Answered from New Grad (IC3) to Staff (IC6) at Meta in 3 Years | Simon Kindström · Ryan Peterman · 2026-10-23
Redefines Expectations is the top performance rating at Meta, above Meets All, Exceeds and Greatly Exceeds; Ryan Peterman noted most engineers never get it even once. Simon Kindström earned it twice as an IC4. He said the first came mainly from impact: his team had a half-year goal worth many dozens of millions of dollars in added revenue, and the project he drove beat that goal on its own, alongside his work recruiting and onboarding new teammates.
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