About this episode
David Fowler went from an intern to a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. Thatโs 11 different promotions all at the same company. I asked him about everything he learned by going through that process. ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐: โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/intern-to-microsoft-distinguished โข YouTube: https://youtu.be/d8tRM8RJ52M โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐: (00:00) Intro (00:53) Microsofts leveling system (03:17) Joining Microsoft (10:18) First successful project (16:22) Bootstrapping his own project (25:44) His principal promotion (37:10) His distinguished promotion (49:51) Engineers he looks up to (53:40) Expanding on his top tweets (1:05:20) Big company tip on reorgs (1:08:25) What keeps him at Microsoft (1:17:22) Microsoft culture after Satya (1:23:04) Career regrets and work life balance (1:29:51) Advice for his younger self ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ: โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfowl/ โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/davidfowl ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป: โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman โข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman โข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman