Why it worked
The post leverages a relatable childhood question to frame a narrative of ambition and achievement in a high-demand field, resonating with viewers' aspirations and curiosity about career paths.
Summary
The first slide asks "What do you want to be when you grow up?" followed by slides detailing a career path in software engineering, including roles at Meta and Facebook, and education from Cornell and Carnegie Mellon Universities.
Structure
- 1Childhood question about future aspirations
- 2Career progression in software engineering
- 3Experience at Meta and Facebook
- 4Educational background from top universities
Product placement
Meta: it ACTS as the employer for the Senior Software Engineer and Software Engineer roles. Removing it would change the context of the employment history. Facebook: it ACTS as the employer for the Software Engineer Intern role. Removing it would change the context of the employment history. Hopscotch: it ACTS as the employer for the Software Engineer Internship role. Removing it would change the context of the employment history. Princeton University: it ACTS as the employer for the Undergraduate Researcher role. Removing it would change the context of the employment history. Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley: it ACTS as the educational institution for the Master's degree. Removing it would change the context of the education history. Cornell University: it ACTS as the educational institution for the Bachelor of Arts degree. Removing it would change the context of the education history.
On-screen text
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Meta
Full-time · 4 yrs 6 mos
Senior Software Engineer
Feb 2026 - Present · 7 mos
Software Engineer
Mar 2022 - Feb 2026 · 4 yrs
Cracked
Software Engineer Intern
Facebook · Internship
May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos
Menlo Park, California, United States
Software Engineer
Hopscotch · Internship
Dec 2019 - May 2020 · 6 mos
Tompkins County, New York, United States
Undergraduate Researcher
Princeton University
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019 · 3 mos
New Jersey
Education (3)
Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley
Master's degree, Computer Software Engineering
2020 - 2021
Cornell University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Computational Biology