Sick days hit different when you’re the face of a brand.
Ryan Peterman, the host of “The Peterman Pod,” said a bout of illness almost ground his new independent career as a tech podcaster to a halt. In a six-minute YouTube video posted Friday, the former Meta engineer said he was bedridden for several days with what felt like a strong flu.
The illness exposed a weakness.
“If I stopped, everything stopped,” he said. “Because I couldn’t work, suddenly, everything felt fragile for the first time.”
Peterman worked at Meta as a software engineer from 2018 until February 2026, according to his LinkedIn. He said he set aside six months of savings after…
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