[Taro Classic] Expertly Navigate Your Performance Review in Tech
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Passing the interview is tough, but it's actually just the 1st step of the journey - After you get into the company, you need to figure out how to survive and thrive there. More specifically, you must consistently get good ratings in that company's performance review system.
This is particularly hard, especially at top tech companies like FAANG where stack rank percentages and PIPs are getting jacked up higher than ever. In the modern tech economy, performance management is more intense than ever, and as a software engineer, you must be ready for this (and we're here to help!). After going through this course, you will:
- 💡 Understand the 3 core performance review system archetypes and which one is the best
- 🤝 Smoothly work with your manager to create a plan to achieve the exact rating you want
- 🛡️ Have sharp tools to protect yourself from the dreaded performance improvement plan (PIP)
- 💪 Make the best case for yourself with an expertly-written self-review
- 💬 Know what feedback to write for your peers, particularly on the constructive side
Alex Chiou and Rahul Pandey are good at interviewing, but a lot of their career success actually comes from being consistently excellent in performance reviews, especially at Meta (which is one of the toughest tech companies to perform at).
Alex Chiou: Across his ~4 years at Meta, Alex got an "Exceeds Expectations" rating or higher every single half. In fact, Alex has never gotten a below average performance rating across his entire career. Alex then took the learnings from his personal success to mentor dozens of engineers to lightning fast promotions at Meta, increasing their compensation from ~$200k to $500k+ in just 3 years. It got to the point where he could perfectly predict which rating his mentees would get.
Rahul Pandey: Rahul has always been a star performer, getting all the way to Staff [E6] at Meta. Rahul actually was one of very few engineers at Meta to get DE, which is Discretionary Equity (i.e. a huge chunk of RSUs). DE is a massive performance bonus only given to the top engineers who operate within the Top 5%. Rahul's DE reward was a huge reason behind his meteoric rise to $800k+ TC.
