New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)

Adrien Friggeri went from a new grad to a principal engineer (IC8) at Meta. He is the original TL who started Bento if you’re familiar with that infra at the company. He got to where he was through a series of promotions across different teams and projects. I interviewed him about everything he learned along the way
𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-engineer-ic8
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/2Sjzd9pt6Ts
• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - First team at FB
07:24 - Senior promo /w IG
16:30 - Story behind Bento (Senior staff promo)
25:33 - Taking on perf risk to start the project
29:03 - Learnings from leaving big tech
32:46 - Joining Clubhouse
35:08 - Return to Meta (again)
40:51 - Principal promo (IC8) and tips
51:37 - Maximizing your luck /w people
54:26 - Advice for younger self
55:42 - Outro
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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friggeri/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adrien/
• Personal Website: https://friggeri.net/
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