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The career path of software engineers and how to navigate it
The document outlines the career progression for software engineers, detailing various levels from intern to principal engineer across companies like Uber, Google, and Facebook. It emphasizes the importance of skill mastery, the differences between individual contributor and management tracks, and the need for effective mentorship and career conversations for growth. Strategies for success include understanding competencies, seeking feedback, and aligning personal impact with job roles.
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- 1. The career pathof software engineers and how to navigate it Nikolay Stoitsev, Engineering Manager @ Uber
- 2. Career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software Engineer II Sr.Software Engineer
- 3. Uber Software Engineer Software EngineerII Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer 2 Staff Software Engineer Sr. Staff Software Engineer Principle Engineer Levels have different names Google SWE 2 SWE 3 Senior SWE Staff SWE Senior Staff SWE Principal Engineer Distinguished Engineer Google Fellow Facebook E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9
- 4. Can’t directly comparelevels between companies
- 5. Full career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software EngineerII Sr. Software Engineer ?
- 6. Good Engineer GoodManager
- 7. Full career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software EngineerII Sr. Software Engineer Staff Software Engineer
- 8. Full career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software EngineerII Sr. Software Engineer Engineering Manager Staff Software Engineer
- 9. Full career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software EngineerII Sr. Software Engineer Engineering Manager Staff Software Engineer Senior Engineering Manager Principal Engineer Director Individual Contributor (IC) Ladder
- 10. Full career ladder Intern Software Engineer Software EngineerII Sr. Software Engineer Engineering Manager Staff Software Engineer Senior Engineering Manager Principal Engineer Director Individual Contributor (IC) Ladder Manager Ladder
- 11. You can growas an engineer and as a manager
- 12. ● Is autonomousin writing code ● Knows how to unblock themselves and ask for help ● Can solve well defined tasks with supervision IC Ladder - Intern
- 13. ● Knows howto unblock themselves ● Helps other on the team ● Can solve well defined tasks without supervision IC Ladder - SWE
- 14. ● Demonstrate endto end ownership ● Can solve any task with minimal supervision ● Turn feedback in growth IC Ladder - SWE 2
- 15. ● Leader inthe projects they work on ● Can solve ambiguous tasks ● Sets culture and best practices in the team IC Ladder - SSWE
- 16. ● Recognised leaderoutside of their team ● Proposes solutions to problems spanning multiple teams ● Drives big impact work across the company IC Ladder - Staff SWE
- 17. EM EM Sr. EM Director VP CTOManagerLadder Director VP Sr. EM
- 18. ● Responsible forsingle team ● Sets direction and leads the execution ● Grows the team Manager Ladder - EM
- 19. ● Leads multiplebig teams ● Leads long term technical and business solutions across the teams Manager Ladder - Director
- 20. ● Leads teamsacross multiple domains ● Charts the future of the company ● Establishes the culture Manager Ladder - VP
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- 22. Do you caremore about people or technology?
- 23. How to becomea manager? Sr. Software Engineer Tech Lead EM Expert
- 24. 82% of thepeople made into managers don’t succeed in the role source: Gallup State of the American Manager: Analytics and Advice for Leaders, 2015
- 25. How to becomean engineering manager?
- 26. How to becomea product manager?
- 27. How to becomea technical product manager?
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- 29. Every career stepis hard
- 30. Working hard isjust 25% of the formula
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- 32. Master the skillson the previous level
- 33. Requires mindset changesfrom the previous level
- 34. Has new skillsto be mastered
- 35. So growth hasto be directed
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- 37. It’s not achecklist
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- 46. Pick one growtharea at a time
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- 48. Understand how todo it and why
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- 53. You need tohave career conversations with your manager
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- 56. Communicate your goalsclearly
- 57. Never let yourrole define your impact, let your impact define your role Managing up
- 58. The single best hackto constantly become better
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- 60. Mentor - someonewho you admire and knows you
- 61. There is nostack overflow for your career growth
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- 63. What to talkabout?
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- 65. “Code review” yourdecisions and reactions
- 66. Ask for technicaladvice - wisdom and opinion
- 67. Better to beoutside of your team
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- 70. Scale yourself withwriting
- 71. The Manager's Path:A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change - Camille Fournier
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