Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams

2026-02-02 · 95 min · 16 entities

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://retro.app/
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/p/instagram-principal-eng-ic8-on-building
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@techemails/post/DMDi5IWpPyC
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@ryanolsonk

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/
mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
mentioned retro.app website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://retro.app/
mentioned Instagram Principal Eng Ic8 On Building website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/p/instagram-principal-eng-ic8-on-building
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@techemails/post/DMDi5IWpPyC
mentioned @Ryanolsonk website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@ryanolsonk
references developing.dev website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/
references @Ryanlpeterman website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
references retro.app website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://retro.app/
references Instagram Principal Eng Ic8 On Building website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://developing.dev/p/instagram-principal-eng-ic8-on-building
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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@techemails/post/DMDi5IWpPyC
references @Ryanolsonk website

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Link in episode "Instagram Principal Eng (IC8) On Building IG Stories, 1 Promo Per Half, Small Teams": https://threads.com/@ryanolsonk

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Ryan Olson grew from mid-level engineer (IC4) to a principal engineer (IC8) at Instagram through a series of famous projects. The most notable was when he was the lead iOS developer that built Instagram Stories. We discuss his career journey and learnings. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/instagram-principal-eng-ic8-on-building • Spotify: Episode link from Spotify after scheduling • YouTube: https://youtu.be/gpVETZnY9Y0 • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 • Zuckerberg emails I mentioned: Twitter link: https://x.com/TechEmails/status/1944451283236303184 Threads link: https://www.threads.com/@techemails/post/DMDi5IWpPyC 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:31 - Failing his FB interview 00:03:27 - Interning /w future billionaires 00:14:08 - Interview nerves tip 00:16:37 - Early Instagram experiences 00:34:08 - Building Instagram Stories 00:45:03 - 1 promo per half to Staff (IC6) 00:49:51 - Senior staff promo project (IC7) 00:57:37 - IG labs & his principal promo (IC8) 01:08:19 - Starting Retro and leaving big tech 01:21:33 - Small teams hypothetical 01:25:17 - Examples of talented individuals 01:31:16 - Advice to his younger self 01:34:45 - Outro 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻: • Retro (his company): https://retro.app/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanolsonk/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanolsonk • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanolsonk/ • Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanolsonk 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻: • Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/ • Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman • TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman