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David Fowler went from an intern to a Distinguished Engineer at Microsoft. Thatโs 11 different promotions all at the same company. I asked him about everything he learned by going through that process.๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/intern-to-microsoft-distinguishedโข YouTube: https://youtu.be/d8tRM8RJ52Mโข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:(00:00) Intro(00:53) Microsofts leveling system(03:17) Joining Microsoft(10:18) First successful project(16:22) Bootstrapping his own project(25:44) His principal promotion(37:10) His distinguished promotion(49:51) Engineers he looks up to(53:40) Expanding on his top tweets(1:05:20) Big company tip on reorgs(1:08:25) What keeps him at Microsoft(1:17:22) Microsoft culture after Satya(1:23:04) Career regrets and work life balance(1:29:51) Advice for his younger self๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ:โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidfowl/โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/davidfowl๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป:โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpetermanโข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpetermanโข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpetermanโข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
