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Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings

2025-11-30 ยท 43 min ยท 13 entities

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  • โ†’ references Jayendra Jog person
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://x.com/jayendra_jog
  • โ†’ hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • โ†’ discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • โ†’ references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/
  • โ†’ references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • โ†’ references Quitting Robinhood And Raising 35m website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/p/quitting-robinhood-and-raising-35m?open=false

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  • mentioned developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/p/quitting-robinhood-and-raising-35m?open=false
  • references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://developing.dev/p/quitting-robinhood-and-raising-35m?open=false

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  • mentioned Jayendra Jog person
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://x.com/jayendra_jog
  • references Jayendra Jog person
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    Link in episode "Robinhood SWE Turned $1B+ Founder on Non-Linear Careers, Being Jaded About Promos, Startup Learnings": https://x.com/jayendra_jog
  • mentioned Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman

companys 2

  • mentioned Technology company
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  • discusses Technology company
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  • mentioned SWE concept
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    SWE
Episode description as stored
Jayendra Jog left Robinhood and raised $35m to start his own crypto startup (Sei Labs). Before he left, he got jaded about software engineering career ladders yet was coasting through promotions at Robinhood. I asked him about how he did that along with a bunch of questions about when to leave your job, how to raise money, and what to expect as a founder. ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/quitting-robinhood-and-raising-35m?open=false โ€ข YouTube: https://youtu.be/f4eeoetb8t4 โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:54 - Big tech internships 00:04:51 - Joining Robinhood 00:07:58 - Big tech vs startups discussion 00:10:16 - Getting jaded about Robinhood career growth 00:16:04 - Coasting and getting promoted 00:18:54 - Gamestop stories from the inside 00:22:34 - Leaving Robinhood 00:30:25 - Learnings from raising $35m 00:34:07 - What value does crypto provide? 00:37:47 - Learnings and when to leave 00:40:41 - Advice for his younger self 00:41:58 - Outro ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜†: โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayendrajog โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/jayendra_jog โ€ข His Company: https://x.com/Sei_Labs 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