Ex-Meta engineer says he asked for a demotion — but that was easier said than done

Igor Tsvetkov asked to be demoted at Meta. He said on a recent podcast that when he was told no, so he jumped to Google.

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• Igor Tsvetkov entered Meta as a senior staff engineer, a role that required skills and connections.
• Ramping up caused Tsvetkov a "lot of stress," he wrote in a LinkedIn post. So he asked for a demotion.
• In a recent podcast interview, Tsvetkov talked about being denied — and returning to Google.

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