Maurice D.’s Post

What impact you need to make for $3.2M a year ? E9s are generally the distinguished engineers and probably 0.01% of engineers in Meta reach this level. They don’t just drive complex projects or solve ambiguous problems. The generally - Create Industry Wide Impact - Identifying new technologies or business areas - Ensuring company remains in forefront of tech industry They are ao exclusive that I’ve never met a distinguished engineer at Meta. #softwareengineering

Every performance review at Meta, there were usually 1 or 2 engineers in my organization who would mysteriously disappear. At first, I had no idea why. After learning about Meta's near 0 tolerance policy for low-performers, I was able to put 2 and 2 together and figure out the dark truth. There was a common theme among all these folks who couldn't make it: I had no clue they were struggling. In fact, I didn't even know what they were working on. All of these engineers were quite cloistered and almost never asked for help. I assume they did this to save face, but clearly it didn't work out for them. If you want to survive at a top company like FAANG, you must be open, collaborative, and vulnerable. Ask for help when you need it, and do it gracefully. I taught this to my 20+ Meta mentees and none of them came close to being put on a PIP or fired. Even now in this much tougher market, they continue to thrive at the company. To learn what I taught all my mentees and start asking great questions to get help while also building up your respect among the team, check out my free in-depth explainer video here: https://lnkd.in/gmFuk7PR #techcareergrowth #softwareengineering #meta #pip #performancereview

Communication is everything! Something might not be working but the knowledge and solutions are in your peers if you can tap into it. Knowing when you don’t know is key to success.

🌟 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗡 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿! 🌟 Alhumdulillah, I’m enhancing my skills with the incredible 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳! ✨ A huge shoutout to the Meta staff for their unwavering support and guidance. 🙌 I’m dedicated to practicing at least 30 minutes every day because: - Regular practice is key to mastery. - A supportive community makes all the difference. - Bugs are stepping stones to success. 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: ✓ 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁: Regular practice helps reinforce what you’ve learned. ✓ 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁: Don’t hesitate to reach out to your community or mentors. ✓ 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀: Bugs and obstacles are opportunities to learn and grow. Meta Microsoft #Tech #MERNStackDeveloper #ContinuousLearning #PracticeMakesPerfect #Grateful #TechJourney #Meta #Microsoft

Coming back from a Festival weekend watching this 👇 On 6th of June Meta announced some highly anticipated new features that they'll be testing and rolling out over the next few months. As a previous customer success manager at #Superchat I can still hear our customers ringing in my ear: "When will groups and voice calls finally be available on the #WhatsAppBusinessAPI?" The only answer I had a the time: "Sorry, we're waiting for it, too, but it's just not up to us..." Also as a new #Partnerships Manager I already heard those questions a tons of time as well - and finally this weekend some major updates came along from #META and it's some good stuff! Check the full recording here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dpBa5TwV (the fun stuff happens between 1h25min and 1h48min) If you're not into watching I collected the most important slides below 👇 So now it's up to you future Superchat #Partners, when will you lead your customers into the next generation of B2C communication? Slide in my DMs 💬

I am so happy that this made it's way to me. I couldn't love this more. As I have written, I struggle even with the word leadership as it connotes such a patriarchal, colonized way of working. Innovation and productivity gets derailed in most cases. What I find difficult is when one is leading "from the middle" and understands how to really value and motivate a team and yet those above won't or can't allow this. #leadership #innovativeleaders #valuingteams edit: And BTW if you want to see how ingrained traditional work behavior is -- go to the original post and read the comments.

The best part of working at Meta? Hint: It’s not the free snacks or fancy offices. Let me take you back a few months. Our team was deep in the weeds with the Meta Smart Glasses, trying to solve a tricky challenge: how do we make voice commands feel completely natural, even in noisy, chaotic places? We’d been brainstorming ideas for weeks when one of our newer engineers (joined just six months ago) casually said, “What if we trained the glasses to recognize the user’s specific voice instead of just filtering noise?” At first, it sounded like one of those “sounds cool but probably impossible” ideas. But by Monday and yes, Monday morning! He’d already built a prototype. The result? Not only could the glasses respond faster, but they also worked like a charm in crowded streets and noisy cafés. Basically, it felt like they’d read your mind. 🤯 Here’s what I realized that day: the best part of working at Meta isn’t the perks or the tech—it’s the people. You get to work with some of the sharpest minds who push boundaries, think differently, and inspire you to constantly up your game. So here’s my advice: Don’t waste time envying people ahead of you. Surround yourself with them. Learn from them. Grow with them. The more you do, the more you realize just how much you’re capable of. And honestly? That’s the real perk. ✨ #Meta #TechLife #SmartGlasses #LearnAndGrow #GrowthMindset

So true especially for Senior people in the organization.