Rong Yan went from a frontline manager at Meta to a Senior Director at Snapchat in 3 years. I interviewed him to ask what led to that rocketship career trajectory in management. We went over how he job hopped into his first Director role and much more.
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โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/frontline-manager-at-meta-to-senior
โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/BHlko_Mg-Jk
โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - Joining Facebook
03:06 - Moving up into a Director role
05:09 - Director skill gaps
15:31 - Domain knowledge & management
18:45 - LA vs SF cultures
20:48 - Senior Director growth at Snapchat
22:43 - Evan Spiegel stories
24:59 - Recruitment at higher levels
32:05 - Career planning in hindsight
34:08 - Biggest career regret
35:33 - How much of growth is luck?
38:19 - Advice for younger self
41:53 - Outro
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โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rong-yan-2004692/
โข Personal Website: https://cs.cmu.edu/~yanrong
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