Tech Career Events for Software Engineers

Our events foster growth and learning on your software engineering path: drive innovation and expand your network.

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Seattle Taro Meetup - May 10 from 12-3pm

If you don't have a Taro Premium membership, you can use Grace's special link to receive 20% off: https://www.jointaro.com/r/graceg708/

Join fellow Seattle Taro members for an inclusive, informal co-working & networking session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!

Location is listed in the address section for Taro members! (In Seattle)

I (Grace) will wear the grey t-shirt with the taro logo - if you cant find us, please message the seattle channel in the taro slack and we will tell you where to find us!

🚗 Parking
Free parking is available at the Amazon Houdini Parking Garage, located on Harrison St. Signs advertising the free parking are usually posted outside the garage entrance. Street parking is also available, and numerous SLU metro/bus stops are nearby.

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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Becoming A Legendary Meta Coder: The Story of the First E7 Code Machine

Thursday May 22, 12:00am

There are many complex ways to get to staff and beyond, but one of them is actually quite straightforward (at least at Meta): Just write more code than everyone else by a staggering amount.

That's exactly what Michael Novati did to get to Staff [E6] at Meta and eventually Senior Staff [E7]. Since Michael was early Facebook, there actually wasn't a Staff Engineer archetype at the time to capture the way he was adding immense value to the company. So they added it! Thanks to Michael, there is now a formal "Code Machine" archetype in the official Meta internal wiki.

Michael will be breaking down:

His story about how he became Meta's first incredibly senior "Code Machine" engineer
The most impactful projects he worked on
How he managed his time effectively to write so many diffs.

At the end, we'll have time for Q&A where you can ask Michael questions about topics like:

How he grew so quickly and crafted such an extraordinary career
What the early days at Meta were like
Different ways to create a unique brand for yourself, your work, and your career

If you need extra help breaking into top tech companies like FAANG, Formation.dev is here to provide you hands-on, personalized support. Join Michael and the rest of the awesome team at Formation here: https://formation.dev/partners/taro

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Taro Women's Coffee Chat - May Edition

Saturday May 31, 5:30pm

Boundaries at home can be hard. Boundaries at work? It can require a bit of cat-like finesse. Let's discuss the finer points of maintaining professional relationships and boundaries, including when it might get tricky with our male colleagues, and when strange things happen such as work relationships 🙀. Many of us have been advised to not mix business with 'pleasure', but stuff happens man!

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

Taro Party @ SF + Intro Meetup

Sunday June 1, 2:30am

Hosting a casual party + meetup for all our cool tarodactyls!

Venue is yet to be fixed but I live @ SoMA in SF and I think I have a few places in mind. People from the Bay - you should come!!

More details to follow!

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Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Master the Art of Receiving Quality Feedback

Wednesday June 4, 5:00pm

In this time of uncertainty in the workplace and job market, what’s one skill you can develop that would yield disproportionate rewards?

It’s hard to pinpoint the one skill, but I believe the ability to ask for, receive, and iterate on feedback is incredibly important. Adaptability is what helps us not just survive, but thrive—and adaptability begins with how well we take in and work with feedback.

When you learn to process feedback effectively, you develop a kind of likability and professional superpower that organizations and leaders find hard to ignore.

We hear feedback all the time, so what exactly are we trying to get better at? Most of the feedback we receive is vague and hard to act on. Think about examples like “improve your communication” or “increase your coding speed”—where do you even start? The key is in asking for feedback proactively, clarifying and chunking it down into something actionable, working on it, and then circling back to check if you’ve understood and implemented it well.

In this talk, we’ll learn how to do exactly that—a process I call “exhausting the feedback process,” a phrase I often use in my coaching practice. We’ll also explore how to handle feedback that’s just plain off the mark (spoiler: it’s rarely useful to say that outright to the person giving it).

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Group Office Hours With Rahul - Get Personalized Career Advice Privately

Tuesday June 10, 4:00pm

Group Office Hours are a very simple event type with a very important goal in mind: Get you the career support you need in a safe, communal setting. This means:

These sessions are never recorded
All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
If you want to ask your question 100% anonymously, just change your display name and ask it in the chat

So how does it work? Easy: Drop in whenever, raise your hand 🤚 to ask a question (or put it in chat), and leave at your own convenience. Rahul will answer 1 question at a time per person.

Can't make the event? No worries, just ask your question anonymously in the Taro forum: https://www.jointaro.com/questions/create/

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Events With Tech Experts

We offer a comprehensive set of curated events tailored for junior to senior software engineers. We understand that the software engineer’s journey is not just about coding and algorithms, but more importantly, it’s about building meaningful connections with other engineers, staying updated on the latest industry trends, and mastering the skills of thriving in an organization.

All of our events are organized baed on the core idea that we are a community of tight-knit and curious software engineers who are constantly trying to improve themselves, as well as each other. Our past events have included local networking meetups where members have gotten career advice and exchanged contact information with recruiters.

Our members have started regular book club sessions where passionate engineers discuss popular engineering books, including “Designing Data Intensive Applications” by Martin Kleppmann.

In addition, we have hosted an event analyzing different white papers, including the famous “Attention Is All You Need” which has driven the current AI revolution in the recent years. Not only do the white paper events educate our community with the latest breakthroughs and studies in computer science, but it helps us cultivate a culture of critical thinking and informed discussions.

One of the obstacles that many software engineers face is succeeding at technical coding and system design interviews. it’s not just about knowing the right solutions, but it’s also about being able to convey your ideas effectively to the interviewer so they can recognize your problem solving ability. Our events for technical interviews are designed to give attendees a full perspective on how to prepare for interviews and what interviewers look for in a candidate.

Events include tech recruiters which provide another insight into how a decision from a technical interview is reached. By understanding what recruiters prioritize, you can understand how technical ability is weighed with cultural fit or how a company decides on a level for a candidate. Even more importantly, we dive into how to negotiate for your total compensation. The transparency in compensation has helped to inform engineers what they are really worth.

As you get further up the career ladder, you’ll have to deal with increasingly more complex workplace and organizational dynamics. The transition from individual contributor to team lead to manager or architect requires more than just being an excellent coder. It demands an understanding of team dynamics, effective communication, conflict resolution, and more. Our sessions help to address these different nuances, ensuring that engineers are more than just technically competent.

It’s our belief that every software engineer, regardless of background or experience, brings a unique perspective to the table. Everyone has the potential to make significant contributions at their company. Our events platform serves as an opportunity for you to foster growth and bring clarity to your engineering career.