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-honest
𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Igor's post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401415295409700864/
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:37 - Why he wanted a demotion
00:07:32 - Why Senior Staff at Meta was different
00:16:01 - Meta vs Google culture
00:19:09 - Downleveling at Google
00:23:17 - Why he's willing to be transparent
00:25:11 - Best quality of life eng level
00:30:42 - Senior Staff promo at Google
00:42:27 - Mentorship stories
00:43:11 - Biggest career regret
00:46:46 - Advice for younger self
00:49:06 - Outro
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗴𝗼𝗿:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorts/
• ML basics youtube videos he made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVcptlT8D7DgN5FtLMFUdHb5pJXW1g0YL
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