Post by Ryan Peterman

Do you need to be a genius to become a Staff Engineer @ FAANG making $600,000+ per year? No, but you absolutely need to be hard working. This week, Raviraj Achar shared his career story with me about how he went from an intern at Microsoft to a Staff Engineer at Meta even though he had imposter syndrome at every step. What sets his story apart is how transparent he is about what could have gone better and all the relevant takeaways there are. There are stories about: 1. Receiving a lot of feedback as a junior engineer on his first team 2. Concrete changes he made that helped him ramp up well in ambiguous areas 3. Growing into an engineering leader on his team 4. What made the ultimate difference in getting his Staff promotion I enjoyed reading his story as we worked on it together. We put a lot of effort into it to make sure it is helpful and high quality. You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/e4pPZ-qP