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What's up with becoming a Staff Engineer? What does it mean? Is it just for people who want to keep coding? How do you become a Staff Engineer and what does the work entail? What if I told you, that being a Staff engineer actually required a lot of communication and collaboration skills? In this talk, let's answer all those questions - as it's still quite fuzzy what a Staff engineer actually is.
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Going Staff
- 1. What does a Staff Engineer do?
- 3. Ambiguity
- 5. GOING STAFF A “new” path Tobi(as) Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info Senior Staff Engineer @ Unemployed
- 6. + +
- 7. So, what does a Staff Engineer do?
- 12. “If you want to stay coding...”
- 13. “If you want to stay coding...”
- 14. “If you want to stay technical...”
- 15. “This doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll write a lot of code. At this level, your goal is to solve problems efficiently, and programming will often not be the best use of your time. (...) let others handle the programming. Staff engineers often take on ambiguous, messy, difficult problems and do just enough work on them to make them manageable by someone else.” Tanya Reilly – The Staff Engineer’s Path
- 16. “What matters is that the problems get solved, not how.” Tanya Reilly – The Staff Engineer’s Path
- 17. So, what does a Staff Engineer do?
- 18. IT DEPENDS
- 20. IT DEPENDS Your Company Your Answer
- 21. Archetypes
- 22. Tech Lead
- 23. Architect
- 24. Solver
- 25. Right Hand
- 26. Senior 3
- 27. X All of the above
- 29. Being Glue
- 30. Convince People
- 32. Make a map
- 33. Help avoid the local maximum
- 35. 80/20 decisions
- 36. Lead & influence, but without direct power
- 37. Lead by example
- 38. Lead by example You ARE a leader
- 39. Lead by example You ARE a leader a role model
- 40. Introduction to a domain
- 41. Introduction to a domain Introduce Background Job System
- 42. Introduction to a domain Introduce Background Job System #flaky-tests
- 43. Introduction to a domain Introduce Background Job System #flaky-tests Elixir Training Camp
- 44. A seat at the table
- 45. GOING STAFF?
- 46. IT DEPENDS
- 47. Getting a Staff promotion is hard
- 59. manager_promo_need = f(attrition + new hires)
- 60. #staffs = f(???)
- 62. Getting a Staff promotion is hard Expected to already do the work
- 63. Getting a Staff promotion is hard Expected to already do the work “Staff” project
- 64. Getting a Staff promotion is hard Expected to already do the work “Staff” project Management “detour”
- 65. “We are happy to announce Rafael’s promotion to Principal”
- 69. CHALLENGES
- 70. Higher ups are very busy
- 71. Higher ups are very busy Hard to get people on projects
- 72. Higher ups are very busy Hard to get people on projects Prioritizaiton is hard
- 73. Higher ups are very busy Hard to get people on projects Prioritization is hard Alignment is harder
- 75. Executive Summaries Create dedicated spaces
- 76. Executive Summaries Create dedicated spaces Focus on shipping
- 78. GOING STAFF A “new” path Tobi(as) Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info Senior Staff Engineer @ Unemployed
- 79. GOING STAFF A “new” path Tobi(as) Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info Senior Staff Engineer @ Unemployed LOOKING FOR A JOB