Staff at Airbnb by Age 26 | Zach Wilson

Zach Wilson is an engineer who grew to Staff (IC6) at Airbnb by age 26. He worked at Meta, Netflix, Airbnb and more recently has started his own company. In our conversation, we discuss:
• His promotion from Junior (IC3) to Mid-level (IC4) at Meta
• What blocked his promotion to Senior (IC5) at Meta
• Job hopping to Senior at Netflix instead
• Burning out at Netflix when given Staff scope
• Negotiating Staff at Airbnb
• Regrets & learnings
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Where to find Zach Wilson:
• Instagram: instagram.com/eczachly
• X: x.com/EcZachly
• Threads: threads.net/@eczachly
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/eczachly
• YouTube: youtube.com/@EcZachly_
• Newsletter: blog.dataengineer.io
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: developing.dev
• X: x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman
• Threads: threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
In this episode, we cover:
00:27 Introducing Zach Wilson
03:14 Landing a Job at Facebook
06:33 Choosing the Right Team at Facebook
07:28 IC3 to IC4 at Meta
13:54 Trying for IC5 at Meta
23:49 Getting hired as an IC5 at Netflix
39:49 Negotiating IC6 at Airbnb
52:09 Building internal brand when job hopping
56:55 Reflection & learnings

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