How Engineers Break Into The Top 1% | Michael Novati

Get 6 months free of Linear Business (3 seats) to celebrate our partnership 👉🏻 Redeem at: https://linear.app/ale 🚀🚀🚀 Work directly with Steve to get a high performance review and your next tech promotion in a year, guaranteed! Get the Black Friday offer here: http://go.alifeengineered.com/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=lf&utm_campaign=s2p-nr&utm_content=michael_novati-sponsored Guest Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelnovati/ https://formation.dev/ For the extended conversation, become a member to this channel or join my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/alifeengineered/p/how-engineers-break-into-the-top?r=2tt9s7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true 00:00:00 - From Intern to E7 in Six Years 00:02:33 - Does the Code Machine Scale? 00:09:11 - Why Michael Left Meta 00:14:53 - AI and the Future of Code Machines 00:23:49 - How Junior Developers Build Taste 00:33:34 - Why Senior Judgment Can't Be Captured 00:38:00 - The Current Interview Process 00:49:18 - Meta's AI Interview Experiment 00:53:32 - Why Top Engineers Aren't on LinkedIn 01:00:27 - Vibe Coding Million Dollar Startups 01:04:48 - Where Does Developer Efficiency Actually Go? 01:06:23 - Will Formation Survive AI?