Ex-Meta Staff Eng & YC Startup Cofounder | Rahul Pandey

Rahul Pandey (@rpandey1234) grew to Staff at Meta through a few interesting legs of his career:
• Stanford to Startup - He joined a startup that one of his professors was starting right out of college. This startup was acquired within a year by Pinterest.
• Junior to Mid-level @ Pinterest - His promotion was rejected twice. He appealed the second rejection and got the promotion.
• Senior to Staff @ Meta - He interviewed for Senior at Meta and got a promotion through job hopping. From there, he worked towards his Staff promotion and got it.
After getting to Staff at Meta, he started his own YCombinator-funded startup, Taro. In our conversation we cover:
• What got him promoted to Staff at Meta
• Joining startups and “two-way doors”
• How his promotion was rejected twice and he appealed successfully
• When job hopping is good and when it is bad
• What real networking looks like
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Where to find Rahul:
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234
• YouTube: youtube.com/@RahulPandeyrkp
• Twitter: x.com/rpandey1234
• Instagram: instagram.com/rpandey1234
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: developing.dev
• X: x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman
• Threads: threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
In this episode, we cover:
00:00 – Intro
1:12 – Stanford to Startup
12:25 – Jr to Mid-level at Pinterest
30:20 – Senior to Staff at Meta
45:12 – Management (TLM) at Meta
53:40 – Leaving Meta to create a startup
1:05:32 – Career reflections

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