About
Rahul Pandey previously worked as an engineer at Meta and Pinterest. He taught mobile development at Stanford and created educational content on platforms including LinkedIn Learning and Codepath before founding Taro, a platform focused on career development for software engineers.
Rahul Pandey (joinTaro.com) @rpandey1234
software engineers will send you a vibe-coded app instead of answering a simple question. sign of deep respect in their culture.
Aug 2, 2026 Β· β₯ 1
Rahul Pandey (joinTaro.com) @rpandey1234
Founders will say "I value my time at $1,000/hour" and then spend 30 minutes filling out a G2 survey for a $20 Starbucks gift card. yes, I'm guilty of this π₯²
Jul 27, 2026 Β· β₯ 5
Rahul Pandey (joinTaro.com) @rpandey1234
Starting in 2019, I spent two years painstakingly creating 100s of tutorial videos for mobile engineers. AI has completely crushed this learning modality. These videos get almost no views on YouTube anymore. Here's a screenshot from a video about building an Android Instagram https://t.co/3zwuoF0FiC
Jun 29, 2026 Β· β₯ 16 Β· β 1
Founder at TaroYC S22
Intro paths
Rahul went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner β the partner who ran Taro's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Rahul can intro founders to Taro's investors below.
Taro's investors Β· 4
Co-founders at Taro
Experience
- HandshakeGeneral Manager, Codingcurrent2025 β presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Taro (YC S22)Co-Founder/CEOcurrent2022 β presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- MavenCourse Instructor2023 β 2024
- Tech Career Growth Community - Alex & RahulCo-Founder2021 β 2024The Internet
- MetaTech Lead + Manager2017 β 2022Menlo Park, CA
- Stanford UniversityAdjunct Lecturer2020 β 2022Stanford, California, United States
- CodePath.orgAndroid Instructor and Curriculum Developer2017 β 2020
- PinterestSoftware Engineer2015 β 2017San Francisco, CA
- KoseiFounding Engineer2014 β 2015Palo Alto, CA
- Stanford UniversityResearch Assistant2013 β 2014Stanford, CA
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2013Menlo Park, CA
- Stanford UniversitySection Leader2011 β 2013Stanford, CA
- Walmart eCommerceMember of Technical Staff2012San Bruno, CA
Education
- Y CombinatorS22 Batch2022
- Stanford UniversityMaster's degree, Computer Science
- Stanford UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science
Skills & more
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Artificial IntelligenceLinuxTeachingLanguages Hindi
- The Ultimate Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Guide β Taro (YC S22)
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Y Combinator mafia8,668
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Stanford University mafia721
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Handshake mafia11
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Same school
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Shared employers
Also worked at Handshake24
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Also worked at Meta282
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