About this episode
Rahul Pandey (@rpandey1234) grew to Staff at Meta through a few interesting legs of his career: • Stanford to Startup - He joined a startup that one of his professors was starting right out of college. This startup was acquired within a year by Pinterest. • Junior to Mid-level @ Pinterest - His promotion was rejected twice. He appealed the second rejection and got the promotion. • Senior to Staff @ Meta - He interviewed for Senior at Meta and got a promotion through job hopping. From there, he worked towards his Staff promotion and got it. After getting to Staff at Meta, he started his own YCombinator-funded startup, Taro. In our conversation we cover: • What got him promoted to Staff at Meta • Joining startups and “two-way doors” • How his promotion was rejected twice and he appealed successfully • When job hopping is good and when it is bad • What real networking looks like — Where to find Rahul: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rpandey1234/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@RahulPandeyrkp • Twitter: https://x.com/rpandey1234 • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpandey1234/ 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 • Instagram: instagram.com/ryanlpeterman In this episode, we cover: 00:00 – Intro 1:12 – Stanford to Startup 12:25 – Jr to Mid-level at Pinterest 30:20 – Senior to Staff at Meta 45:12 – Management (TLM) at Meta 53:40 – Leaving Meta to create a startup 1:05:32 – Career reflections To hear more, visit www.developing.dev