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SAMEER MAHAJAN
23 Alternative Software Career Paths
Types of Software Engineer Jobs
 Full-stack engineer
 Back-end engineer
 Front-end engineer / UI / UX
 QA : manual, automation
 Support Engineer
 Machine learning engineer, Data Engineer
 Data scientist
 Mobile developer
Two Main Trajectories
 Individual Contributor (IC)
 Hands on
 Writing code
 Try out things
 Technical skills
 Engineering Management
 Oversee
 Managing people and processes
 Soft skills: communication, conflict management, leadership
Functional Overlap for IC
Myth: Content stuck in IDE all day
 Mentorship
 Design consensus
 Vision and Strategy buy-in
 Requirement analysis
 Converting business requirements into technical specifications
 Estimation
 Decision Making
 Cross functional collaboration
GS Lab Focus
 Service company
 Working with product development companies
 Early startups / startup like environments
 Ambiguous and changing requirements
 Technology
 Customer relationship
 Addressing end user’s pain points
 Customer delight
Digging Deeper
 Technological depth
 Problem solving and troubleshooting
 Out of the box thinking
 Uniqueness – patents
 Multiple projects, customers, engagements
 Operating simultaneously at different levels
 Breadth across components, technologies
 Depth of enhancing code / re architecting component at the same time
Key qualities
 Go getter
 Getting things done
 Complete all around understanding
 Curiosity about how things work – under the hood
 Keen interest in fundamentals
 Deep understanding of end user impact

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Software Architect Track

  • 2. 23 Alternative Software Career Paths
  • 3. Types of Software Engineer Jobs  Full-stack engineer  Back-end engineer  Front-end engineer / UI / UX  QA : manual, automation  Support Engineer  Machine learning engineer, Data Engineer  Data scientist  Mobile developer
  • 4. Two Main Trajectories  Individual Contributor (IC)  Hands on  Writing code  Try out things  Technical skills  Engineering Management  Oversee  Managing people and processes  Soft skills: communication, conflict management, leadership
  • 5. Functional Overlap for IC Myth: Content stuck in IDE all day  Mentorship  Design consensus  Vision and Strategy buy-in  Requirement analysis  Converting business requirements into technical specifications  Estimation  Decision Making  Cross functional collaboration
  • 6. GS Lab Focus  Service company  Working with product development companies  Early startups / startup like environments  Ambiguous and changing requirements  Technology  Customer relationship  Addressing end user’s pain points  Customer delight
  • 7. Digging Deeper  Technological depth  Problem solving and troubleshooting  Out of the box thinking  Uniqueness – patents  Multiple projects, customers, engagements  Operating simultaneously at different levels  Breadth across components, technologies  Depth of enhancing code / re architecting component at the same time
  • 8. Key qualities  Go getter  Getting things done  Complete all around understanding  Curiosity about how things work – under the hood  Keen interest in fundamentals  Deep understanding of end user impact