I became a FAANG Staff Engineer in 5 years. These 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. Here’s what I learned.

A few years ago I made the jump from the midwest to a FAANG company in Silicon Valley. I wrote about getting offers at Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, and LinkedIn. I also wrote about my negotiations with them.