Airbnb Staff Eng on How To Not Get Stuck at Senior and Untold Rules of Calibrations

Laurent Charignon was a Staff engineer at Stripe, Airbnb, and Instagram with some experience in management as well. We discussed the unspoken rules you learn as a manager, how he transitioned, what good mentorship looks like, and advice for senior engineers who are stuck looking to grow to Staff.

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Transcript: developing.dev/p/airbnb-staff-eng-on-how-to-no…
• YouTube: youtu.be/cgQY_1Uz2b8
• Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod…

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:44 - Joining Airbnb and transitioning to EM
00:18:29 - Untold rules of calibrations
00:23:50 - How to dispute bureaucracy
00:29:54 - Airbnb culture
00:31:36 - Leaving Airbnb for Meta
00:35:56 - Uber TL at Stripe
00:42:52 - How to scale yourself
00:45:22 - What people get wrong in coaching
00:52:58 - Why people get stuck at Senior eng
00:57:24 - Most career impacting book
00:58:39 - Advice for younger self
01:00:27 - Outro

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• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/laurentcharignon
• Personal Website: blog.laurentcharignon.com
• Twitter/X: x.com/lc2817

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:

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