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Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer

2025-10-10 ยท 96 min ยท 13 entities

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  • โ†’ appeared on The Peterman Pod podcast
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    Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer
  • 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 "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/
  • โ†’ references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
  • โ†’ references Mozilla Firefox Cto On Browser War website
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war

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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/
  • mentioned @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://threads.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war
  • references developing.dev website
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/
  • references @Ryanlpeterman website
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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    Link in episode "Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer": https://developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war

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  • mentioned Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman
  • mentioned Mozilla Firefox CTO person
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    Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer
  • hosted by Ryan Peterman person
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    Feed author/publisher: Ryan Peterman

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    Feed category: Technology
  • discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology

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  • appeared on The Peterman Pod podcast
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    Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer

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    CTO
Episode description as stored
Bobby Holley went from an intern to the CTO of Mozilla Firefox. I asked him about everything he learned in that process. We cover his full career including some interesting stories on living through the browser wars and advice on career growth. ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war โ€ข Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0MX9PyeCzDhdlyRv6slwIX โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835 ๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€: โ€ข NYT article link: https://www.livemint.com/Industry/q2EjgGX6d5Ouwec479WSqM/For-Mozilla-Google-group-hugs-get-tricky.html โ€ข Mozilla VP twitter thread: https://www.computerworld.com/article/1722183/former-mozilla-exec-alleges-google-torpedoed-firefox-with-oops-excuses.html โ€ข Internal memo on writing: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1518xKjijjEWHQb6wZjAWJrUN8liZGGI9v5pRFr9eFHo/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.1gfr5hva69qx ๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:57 - Starting at Mozilla 00:04:57 - Browser wars history 00:10:55 - Google relationship changing 00:16:11 - Why work for free 00:19:02 - Projects that drove his career 00:33:12 - No performance reviews 00:34:42 - Rust adoption 00:43:33 - Career progression 00:47:54 - Should you focus on promos 00:57:14 - Distinguished promo rejection 01:00:56 - Examples of distinguished engs 01:10:54 - Advice for aspiring distinguished engs 01:14:40 - AI browser wars 01:26:32 - Biggest technical regret 01:29:11 - Book that impacted his career most 01:32:09 - Advice for his younger self ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜†: โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyholley โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/bhology 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