New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)

Adrien Friggeri went from a new grad to a principal engineer (IC8) at Meta. He is the original TL who started Bento if you’re familiar with that infra at the company. He got to where he was through a series of promotions across different teams and projects. I interviewed him about everything he learned along the way

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
• Transcript: developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-enginee…
• YouTube: youtu.be/2Sjzd9pt6Ts
• Apple: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod…

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:

00:00 - Intro
00:43 - First team at FB
07:24 - Senior promo /w IG
16:30 - Story behind Bento (Senior staff promo)
25:33 - Taking on perf risk to start the project
29:03 - Learnings from leaving big tech
32:46 - Joining Clubhouse
35:08 - Return to Meta (again)
40:51 - Principal promo (IC8) and tips
51:37 - Maximizing your luck /w people
54:26 - Advice for younger self
55:42 - Outro

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻:

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/friggeri
• Instagram: instagram.com/adrien
• Personal Website: friggeri.net

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