Staff Engineer @ Meta by Age 25 | Evan King

Evan King went from Junior (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Meta 3 years out of college. After that he quit FAANG to start a few companies that were each acquired. In this conversation we go over his career growth, his transition to startups and what he learned along the way.
We discuss:
• What got him promoted to Staff in 3 years
• What stands out in Meta’s culture
• Creating and leading a new team at IC5
• Differences between big tech and startups
• Regrets looking back
• Advice for his younger self
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:28) Getting into programming
(09:34) Leetcode
(15:45) Picking his first team
(22:00) P*nis story
(25:13) Mid-level promo
(29:03) How to ship code fast
(35:28) Senior promo
(52:45) Staff promo
(1:12:02) Meta impact culture
(1:13:16) On being a tech lead
(1:16:46) Influence without authority
(1:19:29) Management vs Eng
(1:26:46) Why leave Meta
(1:36:25) Technical learning (big tech vs startups)
(1:40:26) When to build a startup
(1:44:27) How much he worked
(1:49:02) Biggest career regret
(1:51:54) Advice for new grads & past self
Where to find Evan:
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/evan-king-40072280/•https://w… His Company: hellointerview.com
Where to find Ryan:
• Newsletter: developing.dev
• X: x.com/ryanlpeterman
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman
• Threads: threads.net/@ryanlpeterman
• Instagram: instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
Referenced:
• Evan's post on Substack: developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-staff-at-meta-in-…
• Ryan’s eng blog for Meta (part of IC6 promo): engineering.fb.com/2022/11/04/video-engineerin…
• Meta’s graph database, Tao: engineering.fb.com/2013/06/25/core-infra/tao-t…

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