Rahul Pandey Q&A and Videos

Fixed a tricky bug, got promoted, or landed an interview? Tell us!!

Stuck in code review hell, got ghosted by recruiters, or rejected for promo? We want to hear about that too!

If you joined Meta at the end of 2022, 1.5 years ago, your equity grant has seen a 4x increase 🤯 So a Staff Engineer with a $800K equity grant over 4 years is sitting on $3.2M. Obviously, very few people get this lucky, but Big Tech is pretty reliable in creating millionaires.

I'm very tempted to sell my remaining Meta stock holdings now... (I joined in 2017 with a stock price of $170/share).

Led a meeting successfully, landed a promotion, or earned a certificate from a Taro course? Tell us!

Ghosted by a recruiter, feeling unproductive, or feeling FOMO as the price of Bitcoin skyrockets? Tell us about that too!

Completed hours of deep work, landed a promotion, or tried the Apple Vision Pro? Tell us!

Received a PIP, rejected for a job, or suffering from the "atmospheric river" in California? Tell us about that too!

I’ve recently been applying to various jobs, just in case of an unexpected layoff (golden parachute). Lately, I’ve been motivated to upskill as a developer. I’ve now reached the two-year mark at my company. After the reorg, I have a new manager, team, and director, and I really like this team. My performance over the past six months has been better than it was with my old team. Recently, Google reached out to me for an interview, but I haven’t really studied data structures and algorithms (DSA) due to work. My performance hasn’t been great, and now I also have a phone interview with Meta.

On the plus side, my company's stock has surged, and we’ve received bonuses, raises, and promotions. In my last 1-on-1 meeting with my manager, he told me I should be more independent and that my performance is great (hinting at a promotion)—fingers crossed. My family and friends are encouraging me to interview with both Meta and Google, but I don’t really want to leave my current company.

Just released from OpenAI:

A few observations:

• I love how natural the voice sounds, almost playful
• Incredible that the model is able to take in audio and visual inputs
• Feels like we're getting closer to an AI-companion

Questions for Alex and Rahul which I know were covered in some videos somewhere in snippets, but maybe not all in one question. Taro has amassed a lot of great content in its courses and blogs -- how long did it take to create initial MVP of quiz app before the Taro founders quit their jobs to go and work on Taro full time as a startup entrepreneurs?

• When did the founders pivot?
• How long did it take to create initial content (blogs over the years, lots of videos, powerpoints etc.)?

It's impressive to see the amount of rich content, how long did it take for Rahul and Alex to conceptualize Taro (in its early form, name), what ways did they test the success metrics of various pieces of content for a single feature (video series, single video/blog etc.) - how well did they perform over a given period of time?

When I worked at Facebook (Meta), one of the most lively groups was "PSC Memes for Procrastinating Teens."

This was a group to share memes for procrastinating employees working on their performance reviews (self reviews, peer reviews, manager reviews).

I'm going to try to share some memes which captured the spirit of that group, but please drop links to your go-to memes that capture the feeling of dawdling on an important task.