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

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

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