how it started vs how it's going
Taro (YC S22)
Internet Publishing
San Francisco, CA 9,374 followers
On-demand courses from engineering leaders at the world's best companies. A credible community to uplevel your career.
About us
We've worked for 20 years at top Silicon Valley companies. We've coached 100,000 engineers through our community YouTube channel. We chatted with countless engineers frustrated with their jobs (we've been there too). So we asked ourselves: "What if we collect the best advice from the best people in tech, all in one place?" The result is Taro. Think of it as a rockstar career mentor built for you, designed to give you high quality, actionable information. Taro is best suited for engineers at product-focused tech companies. This is the content community we wish we had when we were working at Pinterest, Facebook, Robinhood, and PayPal.
- Website
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https://joinTaro.com/
External link for Taro (YC S22)
- Industry
- Internet Publishing
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2022
- Specialties
- Software Engineering, Engineer Growth, Upskilling, Learning & Development, and Promotion
Locations
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Primary
San Francisco, CA 94158, US
Employees at Taro (YC S22)
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Rahul Pandey
Rahul Pandey is an Influencer Staff Engineer. Building joinTaro.com to help engineers find career success. Taro, Meta, Pinterest, Stanford.
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Charlie Vuong
Founding Software Engineer at Taro
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Alex Chiou
Co-Founder @ joinTaro.com, Making Software Engineers Better At Their Jobs
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Akshika Wijesundara, PhD - e/acc
Lead machine learning engineer spearheading AI innovation in fintech | UK global talent visa recipient for exceptional talent in machine learning and…
Updates
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Taro Neurodiversity Coffee Chat by Raghu Kalyan Ghadiyaram We will discuss 1-2 topics or challenges we face at work that come with neurodivergence (especially ADHD). July 16: https://lnkd.in/ga-Jiu5D
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The How of the Engineering Career Ladder: Five Essential Foundations for Advancement Presented by Shine Garg on August 5: https://lnkd.in/g385RSBK
The How of the Engineering Career Ladder - Taro Event
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Join the Staff Engineer pathway discussion: - Talk in detail about the work you're doing including responsibilities in the team - Share an action item from the course that you're focused on Led by Shivam Rustogi: https://lnkd.in/g3eM-mhu
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𝟒 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐲’𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 I recently started in a remote role about 2 months ago and was nervous about onboarding. I took The Complete Onboarding Guide For Software Engineers course by Rahul Pandey and gained helpful advice. Below, I am sharing 4 lessons I learned from Rahul Pandey and how they helped me. 𝟏. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝟐 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 Rahul Pandey shared a helpful article from Andrew Bosworth (https://lnkd.in/g2aeNkUV) on what to talk about: • Ask them to tell you everything they think you should know • What are the biggest challenges the team has right now? • Who else should I talk to? After doing this, I got to know my new teammates better and it taught me about the common challenges my current team members faced. This prepared me not to feel surprised about their common challenges and know where to seek support if I ever faced similar challenges. 𝟐. 𝐒𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝟏:𝟏’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 I asked for specific feedback, and I learned that I can grow in my role with these 1:1s and take action toward them. It also taught me my expectations and what to avoid doing so that I can be successful in my role. 𝟑. 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 • This tip may seem obvious and I used to spend more time looking at documentation than digging into the code. • I have learned that documentation is important, but sometimes, it can’t keep up with code changes. • Making small modifications to the code and seeing how it behaves early on will teach you a lot. • It’s also important to know which part of the code base matters by asking engineers in your team or using git blame to see the recent changes. 𝟒. 𝐃𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 A small task I did in my new role was making edits to a README and asking for feedback. This gave me a feel for what information would be important and helpful to my team. I wish these tips had been taught to me early in my career because doing these things made me feel more productive, and I saw a difference in my onboarding experience. Thanks, Rahul Pandey, for creating an awesome and helpful Onboarding course! Below is a link to his course if you're interested: https://lnkd.in/gJfusXUn
A Career Cold Start Algorithm
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Amazing discussion about LLMs from a Princeton PhD, Lucia Mocz, Ph.D. https://lnkd.in/gMggtv-f
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It's 2024. Building credibility and influence has never been easier. There are countless examples of engineers building an audience for fun and profit. Michael Lin breaks it down in his course: https://lnkd.in/gVHx5JYi
Become An Engineer Influencer - Taro Course
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High praise for our newest course: Timeless Career Advice for Software Engineers by Louie Bacaj ➤ "Priceless advice if you work in big tech. Obvious in retrospect but priceless if you are just beginning." ➤ "It's the kind of honest insights for those in tech you could only get in the past if you were close friends with an eng director." ➤ "Louie's casual conversational style is like experiencing the most friendly and engaging manager ever opening up on how to achieve more and get promoted." Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gFVWUisT
Timeless Career Advice for Software Engineers - Taro Course
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Wantrepreneur office hours tomorrow -- we have 3 pitches lined up! Join Rahul Pandey to hear them and provide feedback. Good luck to the presenters: Isaac Ibiapina, Garimendra V., and Hamza Farhat Ali https://lnkd.in/gSDiupsi
[Office Hours] Starting A Startup - Idea Feedback And Sharing - Taro Event
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"I cannot tell you how completely this course changed my perspective of job hunting. I am trying to move up the corporate ladder and this course has instructions I follow verbatim." https://lnkd.in/g8HhctHT