Becoming A TRUE Tech Lead: 4 Mindset Shifts I Needed At Facebook

[@B00Mnation]

As a junior / mid-level engineer at a big tech company that’s looking to increase his impact and get promoted quickly, this is extremely helpful content. Keep it coming, and I love the idea of forming a community / product / company being built around this purpose as well. Will be keeping a close eye on you 👀🙂

[@ricardoballesteros520]

This is the best video I've ever seen. It applies to most professions. I'm a Civil Engineer and found this extremely helpful.

[@jrajesh11]

Tech career path in 8 mins flat. Where no manager ever tells so crisply, impact and relationship. But I guess you have to keep reestablishing the impact and relationship at every career move :)

[@AcidDaBomb]

In my current company I made three massive impacts that really changed how we do business. This is over the course of 10 years. I get a lot of clout cause of it. What's funny each one of those impacts actually took very little time for me to implement.

[@developer36able]

Fantastic content dude! I've watched FANG "influencers" but your content's by far the most helpful. Not a lot of fluff and direct to the point. Let's bring your channel to the top!

[@hamadkhan2729]

As i've started working full time, i've been going through more and more of your videos as they cater directly towards me. Appreciation post!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Great to hear!

[@AHMEDADEL-qx2ip]

Great video Rahul! As software developer at a startup, I can understand what you mean by not sticking to a specific technology or language. Being able to leverage many technologies even if you don't know them very well is a top skill. I also loved the earning trust point. Trusted and loved people will definitely grow faster in their jobs or even outside in their communities.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I'm glad this resonated with you!

[@chevs11]

Agree with every single argument. Unfortunately, I had to learn the lessons mentioned here hard way by myself. Wish good luck to those who are on the way to seniority!

[@swhykto6075]

Thank you. I'm new to the tech industry and I'm glad to have found your message. Anxiety very high. Day to day.

[@yourfriendintech]

I'm working towards becoming a senior software engineer and greatly appreciate these insights, thank you for sharing!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks Jon!

[@rhemtro]

I've been bingeing your videos, thanks man 🔥

[@shaleenmundra8319]

Very inspiring content. Loved it. Never has anyone explained this to me so perfectly.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Thank you!

[@The_Pavanputra]

keep sharing the good work man!

[@IgorPodkhodov]

Great insights and nothing to add - shared to my teams! Thank you for the video, Rahul!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks Igor!

[@MrDivad006]

I like how you actually write down the topics as a list and show it throughout the video

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks! I want it to be as easy for people to get value out of the video as possible

[@MrDivad006]

@@RahulPandeyrkp you have the right attitude

[@dbroche]

Great stuff, thanks for making this video & congrats on the equity bump, that’s awesome!

[@yoursandeep]

Awesome realizing these steps timely is important and you need a good mentor or a community as pointed Thank you for creating such .. The most imp quality in a team is how to be likable which can be earned by excellent communication skills .. For 99% non googlers that's the only important skills required to survive and thrive.. Why THE guy who laughs out loud in the team/meetings becomes a manager or Lead can you please give some insights to improve it ?

[@roqueeduardodapper2841]

Nice summary! 100% agreed

[@k.snithin9456]

Although you made this video focused on software engineer role the core take aways very much applies to other roles too. I've worked as a Technical Support Engineer and all the 4 points are what is expected from a senior TSE. Just that the context differs in certain ways. Make this your signature emoticon😎 😄

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

haha let's see how long the sunglasses last

[@rahulhirani6905]

Loved your video. This is the only channel for which I didn't think twice before subscribing. Kudos to you. Keep creating more such content.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks Rahul!

[@anildangol]

I am addicted to your contents. I want to hear more about your leadership experiences.

[@chriszhang8365]

These are great insights to have during day to day work!!!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks Chris!

[@briancase6180]

A senior engineer is right a lot. - Amazon principles. Want to be valuable? Be right a lot. You don't need to need right all the time. In fact, if you are, you're either the world's expert (highly unlikely) or you're not stretching yourself and taking risks. A senior engineer knows when to take risks.

[@prashanthvaidya]

Loved the part about having to "earn trust" and building "social capital". Often times it's easy to simply focus only on our technical competence and ignore about the rest. A lot of junior engineers like myself can benefit greatly from this, instead of learning things the hard way 🙏

[@rajibhasan7448]

We already have one ex Google, ex Facebook millionaire Techlead in KZbin.

