Instagram Senior Staff Eng (IC7) On 3 Promos Through Redefining Expectations (Career Story)

Marius Schulz grew to a Senior Staff Engineer (IC7) at Instagram by redefining expectations three times (once for each promotion). We talked through each promotion and how he did it. There were also interesting learnings from when his promotion got blocked once even though he greatly exceeded expectations.

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Transcript: developing.dev/p/instagram-senior-staff-eng-ic…
• YouTube: youtu.be/OXJHfb_lZII
• Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod…

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00 - Intro
00:55 - Choosing his specialty
02:29 - Greatly exceeding expectations with no promo
08:04 - Senior promo
15:30 - Staff promo
24:43 - Leverage and IC4/5/6 way of solving problems
29:51 - Senior staff promo
44:29 - Career planning past IC7
47:32 - Did IC7+ expectations scare him
49:49 - Advice for his younger self
52:29 - Outro

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀:

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mariusschulz
• X/Twitter: x.com/mariusschulz
• Threads: threads.com/@marius.schulz
• Personal Website: mariusschulz.com

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:

• Newsletter: developing.dev
• X/Twitter: x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman
• Threads: threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman