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In this rare and reflective conversation, I sit down with the legendary Kelsey Hightower, technologist, teacher, and minimalist, ... Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership Redeem at: Everything I ... In this episode, I sit down with Philip Su, a former Andrew Reece's talk at BSC 2025 about useful patterns in bits, bytes and code, and how he arrived at the Xar data structure. Learn how to show you are capable of taking on a more senior individual contributor role. Defining the staple jobs of a ... We've all heard of the idea of 'software architecture'. We've read books about domain-driven design and event sourcing, we've ...

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Distinguished Eng: Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets | Bryan Cantrill

Distinguished Eng: Stack Ranking, Competing with Bezos, Regrets | Bryan Cantrill

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Meta Distinguished Eng (IC9): Influencing Engs, Failures, and Learnings | Adam Ernst

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Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10): Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets | Ilya Grigorik

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Uber Distinguished Eng: Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets | Joakim Recht

Uber Distinguished Eng: Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets | Joakim Recht

Joakim Recht grew to a

Intern to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer in 11 Promotions (Career Story)

Intern to Microsoft Distinguished Engineer in 11 Promotions (Career Story)

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OpenAI Distinguished Eng (IC9) Clip On What Separates the Best Engineers

OpenAI Distinguished Eng (IC9) Clip On What Separates the Best Engineers

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Distinguished Engineer (L9) Describes Most Important Skill - Andrew Zhai

Distinguished Engineer (L9) Describes Most Important Skill - Andrew Zhai

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Kelsey Hightower: From No Degree to Distinguished Engineer @ Google — Retired at 42

Kelsey Hightower: From No Degree to Distinguished Engineer @ Google — Retired at 42

In this rare and reflective conversation, I sit down with the legendary Kelsey Hightower, technologist, teacher, and minimalist, ...

I Coached a Front-End Engineer to Sound Senior (Live)

I Coached a Front-End Engineer to Sound Senior (Live)

Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale Everything I ...

Zuckerberg Taught Him How to Beat 99% of Software Engineers

Zuckerberg Taught Him How to Beat 99% of Software Engineers

In this episode, I sit down with Philip Su, a former

Andrew Reece – Assuming as Much as Possible – BSC 2025

Andrew Reece – Assuming as Much as Possible – BSC 2025

Andrew Reece's talk at BSC 2025 about useful patterns in bits, bytes and code, and how he arrived at the Xar data structure.

Understanding the role of a distinguished engineer

Understanding the role of a distinguished engineer

Learn how to show you are capable of taking on a more senior individual contributor role. Defining the staple jobs of a ...

Architecture: The Stuff That's Hard to Change - Dylan Beattie

Architecture: The Stuff That's Hard to Change - Dylan Beattie

We've all heard of the idea of 'software architecture'. We've read books about domain-driven design and event sourcing, we've ...