Name: How To Decide To Leave A Company: Generalist to Specialist shift
Uploaded: 2022-06-16
Duration: 4 min 57 s
Description: Philip spent many years at Microsoft, followed by many years at Facebook (Meta)

How To Decide To Leave A Company: Generalist to Specialist shift

Philip spent many years at Microsoft, followed by many years at Facebook (Meta). What led him to finally decide to leave each company? 

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Philip spent many years at Microsoft, followed by many years at Facebook (Meta)

Eng Director at Meta, Principal Group Manager at Microsoft. Worked in an Amazon warehouse and now on teaching faculty at 2 universities.

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