I recently left my job of 10 years at PayPal (5 as an engineer, 5 as an engineering manager) to join Meta. One month into my new role seems like a great time to check-in and reflect on the past.

I want to take this time to update my fellow confidants, friends, and the world, on why this job is 100x better (with a caveat that I’m still in a honeymoon phase and have recency bias). I’m going to only talk about four key areas that are most salient for me right now: engineering tools, management expectations and accountability, human-first relationships, and an early emphasis on scaling.

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