What I Learned from Surviving a Coaching Plan in Silicon Valley

Failures made me who I am today.

Xinran Waibel
Data Engineer Things
8 min readJul 5, 2023

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So… Where do I begin?

A couple of years ago, I was this young and passionate data engineer working at a Fortune 500 retail company in the Midwest US. My manager trusted me with the most innovative projects that other senior engineers couldn’t deliver. I got promoted to Senior only after one year. I was proud of my work and I felt I could conquer anything.

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