[@himanshukandwal5373]

Thank you, Rahul! Really good video.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Thanks Himanshu!

[@alteclan2007]

This is so awesome, thanks for making this video!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Glad you liked it!

[@yanxu9167]

Thank for sharing. It is very helpful.

[@robinwilson9967]

Thank you Rahul for sharing the insights. It really helps a lot.

[@davidlu6265]

Could we get a video on the different types of engineers at FB or in general? AFAIK, it's fullstack, mobile android/ios, backend(could talk ab this on a more granular level i.e - infra/product), frontend, ML. Might be missing some other things, but this would be helpful to people who are just starting out and don't know what's out there for them career path wise.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

great idea, will add it to my list

[@DevashishJose]

Hey Rahul, this was a great vedio, I am just starting out as a junior developer, this will help definitely in the long run. thanks a lot.

[@tyeon95]

This is really solid stuff. Watched your other videos which are good but this video convinced me to subscribe. Thanks Rahul.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

welcome 🥰

[@chakrabarti9634]

@@RahulPandeyrkp hew Rahul can you share about your savings this will help us to get an idea how much an software engineer can make and can take risk of own startup..... Best wishes for your startup ❤️

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

@@chakrabarti9634 good suggestion, will add it to the list!

[@chakrabarti9634]

@@RahulPandeyrkp thanks hopping for this video soon

[@buckeyemike8626]

The example you gave in your second section brought up a good point I’ve been dealing with lately. One of my infra team members gets very upset when niche tech’s are used in non-optimal ways. How do you balance deep diving into tutorials v. building useful products

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I'd encourage your teammate to share his/her wisdom in code reviews. If they're still frustrated, they need to change the approach: can they re-design the code such that the "easy" way is the optimal way? Or can they recruit others on the team to buy into some agreed set of principles and use cases for the technology?

[@kodbooth]

Hey Rahul - I love to watch your videos and I learn so much from you than my mentor. I would love it if you start making a podcasts around the career growth. Cuz lots of engineers like me spend lot of time in the car for commuting. Thanks for the awesome videos and keep up the good work.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

hey Tulga, thanks for the feedback. We've definitely considered a podcast but since we're investing in the mobile apps, we haven't gotten around to it.

[@gauthamvijayan]

Very informative video. The thing about being an language agnostic is a very valuable point.

[@zxenon_]

Really impressed by the truths here. 👍

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Glad to hear it!

[@priyaranjankumarpranjan]

Thanks for sharing your views 😊

[@sonupatil6377]

THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN AMAZING CONTENT

[@realrushiG]

All of this information is gold. Thank you for sharing. :)

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks rushikesh!

[@jaideeppyne1880]

Super awesome and insightful!

[@chetankadam3890]

Valuable tips

[@puneetgirdhar7529]

Hi Rahul, Loved watching your videos. One feedback, I feel like you are not making eye contact with the audience. you look just above the camera. Don't know if it helps you or not. Thought of sharing it. Good luck with your next video!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks, really appreciate the feedback

[@stuartk716]

Hi there Rahul, my first job turns out to be a developer at tech startup and the duties are overwhelming in the beginning...could you talk about some of the expectations newbies like me are gonna run into and what to know when developing company apps and website from the ground up..Thanks!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

how large is the company? how large is the engineering team?

[@stuartk716]

@@RahulPandeyrkp the company is just about to acquire an iso and certificate and engineering team is just 3 devs

[@incompetentdev5830]

Hey Stuart, I was in that exact situation at my first job. I was at an early stage startup with a dev team of 3 juniors including myself, and we had to build all of our products from scratch. It seems daunting but work with your teammates (assuming you're not a one-man team) and you'll get so much exposure to different parts of the stack. It helped me land my next job as a full-stack dev as you'll have proven experience working with everything.

[@wilhelmngoma9009]

Thanks so much for sharing.

[@jasonreviews]

oh god PHP. I remember those days. I use to build off spaghetti code from those start ups. I still have nightmares to this day of that code. Extend spaghetti.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Hacklang is much better than PHP

[@kirandeepatwal6280]

Excellent and very informative 👍👌

[@RahulSharma-xd6ot]

Hi Rahul, I love to see and learn from your videos. Tool you developed was really helpful, i used that as a triager. 😀✌👍

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

ooh that's awesome to hear! :)

[@mithunram4324]

Hey Rahul,Sometimes we tend to miss a deadline/sprint timings which leads to internal stress and self doubt.How do you handle this and the negativity during those times

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I've definitely faced imposter syndrome

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I made a video about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGetk6mPndeahpY

[@Bayo106]

this is literally what I'm dealing with right now

[@lunedefroid8817]

Unfortunately this video is way too specific. Splitting your code or suggesting a tool chain is nice, but you gotta look at what your company is doing, and what people who got promoted were doing

[@dolomitehex6117]

All you said is true. I am glad I left this rat race!] #HEX saved my life. Working for big coorporation iny case, wss very stresseful. I hated daily standups.. what a waste of time!!! There is no price for Freedom!

[@pritambios]

Subscribed!!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

welcome!

[@udayverma6120]

Hey there, I've completed courses from Android's Official learning page and got certification badges. Besides building projects, what are some other ways so that recruiters notice my profile and possibly land my first job? Thanks

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Having a referral is very powerful, but you have to meet someone who can say very positive things about your talent and/or work ethic.

[@Mohit-gb9dv]

Hi , I'm making a app were I want to use Ar in maps (like in pokemon their where battle ground )how can I do that can you suggest me an article or document becoz I was not able to find ...

[@javilionaire]

Would love to learn more about how to be more well liked! I feel like i can be too nice and that doesnt get me very far

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

I can't claim to be an expert here but I can do some thinking on this!

[@hoyinli7462]

thx for your video

[@shaivaljava401]

great vid

[@saidibrahim5931]

Very helpful content

[@itsme1547]

I find DSA very confusing even though i learnt it but i still forget it. Can you start DS series in Java from beginning to advanced. In next 3-4 months my placement season will start i haven't done DSA because of lack of guidance and i have done development for 4+ years.

[@snoudoubts1745]

Leetcode? There's a myriad of study guides for DSA. Sounds like you're asking for a LOT of commitment!

[@khosroyavari8914]

Why are you no longer employed?

[@iamsanin]

Very well made video.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

thanks Sandeep!

[@the-abhishek-yadav]

Hey Rahul 👋, Do you know Hindi ... (Just asking) 😄 One feedback, you should UP the Thumbnail game :)

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

any suggestion how to improve the thumbnail?

[@meena7222]

@@RahulPandeyrkp I actually liked the idea that has gone behind the thumbnail. The childhood pic was pushed too much to the bottom left and the text Senior Engineer took too much space. You might like to look up rule of thirds. Others may have better ideas.

[@asibulalam5777]

Thanks

[@prince_2002]

bhaiya you are too good

[@adeceptikon]

Thanx pandey ji, like aur subscribe mat bola karo yar, substandard lagta hai. Waiting for your future projects.

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Thanks for the feedback, I was modeling off other KZbinrs! Let me do some introspection on this.

[@sriramananthakrishnan138]

how is your community different from say reddit groups or blind ? Interestin video btw :)

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

we're hoping to be more helpful and more kind :)

[@Moons_mooniverse]

Wait… I always thougt there is only one Techlead… 🤔

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

IMO there's room for multiple :)

[@tesseractworld973]

Hey rahul ! Nice video .can u speak hindi also?

[@sandeepsunny7131]

Great thumbnail lol!

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

trying to up my thumbnail game over here...

[@sonupatil6377]

hey we can also help you not just you have to help us (let us know how we can help you)

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

would love feedback on what would be helpful, along with feedback on the TCG mobile apps!

[@raymeester7883]

You're not the TechLead ! ! !

[@vicgambhir7336]

Don't understand your mindset. You left your job to go for your dreams. And now you're making videos on how to grow in a corporate job. What's the point ?

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

Working in a *good* corporate job is a very good (perhaps best) option for most people, and I was very happy with the jobs I did have while I worked. I want to help those people succeed -- there's not a single right answer for every one.

[@MyLordaizen]

bullshit, you will only get promoted if your team director wants it, even if you create another facebook

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

sounds like you may want to switch companies

[@RahulPandeyrkp]

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[@rajibhasan7448]

We already have one ex Google, ex Facebook millionaire Techlead in KZbin!

[@B00Mnation]

@@rajibhasan7448 yeah and he’s a twisted prick that offers little actionable advice. Thank god we’ve got Rahul now!

[@lunedefroid8817]

Unfortunately this video is way too specific. Splitting your code or suggesting a tool chain is nice, but you gotta look at what your company is doing, and what people who got promoted were doing