Airbnb Staff Eng on How To Not Get Stuck at Senior and Untold Rules of Calibrations ย
Podcast: The Peterman PodPublished On: Mon Jan 19 2026
Description: Laurent Charignon was a Staff engineer at Stripe, Airbnb, and Instagram with some experience in management as well. We discussed the unspoken rules you learn as a manager, how he transitioned, what good mentorship looks like, and advice for senior engineers who are stuck looking to grow to Staff.๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐:โข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/airbnb-staff-eng-on-how-to-not-getโข YouTube: https://youtu.be/cgQY_1Uz2b8โข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฝ๐:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:44 - Joining Airbnb and transitioning to EM00:18:29 - Untold rules of calibrations00:23:50 - How to dispute bureaucracy00:29:54 - Airbnb culture00:31:36 - Leaving Airbnb for Meta00:35:56 - Uber TL at Stripe00:42:52 - How to scale yourself00:45:22 - What people get wrong in coaching00:52:58 - Why people get stuck at Senior eng00:57:24 - Most career impacting book00:58:39 - Advice for younger self01:00:27 - Outro๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐:โข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurentcharignon/โข Personal Website: https://blog.laurentcharignon.com/โข Twitter/X: https://x.com/lc2817๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป:โข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/โข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpetermanโข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/โข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpetermanโข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpetermanโข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman
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