Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story)

Joakim Recht grew to a Distinguished Engineer at Uber and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the project that got him promoted, what makes a great software engineer, and learnings from promo committees.

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• Transcript: developing.dev/p/uber-distinguished-eng-on-unf…
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𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:56 - Distinguished promo project
00:19:07 - How to grow your influence
00:22:38 - Unfair promo story
00:33:09 - On delegation
00:39:05 - Why engs don’t trust management
00:47:58 - Politics as he grew
00:57:00 - How to pick mentees
01:03:22 - Why he left Uber
01:15:16 - Biggest Uber eng mistake
01:20:15 - Uber scandals
01:24:35 - Advice for younger self
01:26:14 - Outro

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