Bay Area BelletristinGeek CultureGrowing to Senior Software Engineer in FAANG6 tips from a Senior Staff Engineer in FAANG on how to grow from junior to senior as a software engineer·6 min read·Nov 29, 2021--1--1
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…·12 min read·Aug 26, 2021--31--31
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 6 @ GoogleA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet4 min read·May 3, 2021----
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 5 @ FacebookA contemporaneous account of my interview at Facebook for an iOS Software Engineer position. Ultimately, I got an offer!6 min read·Apr 26, 2021----
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 4 @ AmazonA description of my experience interviewing for a SWE position at Amazon6 min read·Apr 5, 2021----
Bay Area BelletristInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in 3 Days: Day 3 @ AppleA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet3 min read·Mar 3, 2021----
Bay Area BelletristinThe StartupInterviewing at Six Silicon Valley Giants in Six Days: Day 2 @ YelpA contemporaneous account of my 2018 interview gauntlet6 min read·Feb 25, 2021----
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.9 min read·Feb 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 Google6 min read·Feb 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.·9 min read·Jan 21, 2020----