Laurent Charignon was a Staff engineer at Stripe, Airbnb, and Instagram with some experience in management as well. We discussed the unspoken rules you learn as a manager, how he transitioned, what good mentorship looks like, and advice for senior engineers who are stuck looking to grow to Staff.
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โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/airbnb-staff-eng-on-how-to-not-get
โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/cgQY_1Uz2b8
โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:44 - Joining Airbnb and transitioning to EM
00:18:29 - Untold rules of calibrations
00:23:50 - How to dispute bureaucracy
00:29:54 - Airbnb culture
00:31:36 - Leaving Airbnb for Meta
00:35:56 - Uber TL at Stripe
00:42:52 - How to scale yourself
00:45:22 - What people get wrong in coaching
00:52:58 - Why people get stuck at Senior eng
00:57:24 - Most career impacting book
00:58:39 - Advice for younger self
01:00:27 - Outro
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โข Personal Website: https://blog.laurentcharignon.com/
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