About this episode
Zach Wilson is an engineer who grew to Staff (IC6) at Airbnb by age 26. He worked at Meta, Netflix, Airbnb and more recently has started his own company. In our conversation, we discuss: • His promotion from Junior (IC3) to Mid-level (IC4) at Meta • What blocked his promotion to Senior (IC5) at Meta • Job hopping to Senior at Netflix instead • Burning out at Netflix when given Staff scope • Negotiating Staff at Airbnb • Regrets & learnings — Where to find Zach Wilson: • Instagram: https://instagram.com/eczachly/ • X: https://x.com/EcZachly • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@eczachly • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eczachly/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EcZachly_ • Newsletter: https://blog.dataengineer.io/ Where to find Ryan: • Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ • X: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ • Threads: https://www.threads.net/@ryanlpeterman In this episode, we cover: 00:27 Introducing Zach Wilson 03:14 Landing a Job at Facebook 06:33 Choosing the Right Team at Facebook 07:28 IC3 to IC4 at Meta 13:54 Trying for IC5 at Meta 23:49 Getting hired as an IC5 at Netflix 39:49 Negotiating IC6 at Airbnb 52:09 Building internal brand when job hopping 56:55 Reflection & learnings To hear more, visit www.developing.dev