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\\u201cThe goal of your resume is to get a recruiter call. It\\u2019s a binary yes or no. That is the goal. As soon as you have your recruiter call, your resume doesn\\u2019t really matter that much."

Gergely is a seasoned software engineer and engineering manager, previously worked in hypergrowth companies such as Uber, Skyscanner, and Skype. He is the author of \\u201cThe Tech Resume Inside Out\\u201d book and \\u201cThe Pragmatic Engineer\\u201d blog. In this episode, he shared about his interesting programmer-to-manager career journey path, starting from small companies and moving to hypergrowth startups. We then discussed on the importance of a tech resume and the common pitfall that people have in their tech resume, which led him to write his recent book that came up after he has been helping so many people improve their resume during the pandemic. I also had an insightful discussion with Gergely about how the Engineering team works at Uber, which brought us to touch on what Silicon Valley gets right when dealing with software engineers. Gergely also shared the reason he quit Uber recently and his future plan. We then talked about his blog, where he has been sharing many interesting technical topics that he learned throughout the years, helping him to discover many viewpoints from others and shaping him as a better communicator. We also discussed some of his popular blog posts on distributed systems and software architecture. Lastly, Gergely also shared his firsthand experience seeing Uber\\u2019s pace of change and its growing number of microservices.

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• Gergely\\u2019s career journey - [00:06:51]
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• Why getting interviews could be tough - [00:13:00]
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• \\u201cThe Tech Resume Inside Out\\u201c book - [00:16:29]
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• Tech resume pitfalls - [00:21:51]
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• Working at Uber - [00:25:20]
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• Managing Engineering team at hyperscale company - [00:27:16]
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• What Silicon Valley gets right dealing with Software Engineers - [00:33:34]
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• Leaving Uber - [00:37:12]
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• Writing blogs - [00:40:01]
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• Distributed system - [00:42:44]
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• Other popular blog posts - [00:44:53]
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• Uber\\u2019s pace of change and microservices - [00:49:31]
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• Gergely\\u2019s 3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [00:51:30]
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Gergely Orosz\\u2019s Bio
\\nGergely Orosz is an engineering lead, previously at Uber, Skype / Microsoft and Skyscanner. He is passionate about helping engineers grow. He published articles on software engineering on The Pragmatic Engineer blog, has written the book \\u201cThe Tech Resume Inside Out: what a good developer resume looks like\\u201d, and is currently writing \\u201dThe Software Engineer\\u2019s Guidebook\\u201d.

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• Website - https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/
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• Twitter \\u2013 https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz
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• LinkedIn \\u2013 https://www.linkedin.com/in/gergelyorosz/
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