Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story
Meta Senior Staff (IC7) Eng's Honest Demotion Story ย 
Podcast: The Peterman Pod
Published On: Fri Jan 23 2026
Description: In this episode, I talked to Igor, a senior staff engineer who has worked at Meta, Google, and Cruise. We discussed his experience of wanting a demotion at Meta and the challenges he faced in that process.๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€:โ€ข YouTube: https://youtu.be/i1iBweuOQI4โ€ข Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835โ€ข Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/meta-senior-staff-ic7-engs-honest๐—˜๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€:โ€ข Igor's post: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7401415295409700864/๐—ง๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€:00:00:00 - Intro00:00:37 - Why he wanted a demotion00:07:32 - Why Senior Staff at Meta was different00:16:01 - Meta vs Google culture00:19:09 - Downleveling at Google00:23:17 - Why he's willing to be transparent00:25:11 - Best quality of life eng level00:30:42 - Senior Staff promo at Google00:42:27 - Mentorship stories00:43:11 - Biggest career regret00:46:46 - Advice for younger self00:49:06 - Outro๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ:โ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorts/โ€ข ML basics youtube videos he made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVcptlT8D7DgN5FtLMFUdHb5pJXW1g0YL๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป:โ€ข Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/โ€ข X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpetermanโ€ข LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/โ€ข Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpetermanโ€ข Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpetermanโ€ข TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman