Frontline Manager at Meta to Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 Years (Career Story)

Rong Yan went from a frontline manager at Meta to a Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 years. I interviewed him to ask what led to that rocketship career trajectory in management. We went over how he job hopped into his first Director role and much more.

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Transcript: developing.dev/p/frontline-manager-at-meta-to-…
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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Joining Facebook
03:06 - Moving up into a Director role
05:09 - Director skill gaps
15:31 - Domain knowledge & management
18:45 - LA vs SF cultures
20:48 - Senior Director growth at Snapchat
22:43 - Evan Spiegel stories
24:59 - Recruitment at higher levels
32:05 - Career planning in hindsight
34:08 - Biggest career regret
35:33 - How much of growth is luck?
38:19 - Advice for younger self
41:53 - Outro

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• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rong-yan-2004692
• Personal Website: cs.cmu.edu/~yanrong

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