Answers to the FAQs I get about (Facebook) rEng — Context I joined Meta’s rotational engineering program (rEng) in May 2021 in Seattle. A few months ago, I wrote about my early carer plan to succeed at Meta within the context of this program. To date, I get a lot of questions about the program. Some are curious about my decision…

Creative ways to pay it forward — Becoming a software developer doesn’t happen in isolation. It takes a community to raise educated and productive programmers. Regardless of your coding origin story— be it college, bootcamp, or the self-taught route— we all got here by climbing onto the shoulders of the great coders who came before us. I…

Are you feeling burned out, or just tired? Will a vacation help fix things, or is it time to start looking for a new job? — It’s 6:30PM on a Wednesday. The sun long ago set on this winter evening in Seattle. My face is dimly illuminated by my monitor and the pink light of a wall-mounted neon sign that reminds me to “Do What You Love.” …

A FAANG engineer’s guide to a new career in this lucrative and fulfilling field — So, you wanna be a software developer. It’s something you’ve pondered a few times, especially right after you heard about a former classmate or coworker who’s suddenly earning a six figure income at a tech company. You might have thought it was too late to make a career change (it’s…

Inside the 3 commands that became my biggest productivity hack — A Personal History with Git I’ve been programming professionally for five years. The first git commit I ever wrote was almost seven years ago. It miraculously resulted from a bit of hacking I was doing on my Macbook’s terminal. I was about to graduate from college, and I needed to find a job. …

I joined Meta’s Rotational Engineering program in May of 2021. Although the program is set up for one full year, I graduated early, receiving a permanent software engineering offer after just one rotation. …