Ryan Peterman – Medium

Ryan Peterman

Pinned

Moving writing to developing.dev

I’ve been writing weekly for Medium for 4 months now (22 posts). Distribution is two orders of magnitude lower here compared to my Substack…

Jul 22, 2023

Jul 22, 2023

Pinned

Why Engineers Need To Write

I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write…

Mar 24, 2023

Why Engineers Need To Write

Mar 24, 2023

5 Books Every Software Engineer Should Read

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with this week’s newsletter. I write about software engineering, big tech/startups and career growth. Thank you for…

Jul 15, 2023

5 Books Every Software Engineer Should Read

Jul 15, 2023

Threads’ Invisible Armor

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with another edition of my weekly newsletter. Each week, I write about software engineering, big tech/startups and…

Jul 7, 2023

Threads’ Invisible Armor

Jul 7, 2023

Resilient Systems Through Retrospection

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with another edition of my weekly newsletter. Each week, I write about software engineering, big tech/startups and…

Jun 30, 2023

Resilient Systems Through Retrospection

Jun 30, 2023

Engineering Career Stories: Jordan Cutler

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with another edition of my weekly newsletter. Each week, I write about software engineering, big tech/startups and…

Jun 24, 2023

Engineering Career Stories: Jordan Cutler

Jun 24, 2023

Finding Staff-Level Scope

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with another edition of my weekly newsletter. Each week, I write about topics in software engineering, big…

Jun 24, 2023

Finding Staff-Level Scope

Jun 24, 2023

Job Hunting In The Layoff Era

👋 Hi, this is Ryan with another edition of my weekly newsletter. Each week, I write about topics in software engineering, big…

Jun 9, 2023

Job Hunting In The Layoff Era

Jun 9, 2023

Maximizing Impact in the Layoff Era

Most big tech companies have done layoffs aside from Apple. We need to change how we work now that we have fewer teammates. Here’s how to…

Jun 2, 2023

Maximizing Impact in the Layoff Era

Jun 2, 2023

Generalist or Specialist?

Q: As a software engineer, is it better to be a specialist or a generalist?

May 26, 2023

Generalist or Specialist?

May 26, 2023

Optimizing for Opportunity

Career growth past the staff level can often seem out of reach. We know that to succeed we need both ability and opportunity. But when it…

May 19, 2023

Optimizing for Opportunity

May 19, 2023

Investing Your Career

Compensation varies depending on the stage of the company you choose to work for. You can think of your compensation package as an…

May 13, 2023

Investing Your Career

May 13, 2023

Tools of the Trade

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” — Abraham Lincoln

May 5, 2023

Tools of the Trade

May 5, 2023

Why Communication Is More Important Than Code

Junior engineers often focus too much of their time on technical skills. Here’s why I’d argue engineers should spend more time developing…

Apr 29, 2023

Why Communication Is More Important Than Code

Apr 29, 2023

How To Tell If You Have a Good Eng Manager

There are plenty of resources out there that cover the traits of a good engineering manager (EM) like Project Oxygen from Google. Now that…

Apr 21, 2023

How To Tell If You Have a Good Eng Manager

Apr 21, 2023

Why I Stayed at Meta When All My Friends Left

I started at Meta in 2018 with five friends from college. Over time, they followed the common industry advice — switch jobs often to grow…

Apr 15, 2023

Why I Stayed at Meta When All My Friends Left

Apr 15, 2023

Staff+ Career Growth: Product or Infra?

There are a lot of factors that go into picking the right team. Choosing based on what type of work you enjoy is important, but what about…

Apr 7, 2023

Staff+ Career Growth: Product or Infra?

Apr 7, 2023

How I 11x’d My Interview Offer Rate (8%→88%)

During my grad year, I failed to secure offers from all the companies I interviewed with, except one. My resume landed interviews, but I…

Mar 31, 2023

How I 11x’d My Interview Offer Rate (8%→88%)

Mar 31, 2023

The Only Three Classes That Mattered From My College Degree

Only 3 of the 56 classes I took at UCLA matter in my daily software engineering work. Any engineer would agree that those three courses are…

Mar 17, 2023

The Only Three Classes That Mattered From My College Degree

Mar 17, 2023

3 Mistakes I Made as an Engineer, but Had To Become a Manager To See

I was shocked at how obvious my mistakes as an engineer became after my perspective changed. Taking on manager responsibilities for the…

Mar 10, 2023

3 Mistakes I Made as an Engineer, but Had To Become a Manager To See

Mar 10, 2023

Ryan Peterman

Ryan Peterman

Software engineer @instagram helping close the gap for engineers without mentors. Writing www.developing.dev about software engineering & career growth.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams