Show notes
Marius Schulz grew to a Senior Staff Engineer (IC7) at Instagram by redefining expectations three times (once for each promotion). We talked through each promotion and how he did it. There were also interesting learnings from when his promotion got blocked once even though he greatly exceeded expectations.𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/instagram-senior-staff-eng-ic7-on• YouTube: https://youtu.be/OXJHfb_lZII• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀:00:00 - Intro00:55 - Choosing his specialty02:29 - Greatly exceeding expectations with no promo08:04 - Senior promo15:30 - Staff promo24:43 - Leverage and IC4/5/6 way of solving problems29:51 - Senior staff promo44:29 - Career planning past IC747:32 - Did IC7+ expectations scare him49:49 - Advice for his younger self52:29 - Outro𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusschulz/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/mariusschulz/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@marius.schulz• Personal Website: https://mariusschulz.com/𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman



