My Career as a Software Engineer so far (6 yoe, ex-Meta, ex-Founder)
Essay - Published: 2023.08.16 | 1 min read (67 words)
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In this post, I give a comprehensive overview of my career as a Software Engineer so far including:
- Why I got into coding
- My first job as a Software Engineer
- Joining Meta / Instagram
- Becoming a Founder and what I learned
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