Why Laurent Joined Airbnb

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.

𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:

• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/airbnb-staff-eng-on-how-to-not-get

• YouTube: https://youtu.be/cgQY_1Uz2b8

• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835

𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:

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

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentcharignon/

• Personal Website: https://blog.laurentcharignon.com/

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/lc2817

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