zuckerberg emails I mentioned:Twitter link: https://x.com/TechEmails/status/1944451283236303184Threads link: https://www.threads.com/@techemails/post/DMDi5IWpPyC𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:31 - Failing his FB interview00:03:27 - Interning /w future billionaires00:14:08 - Interview nerves tip00:16:37 - Early Instagram experiences00:34:08 - Building Instagram Stories00:45:03 - 1 promo per half to Staff (IC6)00:49:51 - Senior staff promo project (IC7)00:57:37 - IG labs & his principal promo (IC8)01:08:19 - Starting Retro and leaving big tech01:21:33 - Small teams hypothetical01:25:17 - Examples of talented individuals01:31:16 - Advice to his younger self01:34:45 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Retro (his company): https://retro.app/• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanolsonk/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanolsonk• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanolsonk/ • Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanolsonk𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 1/30/26 | ![]() Honest Big Tech Layoff Story After 25 Year Career | In this episode, I talked to "Asian Dad Energy" an anonymous big techie who was laid off after 25 years in the industry. We discussed his layoffs experience, his early career in engineering consulting, and the realities of big tech compensation.🔸 My keyboard project link: https://read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/8bs6KmJX4_g• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ApCuf04MXv0nBRqKNLyiQ?si=bko-M46xQM2FHhTG6Vcy6Q• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/laid-off-from-big-tech-after-25-years𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:41 - His layoff story00:07:02 - Why he expects more layoffs00:09:42 - Tech consulting before big tech00:19:25 - Consultants shipping bad code?00:26:57 - Why do people dislike consultants?00:30:55 - Big tech compensation00:40:27 - When age impacted his flexibility00:42:04 - Why YouTube00:46:46 - Speaking advice for engineers00:49:09 - Advice for younger self00:49:35 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺:• https://www.youtube.com/@AsianDadEnergy𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 1/26/26 | ![]() Ex-Citadel Quant and AI Researcher On Breaking In, Tech vs Finance Careers | In this episode, I talked to Nimit Sohoni, a Stanford PhD and AI Researcher at Cartesia who previously worked as a quant at Citadel. We discussed the differences between AI research and quant careers, including work-life balance and the value of a PhD in these fields. Nimit also shared what he's currently working on and offered advice for those looking to transition into AI research.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/_jECS37M3dQ• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/stanford-phd-ai-researcher-and-quant𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:45 - Do you need a PhD?00:06:25 - Research taste and finding problems00:09:04 - Why become a quant00:12:01 - What quants do00:14:53 - How quants and SWEs collaborate00:16:29 - Quant vs tech culture00:26:39 - Quant firm tier list00:27:56 - Quant insider trading and perf culture00:30:53 - Going back to AI research00:35:08 - Who the top competitors are in voice AI00:39:22 - AI startups vs big labs00:42:08 - State space models vs transformers00:49:33 - AI labs: research or product?00:52:38 - Advice for SWEs who want to try AI research00:56:48 - Advice for younger self00:57:49 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁:• Twitter/X: https://x.com/nimit_sohoni• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nimit-sohoni-68998854/• Cartesia: https://cartesia.ai/sonic𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 1/23/26 | ![]() Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story | In this episode, I talked to Igor, a senior staff engineer who has worked at Meta, Google, and Cruise. We discussed his experience of wanting a demotion at Meta and the challenges he faced in that process.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• YouTube: https://youtu.be/i1iBweuOQI4• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/meta-senior-staff-ic7-engs-honest𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Igor's post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401415295409700864/𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:37 - Why he wanted a demotion00:07:32 - Why Senior Staff at Meta was different00:16:01 - Meta vs Google culture00:19:09 - Downleveling at Google00:23:17 - Why he's willing to be transparent00:25:11 - Best quality of life eng level00:30:42 - Senior Staff promo at Google00:42:27 - Mentorship stories00:43:11 - Biggest career regret00:46:46 - Advice for younger self00:49:06 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorts/• ML basics youtube videos he made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVcptlT8D7DgN5FtLMFUdHb5pJXW1g0YL𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
| 1/19/26 | ![]() Airbnb Staff Eng on How To Not Get Stuck at Senior and Untold Rules of Calibrations | Laurent Charignon was a Staff engineer at Stripe, Airbnb, and Instagram with some experience in management as well. We discussed the unspoken rules you learn as a manager, how he transitioned, what good mentorship looks like, and advice for senior engineers who are stuck looking to grow to Staff.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/airbnb-staff-eng-on-how-to-not-get• YouTube: https://youtu.be/cgQY_1Uz2b8• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:44 - Joining Airbnb and transitioning to EM00:18:29 - Untold rules of calibrations00:23:50 - How to dispute bureaucracy00:29:54 - Airbnb culture00:31:36 - Leaving Airbnb for Meta00:35:56 - Uber TL at Stripe00:42:52 - How to scale yourself00:45:22 - What people get wrong in coaching00:52:58 - Why people get stuck at Senior eng00:57:24 - Most career impacting book00:58:39 - Advice for younger self01:00:27 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentcharignon/• Personal Website: https://blog.laurentcharignon.com/• Twitter/X: https://x.com/lc2817𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman | — | ||||||
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