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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โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/uber-distinguished-eng-on-unfair
โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/feNh_ubBAMI
โข Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MX9PyeCzDhdlyRv6slwIX
โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:
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 donโt 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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โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/recht/
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