Senior Software Engineer
Tamba Monrose is a Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience working at industry-leading companies including Ramp, Coinbase, and HubSpot. He's navigated promotion cycles, performance calibrations, and career conversations at startups and large organizations alike.
Through that experience, Tamba saw the same pattern play out repeatedly: strong engineers getting passed over not because of their work, but because they couldn't make that work visible at the right time, to the right people. CareerClimb exists to fix that — helping engineers build the evidence, documentation, and manager alignment that promotion decisions actually depend on.
With an educational background from MIT and experience spanning early-stage startups to public companies, Tamba writes about the career mechanics that don't get taught in engineering onboarding: how reviews really work, what calibration committees look for, and how to build a promotion case that doesn't rely on luck.
A practical guide to writing peer reviews that are specific, honest, and actually useful in calibration. Covers what to say, how to structure it, and what to do when you barely worked with someone.
Google's PIP process changed after SCI was discontinued in 2023. Here's the week-by-week timeline, what they measure, and what survival actually requires.
Meta has cut over 25,000 employees since 2022 and may not be done. Here's how to read the signals, understand who gets cut, and position yourself to survive.
Google has cut over 15,000 employees since 2023 in rolling waves. Here's how to read the signals, assess your risk, and position yourself on the right side of the next round.
Amazon cut 30,000 corporate employees in 2025-2026, targeting managers over ICs. Here's how to read the signals, understand Amazon's layoff playbook, and protect your position.
The PM promotion conversation requires different preparation than an engineering one. Here's what to say, what evidence to bring, and how to make the case land.
Google's L5 to L6 PM promotion requires more than strong execution. Here's what the committee looks for and how to build a case that survives calibration.
Getting promoted as a product manager means proving decisions, influence, and outcomes you can't measure in PRs. Here's how to build the case that gets you to the next level.
Designer promotions reward influence and business impact, not pixel-perfect mocks. Here's how to build the case that actually gets you to the next level.
