Tech Career Events for Software Engineers
Our events foster growth and learning on your software engineering path: drive innovation and expand your network.
Side Project Accountability Hours
Wednesday May 14, 1:00amA Taro bi-monthly standup dedicated to flourishing a strong side-project/start-up community within Taro.
This will be used as an accountability tracker to discuss what you've been working on.
Agenda:
(15 minute of Accountability)
- You prepare a slide on: what you did last week, what you did this week & what you plan todo next week
- You present it to the audience
- We continue until everyone has given their update
(25 minutes of Feedback)
- We then ask for actionable feedback on what we've been working on!
We can continue for the entire meeting or end it early to go back on those tasks!
Taro Start-up Resources:
- [Masterclass] How To Build And Grow Tech Products To 500k+ Users For Free - Taro Video
- Startup Employee To Startup Founder: What I Wish I Knew
- Selling for Technical Founders (B2B)
General Start-up Resources:
- Paul Graham Essays
- Y Combinator Videos
- Sequoia Capital Videos
- Sarah Guo & Elad Gil's Podcast
- Garry Tan Videos
Referral Sponsors! (gives me $, saves you $ š¤)*
Taro Premium: https://www.jointaro.com/r/devon838/
Code Crafters: https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=dcrebbin (or Taro's https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=TaroCareer)
Taro London Meetup May II
Friday May 16, 4:30pmTarodactlys of London unite! Join us for a fun evening of networking and learning. Taro will cover your drinks and snacks up to ~Ā£8 per person.
šļø Date: Friday, May 16
š Time: 17:30 PM to 20 PM
For more details and any help finding the event, contact Edith Puclla on the Taro Premium Slack and keep an eye on #g-london-meetup!
Looking forward to catching up again! š
System Design Practice Interview Session
Saturday May 17, 1:00amš Join us for this weekly event focusing on system design practice š
Sharpen your system design skills with a collaborative twist! Join us for an interactive Practice Interview Session We will be using Excalidraw virtual whiteboard. It has built-in voice hangouts and screen sharing, thereās no need for Zoom or Meet linksājust click the Excalidraw link in the calendar invite, hit the call icon at the top-right corner, and youāre all set to participate!
š ļø Whatās the Plan?
š„ Two Participants (pre-selected) will interview each other:
- š 30 minutes per round
- Rest of us? Weāll be the viewers, just observing.
š£ļø After Each Round
Viewers provide feedback and score the performance (~10 minutes).
š Wrap-Up:
At the end of the session, weāll pick the next duo to interview at a future session. šÆ
āØ Other Details
- This is a mock interview, not a study sessionāfocus is on practice and performance.
- If thereās interest, we may organize system design study sessions in the future. š
- Join us on the Taro Premium Slack at #system-design-discussions
If youāre missing a Taro Premium membership, you can grab my referral link https://www.jointaro.com/r/jaideev530/ for 20% off! šø
Becoming A Legendary Meta Coder: The Story of the First E7 Code Machine
Thursday May 22, 12:00amThere are many complex ways to get to staff and beyond, but one of them is actually quite straightforward (at least at Meta): Just write more code than everyone else by a staggering amount.
That's exactly what Michael Novati did to get to Staff [E6] at Meta and eventually Senior Staff [E7]. Since Michael was early Facebook, there actually wasn't a Staff Engineer archetype at the time to capture the way he was adding immense value to the company. So they added it! Thanks to Michael, there is now a formal "Code Machine" archetype in the official Meta internal wiki.
Michael will be breaking down:
- His story about how he became Meta's first incredibly senior "Code Machine" engineer
- The most impactful projects he worked on
- How he managed his time effectively to write so many diffs.
At the end, we'll have time for Q&A where you can ask Michael questions about topics like:
- How he grew so quickly and crafted such an extraordinary career
- What the early days at Meta were like
- Different ways to create a unique brand for yourself, your work, and your career
If you need extra help breaking into top tech companies like FAANG, Formation.dev is here to provide you hands-on, personalized support. Join Michael and the rest of the awesome team at Formation here: https://formation.dev/partners/taro
Group Office Hours With Rahul - Get Personalized Career Advice Privately
Tuesday June 10, 4:00pmGroup Office Hours are a very simple event type with a very important goal in mind: Get you the career support you need in a safe, communal setting. This means:
- These sessions are never recorded
- All AI summary and note-taker bots will be kicked out
- If you want to ask your question 100% anonymously, just change your display name and ask it in the chat
So how does it work? Easy: Drop in whenever, raise your hand š¤ to ask a question (or put it in chat), and leave at your own convenience. Rahul will answer 1 question at a time per person.
Can't make the event? No worries, just ask your question anonymously in the Taro forum: https://www.jointaro.com/questions/create/
