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New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)

2026-01-12 ยท 56 min ยท 12 entities

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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-engineer-ic8
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://friggeri.net/

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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-engineer-ic8
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://friggeri.net/
  • references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-engineer-ic8
  • references friggeri.net website
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    Link in episode "New Grad to Principal Engineer (IC8) at Meta (Career Story)": https://friggeri.net/

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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman

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Episode description as stored
Adrien Friggeri went from a new grad to a principal engineer (IC8) at Meta. He is the original TL who started Bento if youโ€™re familiar with that infra at the company. He got to where he was through a series of promotions across different teams and projects. I interviewed him about everything he learned along the way ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/new-grad-to-principal-engineer-ic8 โ€ข YouTube: https://youtu.be/2Sjzd9pt6Ts โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€: 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - First team at FB 07:24 - Senior promo /w IG 16:30 - Story behind Bento (Senior staff promo) 25:33 - Taking on perf risk to start the project 29:03 - Learnings from leaving big tech 32:46 - Joining Clubhouse 35:08 - Return to Meta (again) 40:51 - Principal promo (IC8) and tips 51:37 - Maximizing your luck /w people 54:26 - Advice for younger self 55:42 - Outro ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป: โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/friggeri/ โ€ข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adrien/ โ€ข Personal Website: https://friggeri.net/ 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