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Bay Area BelletristinGeek CultureI became a FAANG Staff Engineer in 5 years. Here are the 14 lessons I learned along the way.I took notes over the last 3 years as I was promoted up to Staff Engineer in a FAANG company. Here are the most important lessons I…Aug 26, 202129Aug 26, 202129
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 6 @ GoogleA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntletMay 3, 2021May 3, 2021
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Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 4 @ AmazonA description of my experience interviewing for a SWE position at AmazonApr 5, 2021Apr 5, 2021
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in 3 Days: Day 3 @ AppleA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntletMar 3, 2021Mar 3, 2021
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Bay Area BelletristinThe StartupInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 1 @ LinkedInA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet. You can find Part 0 here.Feb 15, 2021Feb 15, 2021
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 0A contemporaneous account of a six-weekday stretch in which I interviewed at LinkedIn, Yelp, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and GoogleFeb 8, 2021Feb 8, 2021
Bay Area BelletristMy First Year in Silicon ValleyOne year ago I moved to Silicon Valley to take a Software Engineering job in Big Tech. Here are my takeaways, one year in.Jan 21, 2020Jan 21, 2020