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Growing to Senior Software Engineer in FAANG

6 tips from a Senior Staff Engineer in FAANG on how to grow from junior to senior as a software engineer

6 min readNov 29, 2021

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Growing to Senior Software Engineer in FAANG

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I 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…

12 min readAug 26, 2021

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I became a FAANG Staff Engineer in 5 years. Here are the 14 lessons I learned along the way.

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 6 @ Google

A contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet

4 min readMay 3, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 5 @ Facebook

A contemporaneous account of my interview at Facebook for an iOS Software Engineer position. Ultimately, I got an offer!

6 min readApr 26, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 5 @ Facebook

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 4 @ Amazon

A description of my experience interviewing for a SWE position at Amazon

6 min readApr 5, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 4 @ Amazon

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in 3 Days: Day 3 @ Apple

A contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet

3 min readMar 3, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in 3 Days: Day 3 @ Apple

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 2 @ Yelp

A contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet

6 min readFeb 25, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 1 @ LinkedIn

A contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet. You can find Part 0 here.

9 min readFeb 15, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 1 @ LinkedIn

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 0

A contemporaneous account of a six-weekday stretch in which I interviewed at LinkedIn, Yelp, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google

6 min readFeb 8, 2021

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Interviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 0

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My First Year in Silicon Valley

One year ago I moved to Silicon Valley to take a Software Engineering job in Big Tech. Here are my takeaways, one year in.

9 min readJan 21, 2020

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My First Year in Silicon Valley

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Bay Area Belletrist

Bay Area Belletrist

twitter.com/bayareabell — DM me on Twitter if you have any questions on anything, iOS or otherwise. I’m no industry vet but I’ll help if I can :)

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