Ilya Grigorik grew to a Distinguished Engineer (VP-level role) at Shopify and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the behind the scenes of his startup getting acquired by Google, his growth to Director at Google, and what it means to operate like a Distinguished engineer.
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โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/distinguished-engineer-at-shopify
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:45 - Thoughts on Waterloo
00:04:36 - Starting his own company
00:08:40 - Google acquisition story
00:14:04 - Joining Google
00:20:28 - Switching back to IC
00:26:42 - Principal+ Engineering at Shopify
00:40:09 - Career regrets
00:44:53 - Top career-impacting book
00:46:59 - Advice for younger self
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โข Personal Website: https://ilya.grigorik.com/
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