Kun Chen reached E7 at Meta and Partner level at Microsoft faster than almost anyone his peers knew — and then walked away from management to go back to writing code. Now a solo builder, he breaks down the monthly growth test that told him when to quit, why learning to lose control as a manager made him a better AI orchestrator, and why true vibe coders will always hit a ceiling without real engineering experience underneath them.
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