122: Engineering Hard Choices with Pete Hunt | The Face of Facebook's React.js | CEO & Co-Founder of Twitter-acquired Startup "Smyte"

Imagine you work at Instagram when there are "only" 100 million users, and you need to make a technology decision that will help scale to 2 BILLION and beyond. What do you do?   Listen now for this amazing answer and more!   ============================   When you're ready, here are three ways I can help you build your engineering career:   1. Grab my eBook … 49 tips you can apply immediately to stand out and move up, without any fancy degrees or certifications.   2. Join us at Happy Hour … my LIVE monthly workshop where we dig deep into career growth strategies and provide 1:1 open coaching for you at the end of the session.   3. Apply for the Lifestyle Engineering Blueprint™️ … get a free Career Growth Audit™️ and work with me and my team privately in our intensive coaching program, exclusively for engineering leaders. ============================   In this episode, we meet a leader who has gone from engineer, to CEO, then back to engineer, and back to CEO again, Pete Hunt.   If you want to make an impact through technology, and can't decide if Fortune 100 or Inc. 1000 is right for you, or you struggle to make hard choices in engineering your career… then you are going to love learning from Pete.   In his early career, Pete led Instagram's web team, built Instagram's business analytics products, and helped to open source Facebook's React.js (you can find him speaking at conferences around the world on YouTube).   After that, he co-founded and served as CEO of Smyte, an anti-abuse provider that was acquired by Twitter. During these experiences he discovered the keys to building and leading a data engineering team, and making hard choices like selecting an app's tech stack.   Now, Pete is the CEO of Elementl which builds Dagster, an open-source data orchestration tool.   So press play and let's chat… if 2 billion users are benefitting from Pete's hard choices, you can too.   ============================   HAPPY ENGINEER COMMUNITY LINKS:   > Full Show Notes, Resources, & More   > Join our Facebook Group! Get access to bonus content and live coaching as growth-minded leaders build careers together.   ============================   WANT MORE AMAZING GUESTS?   "I love Zach and these amazing guests on The Happy Engineer Podcast." If that sounds like you, please consider following, rating and reviewing the show!    I know it's a huge favor to ask, but when you follow, leave a 5-star rating, and add an honest review of how these episodes are helping you… it's a massive benefit for getting the attention of big name powerhouse guests on this show.    On Apple Podcasts, click our show, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with 5-stars, and select "Write a Review."   Thank you so much.    ============================   Connect with your host, Zach White:   LinkedIn (primary) Instagram Facebook YouTube