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Engineering leader👨‍💻Tattoo collector. 📷Photographer. Host of engineering podcast @FrontEndHH 🎙 🇨🇦🇺🇸

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Ryan Burgess
2 years
I swear one of the best tools for debugging code is walking away for 10 minutes
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1 year
Be honest, do you still use border: 1px solid red; for debugging?
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2 years
For coding interviews, can we stop watching someone live code? That pressure isn’t going to help the candidate
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3 years
A #JavaScript engineer refusing to write #TypeScript
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3 years
My son just offered me $2 to clean his room 🙄
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4 years
Oh #css you get it!! ❤️ #BlackLivesMatter
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I officially start my new role at Netflix today!
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3 years
If you had to be an HTML element what would you be and why? I was once asked this in an interview and now I’m curious to hear everyone’s responses 😁
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4 years
As of today, I'm officially an American citizen!!
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6 years
We don’t hire people to write code. We hire them to solve problems. @JemYoung
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8 months
I'm looking to hire two UI engineering roles on my team at Netflix
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3 years
I’ve been working at Netflix for 6 years now!
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2 years
Becoming more senior as an engineer isn't so much about the code you're writing; it's more about communication, collaboration, and connecting the dots
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
An interview for an engineering director role should not have a coding excise to test your HTML, CSS and JavaScript 😂
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6 months
After 8.5 years, I have decided to leave Netflix. I've had such an amazing time. I'm taking some time off to hangout with my kids and figure out what is next. I'm excited but will also miss all the amazing people at Netflix.
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3 years
I’m excited to announce I’ll be moving to a new team at Netflix! I’ll be joining the Productivity Engineering organization, leading the Developer Infrastructure & Tools team 🙂
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Ryan Burgess
2 years
Having a manager who supports you and advocates for you is so powerful!
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Who remembers dealing with XML? 🤚 😭
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1 year
🚨UI Engineer Job 🚨 Netflix's Data Experience team is looking for a UI engineer to join the team
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
My team is looking for a UI Engineer! #javascript
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
What got you into coding?
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Ryan Burgess
6 years
Websites that block paste in inputs should be banned from the internet
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3 years
Should engineering managers code? No!
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2 years
Hiring managers, do you care about the schools people went to when you're hiring?
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
My team is hiring! We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer in Productivity Engineering to help build infrastructure and tooling to empower engineers across Netflix
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
It’s bizarre how much the engineering community shames one another for the tools or techniques others use to get the job done
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
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3 years
How do you measure developer productivity? Wrong answers only 😆
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Ryan Burgess
5 years
I just finished a photo editing contest. Here’s my edit and the original.
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Ryan Burgess
6 years
Having a strong password is great until you have to type it into a TV app 😤
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I just learned that kids in high school are having to write code with a pen and paper for their tests in Computer Science 🤔
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Ryan Burgess
6 years
Liking these new kicks! #nike #nikeair
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Ryan Burgess
10 months
🚨 Job Alert 🚨 My team is looking for backend engineers to join our team in Productivity Engineering at Netflix!
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
What’s one piece of advice you wish you got when you started coding? #CodeNewbie #100DaysOfCode
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
How do you incentivize better documentation in your team?
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
What's everyone's work from home setup look like? I feel like it's been a while since I've seen people sharing photos. Here's my current #wfh setup
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I may not be able to get verified, but I'm excited I was able to get @NetflixEng verified 🥳
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I have the best team ever! They all surprised me today with a bobblehead mini-me and each shared speeches about how I've shown up as a great manager for them. I had tears. Thank you to the most amazing team!
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
I just realized today is my 5 year anniversary at #Netflix 🎉
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Ryan Burgess
4 months
Would anyone be interested if I did a video or blog post on why I left my job at Netflix?
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Ryan Burgess
5 years
“Not afraid to work long hours”. Ya that basically says you’re understaffed or can’t prioritize
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
My wife is 36 weeks pregnant. We are so excited to meet our daughter! 👶🏻 🍼
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Ryan Burgess
9 months
I didn’t realize there are people who actually put 10x engineer on their resume
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Why does everyone hate on PHP so much?
