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Rahul Pandey

Rahul Pandey

I'm the cofounder of Taro! I spend my days thinking about how to provide software engineers with quality feedback and mentorship for their career growth. YouTube: https://youtube.com/rpandey1234

Strategic Job Hopping: How to Leave a Job Without Hurting Your Career

Strategic Job Hopping: How to Leave a Job Without Hurting Your Career

Too many engineers are completely unaware of career norms. A recent conversation I had about job tenure really brought this to light. In the tech industry, there's something of an art to timing your exits and entries in the job market. It's an art that can

The Ultimate Glossary Of Tech Career Jargon And Vocabulary

The Ultimate Glossary Of Tech Career Jargon And Vocabulary

I've had a variation of this conversation many times in my career. I'll ping you offline via DM about the perf cycle in the next sprint cycle. Ack Ack is right! Whether you're brand new to tech or a grizzled veteran with decades of

Getting Started With The Best Engineering Side Hustle: Teaching

Getting Started With The Best Engineering Side Hustle: Teaching

Many people dream about earning money outside their day job. Lucky for you, as a software engineer, you have tons of opportunities to create a lucrative side hustle. The reason is simple: the demand for software (and software education) has never been higher. This leads to many opportunities, but you

Taro's 2023 Year In Review

Taro's 2023 Year In Review

We got started in 2022, but 2023 was Taro's first full year of existence. Our mission remains unchanged: accelerate career growth for software engineers. [1] Our data reveals insights about what software engineers were looking for: 1. Learning the traits of high performing software engineers. [video] 2. Developing

Coders and No-Code: Why Software Engineers Should Learn No-Code Tools

Coders and No-Code: Why Software Engineers Should Learn No-Code Tools

The demand for custom software in the world is insatiable. Tech companies create value with their software products, but the demand is far broader than the tech industry: software is eating the world across law, real estate, and much more. Writing code is one way to build custom software (and

How I Received $800,000 Compensation as a Meta Staff Engineer

How I Received $800,000 Compensation as a Meta Staff Engineer

In 2021, the last full year I worked at Meta, I made more than $800,000 dollars. In this post, I'll break down my compensation and how it changed each year. Here's the proof from one of my last paystubs in 2021: I joined Facebook, now

Talk and Observe: A Framework For Engineering Onboarding

Talk and Observe: A Framework For Engineering Onboarding

I've been "the new engineer" at 7 different companies in my career, at varying levels of seniority and company size. I've also directly worked with 100s of software engineers where the same topic comes up repeatedly: onboarding. The onboarding period, usually the first 2-3