Meta Distinguished Eng (IC9) On Influencing Engs, Failures, and Learnings

This is Adam Ernst, a Distinguished Engineer at Meta (IC9) who’s built iOS infrastructure that has impacted the entire company. We talked about how his career grew, a major failed project of his, and everything he learned growing to that level.

🔸 My keyboard project link: read.compose.llc/p/our-keyboard-design-reveal

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
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• Transcript: developing.dev/p/meta-distinguished-eng-ic9-on…

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - His middle school company
00:03:50 - His first project and promo at Meta
00:10:03 - Why code review is undervalued
00:12:42 - Senior Staff (IC7) promo story and project
00:19:26 - His major failed project
00:26:35 - How to handle a failed project
00:29:04 - Thoughts on management
00:31:35 - Technical depth vs breadth
00:33:32 - IC9 expectations
00:34:46 - Senior engineers he admires
00:37:39 - Advice for his younger self
00:39:52 - Outro

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