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Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets

2025-10-24 ยท 50 min ยท 14 entities

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  • 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 "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/
  • โ†’ references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • โ†’ references Distinguished Engineer At Shopify person
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/p/distinguished-engineer-at-shopify
  • โ†’ references @Igrigorik website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://youtube.com/@igrigorik
  • โ†’ references ilya.grigorik.com website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://ilya.grigorik.com/

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  • mentioned developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • mentioned @Igrigorik website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://youtube.com/@igrigorik
  • mentioned ilya.grigorik.com website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://ilya.grigorik.com/
  • references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • references @Igrigorik website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://youtube.com/@igrigorik
  • references ilya.grigorik.com website
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://ilya.grigorik.com/

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  • 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
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/p/distinguished-engineer-at-shopify
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    Link in episode "Shopify Distinguished Eng (L10) on Principal+ Engineering, Career Story, Regrets": https://developing.dev/p/distinguished-engineer-at-shopify

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  • discusses Technology company
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Episode description as stored
Ilya Grigorik grew to a Distinguished Engineer (VP-level role) at Shopify and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the behind the scenes of his startup getting acquired by Google, his growth to Director at Google, and what it means to operate like a Distinguished engineer. ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/distinguished-engineer-at-shopify โ€ข Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MX9PyeCzDhdlyRv6slwIX 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 00:00:45 - Thoughts on Waterloo 00:04:36 - Starting his own company 00:08:40 - Google acquisition story 00:14:04 - Joining Google 00:20:28 - Switching back to IC 00:26:42 - Principal+ Engineering at Shopify 00:40:09 - Career regrets 00:44:53 - Top career-impacting book 00:46:59 - Advice for younger self ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—น๐˜†๐—ฎ: โ€ข YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@igrigorik โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igrigorik/ โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/igrigorik โ€ข Personal Website: https://ilya.grigorik.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