Instagram Staff (IC6) Promo Despite 10 Team Switches in 9 Years (Career Story)
Podcast: The Peterman PodPublished On: Fri Aug 08 2025
Description: Sash Zats grew to be a Staff Engineer (IC6) at IG despite switching teams 10 times in 9 years. His career journey was a series of jumps to exciting projects and letting career growth happen as a byproduct. I interviewed him to show you how team switches can play out. We discussed:• How 10 team switches in 9 years affected his career• The story behind the Instagram blockchain initiative• His 2 diff in 6 month performance review• What working on Instagram Threads was like pre-launch• The value of prototypingTimestamps:(00:00) Intro(00:49) First team: iOS on Newsfeed Delight(05:30) What makes a good designer partner? (08:30) Joining a hardware team (12:08) 2 diffs in 6 months (15:03) Joining the Instagram blockchain team(21:37) Joining Instagram Threads pre-launch (28:53) Working with an exceptional engineer (Peter)(33:02) Working on AI prototyping teams(37:15) Reflecting on team switching’s impact on career growth (44:35) Why leave Meta (46:15) Advice for younger self (47:53) Outro Where to find Sash:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sashzats/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/zatsWhere to find Ryan:• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman
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