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3 years
What first made you interested in software engineering?
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Ryan Burgess
5 years
This bathroom wall has been busy with its open source work! #github
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
Twitter employees can WFH forever!
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Ryan Burgess
6 years
What makes a senior software engineer stand out from a software engineer?
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Ryan Burgess
5 years
Im really excited for all the amazing work we are doing in 2019 at #Netflix ! My team is growing and we’re hiring. If you’re interested send me a message #JavaScript #ReactJS @NetflixUIE
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I haven’t been to Netflix since March 2020. This feels weird
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
How to have an effective 1:1? Stop doing status updates.
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Ryan Burgess
5 years
I hope my driver’s license plate is actually null 😂
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
What's your favorite photo you've taken? This one of me in Singapore is still one of my favorites.
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3 years
What's your favorite IDE?
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7 years
Who are strong female engineers everyone should follow on Twitter?
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
The recruiting process can tell you a lot about a company.
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Ryan Burgess
6 years
Only in #SiliconValley 😂
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
I’m a fan of my new “It works on my machine” sticker!
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
Have you ever had someone at work steal your idea and take credit for it? How did you handle the situation?
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Ryan Burgess
2 years
Does anyone else have the problem taking on too many things?
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
This is a powerful illustration #BlackLivesMater
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
Today is my first day working on a new team in our Productivity Engineering organization at Netflix!
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Ryan Burgess
2 years
Today, I've officially been working at Netflix for 7 years! @NetflixEng @WeAreNetflix
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
I don’t know about everyone else, but I’m struggling to stay focused on work today
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
We had to say goodbye to the greatest little chihuahua yesterday. Chico, we are going to miss you! We were so fortunate to have 15 great years with you.
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Ryan Burgess
7 months
One of my favorite quotes from my manager, “no agenda, no atenda”
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
How do you effectively estimate engineering efforts?
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Let’s stop having all male panels!
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Good morning San Francisco 😃
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I took the afternoon off yesterday to got outside. It felt great!
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
🐍 Python Engineer Role 🐍 Netflix has a new Python team and they are looking for a Python engineer to join the team!
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Overloading a PR with a bunch of comments can be overwhelming. Focus on the important suggestions or sit down with your colleague to talk through the suggestions.
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Ryan Burgess
2 years
Being back at the Netflix office is always fun!
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Being a parent is the hardest job I've ever had. It doesn't pay well. Though, sometimes you get great tips. My 4 yr old told me tonight that I'm his best friend and he will love me forever 😊
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1 year
What are you listening to while you code?
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5 years
Should engineering managers code?
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I was out skateboarding with my son today and he turned to me and said, “Dad, you’re my best friend”. It melted my heart. I’ll have to look back on this tweet when he’s a teenager and doesn’t want to hangout with me 😆
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Ryan Burgess
1 year
It's 2023, and the interview process is still broken. What are we doing to fix it?
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
Who else grew up reading Goosebumps?
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
Another police shooting. Another Black man killed. This has to stop! #BlackLivesMatter #AtlantaShooting #PoliceBrutality
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I need more leadership book recommendations. What would you recommend?
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2 years
What shade of black t-shirt should I wear today? 🤔
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3 years
I spent my morning hiking with my management team at Netflix. It felt so great to see them all in person.
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Good morning San Francisco ❤️
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3 years
@emvutweets @Spotify That would catch my attention if I was the hiring manager. Now I hope I see someone get creative with their resume for Netflix
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5 months
Cheers to Netflix! 🥃
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
I've often been asked how to prepare for a manager interview, especially by engineers looking to move into management. To help, I've put together some example interview questions
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11 months
I finally got a United States passport! 🎉
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Ryan Burgess
4 years
It’s amazing to see so many protestors in #SanFrancisco #blacklivesmatter
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Ryan Burgess
3 years
Do you think Basecamp read Twitter this morning and thought, maybe we shouldn’t have posted that article?
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3 years
What’s the most underrated browser API?
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Ryan Burgess
2 years
Do you think this person works in tech?
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6 years
Only in #SiliconValley 😂
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