Uber Distinguished Eng: Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets | Joakim Recht

Joakim Recht grew to a Distinguished Engineer at Uber and I asked him what it took to get there. We covered his full career including the project that got him promoted, what makes a great software engineer, and learnings from promo committees. 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀: • Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/uber-dis... • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pGy... • Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast... 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:56 - Distinguished promo project 00:19:07 - How to grow your influence 00:22:38 - Unfair promo story 00:33:09 - On delegation 00:39:05 - Why engs don’t trust management 00:47:58 - Politics as he grew 00:57:00 - How to pick mentees 01:03:22 - Why he left Uber 01:15:16 - Biggest Uber eng mistake 01:20:15 - Uber scandals 01:24:35 - Advice for younger self 01:26:14 - Outro 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗺: • LinkedIn:   / recht   𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻: • Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/ • X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman • LinkedIn:   / ryanlpeterman   • Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman • Instagram:   / ryanlpeterman   • TikTok:   / ryanlpeterman