# The Developing Dev

> Sharing learnings from the transparent career stories of technical people, written by an ex-software engineer @ Instagram.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Technology
- **Subscribers:** 103K
- **Monthly growth:** -0.8%
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-14
- **Author:** Ryan Peterman
- **URL:** https://www.developing.dev
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/ryanlpeterman

## Recent Posts

- [Scope, Not Titles](https://www.developing.dev/p/scope-not-titles)
- [Job Hunting in the Layoff Era](https://www.developing.dev/p/looking-in-the-layoff-era)
- [Write Down the Plan](https://www.developing.dev/p/write-down-the-plan)
- [Uber Distinguished Eng On Unfair Promos, Influence, Engineering Regrets (Career Story)](https://www.developing.dev/p/uber-distinguished-eng-on-unfair)
- [The Best Manager I've Had](https://www.developing.dev/p/the-best-manager-ive-had)
- [The Tech Lead's Playbook](https://www.developing.dev/p/the-tech-leads-playbook)
- [Product Thinking](https://www.developing.dev/p/product-thinking)
- [Why I Switched Teams](https://www.developing.dev/p/why-i-switched-teams)
- [Mozilla Firefox CTO on Browser War Stories and the Path to Distinguished Engineer](https://www.developing.dev/p/mozilla-firefox-cto-on-browser-war-00b)
- [New Grad to Senior Engineer in 2 years: Jordan Cutler](https://www.developing.dev/p/engineering-career-stories-jordan)

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