Ryan Peterman(@ryanlpeterman):His biggest career regret is only going to become more common for software engineers now. “I wasn’t as inquisitive as I could have been about what the actual underlying particularly technical cause was.” “You need to understand how things work.” “You’re inquisitive about why it actually worked. And I think that this is just a much more sustainable foundation.” @hievanking

Ryan Peterman

@ryanlpeterman

Quit my job to build the podcast & ergonomic keyboard I wish existed • ex-software engineer @instagram, @meta • See what I'm building here ↓

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Ryan Peterman@ryanlpeterman

2026.09.23 18:12

His biggest career regret is only going to become more common for software engineers now. “I wasn’t as inquisitive as I could have been about what the actual underlying particularly technical cause was.” “You need to understand how things work.” “You’re inquisitive about why it actually worked. And I think that this is just a much more sustainable foundation.” @hievanking