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Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories

2026-02-16 ยท 79 min ยท 21 entities

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  • โ†’ appeared on The Peterman Pod podcast
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    Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories
  • โ†’ hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • โ†’ works at Netflix company
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    joined Netflix
  • โ†’ works at Netflix company
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    joined Netflix
  • โ†’ works at Meta company
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    joined Meta
  • โ†’ works at Meta company
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    joined Meta
  • โ†’ discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • โ†’ references Culture website
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://slideshare.net/slideshow/culture-1798664/1798664
  • โ†’ references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://developing.dev/
  • โ†’ references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • โ†’ references Retired Netflix Engineering Director person
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://developing.dev/p/retired-netflix-engineering-director
  • โ†’ references roncatech.com website
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://roncatech.com/

Entities found in this episode

companys 8

  • mentioned Netflix company
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    joined Netflix
  • mentioned Meta company
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    joined Meta
  • mentioned Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • works at Netflix company
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    joined Netflix
  • works at Netflix company
    0.48
    evidence rules-v5
    joined Netflix
  • works at Meta company
    0.48
    evidence rules-v5
    joined Meta
  • works at Meta company
    0.48
    evidence rules-v5
    joined Meta
  • discusses Technology company
    0.40
    evidence rules-v5
    Feed category: Technology

websites 8

  • mentioned Culture website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://slideshare.net/slideshow/culture-1798664/1798664
  • mentioned developing.dev website
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    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • mentioned roncatech.com website
    0.45
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://roncatech.com/
  • references Culture website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://slideshare.net/slideshow/culture-1798664/1798664
  • references developing.dev website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • references roncatech.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v5
    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://roncatech.com/

persons 4

  • mentioned Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
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    Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories
  • hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
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    Link in episode "Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories": https://developing.dev/p/retired-netflix-engineering-director

podcasts 1

  • appeared on The Peterman Pod podcast
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    Retired Netflix Engineering Director On Regrets, Video Engineering, Hiring Stories
Episode description as stored
David Ronca joined Netflix in 2007 and grew to an engineering director there. Later he joined Meta as a Director and transitioned to a Principal engineer working on video technologies. Now he's retired and was graciously willing to share his career story with us. I asked him for everything he learned in his 36 year career. ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/retired-netflix-engineering-director โ€ข YouTube: https://youtu.be/ApG9vjbHDCk โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Netflix culture memo (2009) - https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/culture-1798664/1798664 ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:40 - How Netflix was different 00:08:01 - The legendary Netflix culture memo 00:18:54 - How to hire engineers well 00:30:52 - The strongest engineer he's ever met 00:33:02 - Joining Meta 00:50:52 - Near death experience 00:59:04 - Where he learned the most 01:04:09 - Book that impacted his career most 01:11:33 - Advice for his younger self 01:18:32 - Outro ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ: โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidronca/ โ€ข Personal Website: https://www.roncatech.com/ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป: โ€ข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ โ€ข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman โ€ข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman โ€ข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman